The Department of Health (DOH) said Friday, Oct. 22, that it values the role of nurses in the country’s fight against coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Over 100 doctors and nurses from San Miguel Corporation (SMC) were deployed to 11 Metro Manila vaccination sites that include Mandaluyong City,...
Senator Cynthia Villar on Friday could not help but lose her temper when she scrutinized the proposed P505-million budget of the National Tobacco Administration’s (NTA) budget for 2022. NTA, an agency under the jurisdiction of the Department of Agriculture (DA), had included in its proposed...
A medical worker administer a COVID-19 vaccine to a minor at the Las Pinas District Hospital during the second phase of the COVID-19 vaccination for minors in Metro Manila on Oct. 22, 2021. (Photo by Ali Vicoy) The Philippines has detected 5,823 additional cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on...
The provincial government of Aklan is planning to lift the RT-PCR test requirement for fully vaccinated tourists visiting Boracay Island by next month, Governor Florencio Miraflores said on Friday, Oct. 22. Kids swim at the famous beach front of Boracay Island when the country’s most famous beach...
Collections of the government’s two main tax agencies surpassed the P2-trillion mark in the first nine months of the year, nearing the pre-pandemic level, the Department of Finance (DOF) reported Friday, Oct. 22. Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III said tax haul of the Bureau of Internal...
Presidential aspirant and Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso plans to create a Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DFAR) which will be independent from the existing Department of Agriculture (DA) if he wins as president in 2022. (Photo by Ali Vicoy / MANILA BULLETIN) Domagoso...
Partido ng Demokratikong Pilipino-Laban (PDP-Laban) vice presidential candidate Senator Christopher “Bong” Go has lauded President Duterte for fulfilling his campaign promise to return the coconut levy fund to the nation’s coconut farmers. Go, during a meeting by the Joint National and...
Economic, tourism, and employment opportunities in the province of Camiguin are expected to improve as the Department of Transportation (DOTr) inaugurated on Friday, Oct. 22, the upgraded Camiguin Airport. (Photo from Department of Transportation) Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade led the...
The Philippines, through the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), has signed a memorandum of understanding with the United Kingdom (UK) to further improve the protection the rights of Filipino healthcare workers. (FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) In a statement, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello...
Barely a month after its adoption in the House of Representatives, the resolution calling on the Department of Education to give an automatic passing mark to students will have to be taken up again in the legislative chamber. San Jose del Monte City Rep. Rida Robes San Jose del Monte City Rep. Rida...
Senators on Thursday welcomed the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) move to review the Duterte government’s infamous war on drugs following indications of foul play and the involvement of policemen. This was after the DOJ announced it will review the 52 cases of summary killings under that happened...
The Land Transportation Office (LTO) on Thursday, Oct. 21, reiterated that the mandatory inspection of motor vehicles at private motor vehicle inspection centers (PMVICs) is still suspended. A photo of busy EDSA thoroughfare packed with vehicles and people crossing the overpass days after Metro...
