Health Secretary Francisco Duque III on Monday, April 26, has called on nurses and doctors to work in hospitals in the country as there is a need for more healthcare workers to man medical facilities amid the ongoing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. A medical worker walks on the aisle of...
Malacañang urged organizers of different community pantries to coordinate with their barangays or local government units to make sure that protocols against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) such as physical distancing are being followed. File photo (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) Presidential...
Local government units (LGU) were urged to craft guidelines for community pantries to ensure that health and safety measures would still be observed. (Mark Balmores / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Although community pantry organizers are not required to secure a permit to conduct such humanitarian...
Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Francisco Duque III on Monday, April 26, said the modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) imposed in Metro Manila and nearby provinces should be extended for another week or two. (PCOO / MANILA BULLETIN) The government is expected to decide this week on...
The reins of Ayala Corporation have been passed on to a new Zobel but the firm continues to look for fresh opportunities as it is cautiously optimistic about its post-COVID prospects. “We are cautiously optimistic about the business environment and will continue to prepare for a post-...
As the country's cases of infections continued to soar, the government is aiming to increase the number of hospital beds to provide care to patients infected with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Public Works Secretary Mark Villar and National Policy Against COVID-19 Chief Implementer and...
The Department of Health (DOH) will issue guidelines before the inoculation of essential workers under A4 priority group against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) can start. Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said the DOH and vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. met with the private...
There has been a long-standing nutritional guideline that says consuming five servings of a variety of fruits and vegetables daily can help people live longer. People who consumed five servings, composed of two fruits and three vegetables, daily had a 12 percent lower risk of death from...
Pauleen Luna-Sotto is making the most of the pandemic. She has been exercising in an effort to lose extra weight. And she has succeded. The TV host-actress wife of Vic Sotto, shared a photo of her looking trim on social media. View this post on Instagram She wrote, "No filter. Just love and care...
The Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) granted a P1.275-billion loan to Allied Care Experts (ACE) Medical Group to improve their hospitals in Northeast and Central Luzon. ACE will spend P655-million to build a 101-bed five-storey Level 2 hospital building and acquire various medical...
Infectious and tropical disease expert outlines guides to set up home care amid the lack of hospital rooms for COVID patients. How to evaluate patient risk factors; the capacity of a home environment; the ability of caregivers to assess patient status. Requirements for home care and what to...
Dingdong Dantes Just recently Kapuso star Dingdong Dantes celebrated his ninth week into "holistic," "transformative," and "challenging" exercise. And he does it to stay "healthy" physically, emotionally, and mentally. According to Dingdong, buying a bike trainer is probably the "best...
