DOH The Department of Health (DOH) reported 16,361 more coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases on Tuesday, Sept. 21, while the death toll already surpassed the 37,000-mark. The DOH noted that four laboratories "were not able" to submit their data to the DOH system on time. Their data are not yet...
A Department of Health (DOH) official on Tuesday confirmed that there were nearly 8,000 COVID-19 tests kits procured by the DOH and the Department of Budget and Management’s procurement service (DBM-PS) that had expired. DOH Assistant Secretary Nestor Santiago confirmed this after he was asked by...
Palay prices in some parts of the country have dipped below the production cost, but the worst is yet to come for rice farmers. Based on the initial survey by Federation of Free Farmers (FFF), palay prices in some parts of the country, including Pangasinan, Tarlac, Mindoro Occidental, Negros...
Imposing higher tax on Filipino billionaires whose fortunes have reached more than one billion pesos may not be a good idea with Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III warning this will only result in capital flight out of the Philippines. Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez Dominguez said as...
Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III is pushing for the amendment to a 15-year old maritime convention of the International Labor Organization (ILO) to give seafarers more protection while on high seas. (Photo from Unsplash) In a virtual gathering of global maritime and seafaring industry leaders...
The Philippines’ innovation ranking slipped to the 51st spot out of the 132 economies in this year’s Global Innovation Index (GII). (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) But the country remained at the fourth spot among the 34 lower middle-income group economies, and at the 11th spot among the 17...
Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat is pushing for eased leisure travel protocols such as the lifting of age restrictions and shorter quarantine days for tourists who have been fully vaccinated. Tourism Secretary Berna Romulo-Puyat poses beside the Express Lane for fully...
As his heated exchange with Senator Richard Gordon continues, President Duterte said the Department of Health (DOH) should look into reports of coronavirus (COVID-19) tests conducted by the Philippine Red Cross being false positives. President Duterte and Philippine Red Cross Chairman Senator...
A leader of the opposition Makabayan bloc welcomed on Monday, Sept. 20 the decision of President Rodrigo Duterte to allow limited face-to-face classes in 120 schools in the country. STUDENTS Asst. Minority Leader and ACT Teachers Partylist Rep. France Castro said the welcome development in the...
Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello III has slammed the irregularities on the implementation of the agency'sTulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers or TUPAD program as more complaints surfaced in the past days. A beneficiary of the Department...
Reports of the existence of an Online Kopyahan (cheating) Facebook group should be a serious cause for concern of the country’s educators as “it exposes the limits of the current education set-up” in the country. Rep. Fidel Nograles rostrum Rizal 2nd District Rep. Fidel Nograles warned that...
Three more overseas Filipinos died of COVID-19 infections over the previous week, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Monday. Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) In a weekly bulletin, the DFA recorded 41 new COVID-19 cases and 63 new recoveries among Filipinos abroad for the same period....
