Manila Water Company reported an 18 percent drop in consolidated earnings to P3.7 billion for 2021 as the full-year effect of the COVID-19 pandemic impacted customer demand and business operations. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, the firm said profits dropped even as domestic and...
The Archdiocese of Manila has discouraged the self-imposition of ashes during the observance of Ash Wednesday. Photo Archdiocesan Liturgical Commission-Manila FB "We receive the ashes because the call to repentance is addressed to us by Christ through the Church and it is also through the ministry...
With a number of areas now under Alert Level 1, many are expected to troop to different churches for the observance of Ash Wednesday on March 2. Photo Manila Cathedral FB Churches already posted the schedule of their masses on Facebook, Tuesday, to help guide the faithful. Masses at the Manila...
Today, March 1, 2022, is the first day of Alert Level 1, a much awaited “event” in our journey in this long and arduous health pandemic. It is the first time it has happened in the National Capital Region (NCR) and a lot of people — health frontliners, business owners, investors, government...
The Manila Bulletin was recognized as the Most Supportive Newspaper by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) conferred the Gawad Ulat for Most DSWD-Supportive Newspaper to the Manila Bulletin during the 2021 Pagkilala sa...
The country's new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases dropped below 1,000 on Monday, Feb. 28. A passenger (C) sits inside a tricycle covered with a reminder to wear a mask, part of the Covid-19 health protocols, in Manila on February 16, 2022. Ted ALJIBE / AFP In its latest case bulletin, the...
The body of a newborn baby boy was found floating on Pasig River in Sta. Mesa, Manila on Monday, Feb. 28. The baby was around eight to nine months, according to the police. A barangay tanod of Brgy. 623 saw the infant under the Bacood bridge at around 7 a.m. on Monday. According to Lt. Adonis...
"It's all thanks to you." Malacañang has expressed its gratitude to the people for their sacrifices amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, saying their cooperation was what made the shift of 39 areas in the country to Alert Level 1 possible. (FILE PHOTO BY ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) Cabinet...
Given the ongoing decreasing trend of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections in the Philippines, an OCTA Research fellow, on Monday, Feb. 28, said that the nation’s cases could further decrease to less than 1,000 by March 2022. (Tara Yap / Manila Bulletin) “Sana magpatuloy nga . We are...
As the National Capital Region (NCR) and 38 other areas are slated to deescalate to the COVID-19 Alert Level 1 on March 1 to 15, 2022, the government's pandemic task force has released the guidelines for the said risk classification which includes, among others, the wearing of well-fitted face...
Health advocate and former National Task Force (NTF) against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) special adviser Dr. Anthony “Tony” Leachon expressed his support for the implementation of Alert Level 1 status in Metro Manila beginning March 1, 2022. However, he reiterated that medical safeguards...
After almost two years of being the epicenter of coronavirus (COVID-19) infections, the National Capital Region (NCR) will finally be moving to Alert Level 1, the least strict among the four risk classifications, starting March 1, 2022, Malacañang announced. (FILE PHOTO BY ALI VICOY / MANILA...
