Amid the dwindling capacity of hospitals and shortage of nurses in the country, the Philippine Hospital Association (PHA) on Wednedsay, May 19, reiterated its appeal for reinforcement from nurses employed in government agencies who are doing "non-nursing jobs". (Jansen Romero/MANILA BULLETIN FIle...
A Filipina veteran physiotherapist was elected councilor for Martins Wood ward in Stevenage, England. PHOTO FROM MYLA ARCENO'S FACEBOOK ACCOUNT/ MANILA BULLETIN Myla Arceno, 48, is the first Filipino to run for local elections in England under the Labour and Co-operative Party and successfully win...
China’s unilateral imposition of a fishing moratorium in the South China Sea under its new coastguard law can curtail and put at risk the legitimate rights of Filipino fishermen to fish in Philippine territorial waters and exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and the Philippines does not recognize such...
President Duterte has signed a law granting Philippine citizenship to basketball player Kakou Ange Franck Williams Kouame from Ivory Coast. Angelo Kouame (File photo/UAAP) Republic Act No. 11543 grants citizenship to Kouame with "all the rights, privileges, and prerogatives, as well as the duties...
Senator Sonny Angara on Tuesday welcomed President Duterte’s signing into law of the bill granting Filipino citizenship to Ange Kouame. Kouame can now suit up to Gilas Pilipinas and prepare for the Tokyo Olympics. “We thank President Duterte for signing into law the naturalization bill for Ange...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian is calling for a legislative inquiry on the status of the use Filipino sign language (FSL) as a language of instruction for the deaf under the under the K to 12 basic education system. The chairman of the Senate basic education committee filed a resolution for this...
Several leaders of various Filipino-American groups thanked United States President Joe Biden for the recent delivery of more than 2.5 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccines to the Philippines through the COVAX facility. Filipino-American community leaders gather outside the White House in...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go has renewed his appeal to fellow senators to support the proposed creation of the Department of Overseas Filipinos (DOFIL) as Congress resumes session today, Monday, May 17. Go had filed Senate Bill No. 1949 which seeks to consolidate all government agencies and...
The Philippines would rather live in peace than fight alongside the United States in any of war or conflict, President Duterte declared in a recent public address. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) The President, still bearing a grudge for the past US colonial rule over the...
Celebrating the centennial of the word robot through the translation of the Czech classic R.U.R. in Filipino PROPHETIC The front cover of Robot Unibersal ni Rossum (R.U.R.) by Karel Čapek, in Filipino. Illustrations by John Sherwin Acampado. Book design by Ryan Cuatrona In an era defined by...
The Department of Education (DepEd) lauded a public school teacher from Bicol for earning the prestigious award from National Geographic Society. Screengrab during the “EduAKSYON: Aksyon at Solusyon para sa Edukasyon” virtual regional press conference in Region V on Friday, May 14 (DepEd...
The European Union Delegation to the Philippines is preparing a one big summer blowout for Filipino children as it mounts the virtual edition of the annual cultural festival “Lakbayin Natin ang EU” as part of its Viva Europa 2021 celebration. (European Union Delegation to the Philippines)...
