The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) mourned on Sunday, Sept. 19, the death of "social change champion" Corazon "Dinky" Soliman. Dinky Soliman (From Dinky Soliman’s Facebook) Soliman headed DSWD under the administrations of the late President Benigno Aquino III and former...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) reported 19,271 more coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases on Sunday, Sept. 19. The country's total case count stood at 2,366,749. Of the total, 7.5 percent or 178,196 are active infections. Ninety-two percent of the active cases are in mild condition, 3.1 percent...
Former Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Corazon "Dinky" Soliman died on Sunday, Sept. 19. She was 68. Dinky Soliman (From Dinky Soliman's Facebook) This was confirmed by former Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima. Purisima remembered Soliman as an "untiring community...
(UNSPLASH / MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Health (DOH) said that at least 10,000 doses of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines have been wasted since the government started its vaccination program. “To date, we have about 10,000 doses already registered as wastage,” said DOH...
Former Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Corazon "Dinky" Soliman passed away on Sunday morning, Sept. 19, Vice President Leni Robredo has confirmed. Former Department of Social Welfare and Development Secretary Dinky Soliman (FILE PHOTO/HANAH TABIOS/MANILA BULLETIN)...
Young Filipino students who were negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic should take advantage of the benefits under Republic Act No. 10917 or the Expanded Special Program for Employment of Students (SPES) law and get their education back on track, Senator Sonny Angara said on Sunday. Angara...
The Philippine Association of Meat Processors Inc. (PAMPI) is wary over the Philippines’ imposition of a ban on Brazilian beef products, a temporary measure to prevent Mad Cow disease or Atypical Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) from entering the country. To protect consumers, the...
Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary William Dar has encouraged the government to review and adjust foreign investments policies that are deemed "unsuited" to the present needs of the agriculture sector in the country. DA Secretary William Dar (Photo courtesy of DA) Speaking during the virtual...
DOH The Philippines recorded 23,134 additional coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases on Saturday, Sept. 18. The new infections brought the total tally of active COVID-19 cases in the country to 184,088, the Department of Health (DOH) said. Of the active cases, 90 percent are mild, five percent are...
(MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO) The Department of Health (DOH) said that the growing number of new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Metro Manila has not reached its peak yet. DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that they are still studying the trends of COVID-19 cases in Metro...
Photo from Philippine Space Agency The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said that the development of the country’s next generation satellite is included in its priority agenda. Dubbed as Multispectral Unit for Land Assessment or MULA, the 130-kilogram low-orbit earth observation...
Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary William Dar has allayed the fears of farmers over the transfer of the Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation (PCIC) to the Department of Finance (DOF). (Photo courtesy of the DA) “We assure the Federation of Free Farmers (FFF) that their interest and those...
