The Philippines will not be pushing through with its plan to open the borders to foreign nationals who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on December 1 due to the threat of the highly mutated Omicron variant. (Photo by Ali Vicoy) Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles made...
Iloilo City emerged as the top local government unit (LGU) that promotes effective bike lane use during the first-ever National Bike Lane Awards of the Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG). (FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Iloilo bested other...
Malacañang underscored Thursday, Nov. 25 that the Philippines is of the same level as Japan and Singapore as far as the rating given to it by Transparency International's Government Defence Integrity Index is concerned. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles (Photo from Karlo Nograles's Facebook page)...
The Duterte administration’s budget deficit widened in October owing to higher spending. The Bureau of the Treasury reported on Thursday, Nov. 25, that the national government incurred a P64.3 billion fiscal gap during the month, an increase of 2.9 percent compared with P61.4 billion in the same...
The Department of Education (DepEd) received the highest trust rating among all the other national agencies, making it the “most trusted” government office based on a research for multi-tiered organizations amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. (Photo from DepEd) “This recognition...
Government workers who will be absent for getting vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) may be considered excused, the Civil Service Commission (CSC) announced on Wednesday, Nov. 24. Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18,...
Amid the era of misinformation and disinformation, teachers who are sharing "fake news" and "historical distortion" is a big problem, according to an educator. (Unsplash) In a virtual forum titled UVote: Insights from the College Experience Survey and Pinoy Voter's Vibe hosted by the Ateneo School...
Educating young Filipinos on the importance of voting is crucial as the May 2022 elections near. (JUAN CARLO DE VELA / MANILA BULLETIN) According to the Commission on Elections (Comelec), first-time voters aged 18 to 21 years old exceeded four million. The poll body also reported that young...
Investors pressed anew for an increase in Philippine benchmark interest rates for short-term loans. At Monday's auction of Treasury bills on Nov. 22, the bellwether 91-day T-bill rate, which banks use in pricing their loans, rose to 1.178 percent from 1.150 percent previously. The Bureau of the...
Staff and volunteers from the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) supported the vaccination of a total of 740 individuals at the government-run Bakuna Center at the Athletic Bowl drive-thru in Baguio City every Wednesday since it opened on Nov. 8. (Photo courtesy of the Philippine Red Cross / MANILA...
The Muntinlupa City government started giving fully vaccinated frontline healthcare workers their booster shots on Friday, Nov. 19. A ceremonial administration of booster shots was held at SM Center Muntinlupa in Bgy. Tunasan. Other vaccination sites that will start giving booster shots are Ayala...
Nearly 15,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been given to minors aged 12 to 17 years old in Muntinlupa. According to the Muntinlupa COVID-19 Vaccination Program (MunCoVac), as of Nov. 17, a total of 14,924 doses have been administered to minors. A minor is getting vaccinated at Ospital ng...
