(Photo by PIERRE-PHILIPPE MARCOU / AFP / FILE PHOTO) OCTA Research fellow Fr. Nicanor Austriaco said that hospitals in Metro Manila may reach their full capacity by the middle of August if the government does not implement stricter quarantine measures amid the detection of the Delta variant of...
The Manila Health Department (MHD) unveiled its new health center in Intramuros, Manila on Wednesday (July 28). (Manila Public Information Office photo / MANILA BULLETIN) Vice Mayor Dra. Ma. Shielah "Honey" Lacuna-Pangan led the opening of the new health center located near the Postigo del Palacio...
(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Twenty-five out of the 72 local cases of the Delta variant of the COVID-19 virus were found in Metro Manila, an official of the Department of Health (DOH) said. Of the said cases, 10 were found in the City of Manila, seven in Pasig City, two cases in San Juan, while one...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has rescued two Filipino mariners from a distressed motorbanca off Manila South Harbor anchorage area on Saturday, July 24. In an incident report released on Tuesday, July 27, motorbanca Odyong was passing on Manila South Harbor when boat captain Maximo Aniñon and...
The Philippines and Japan on Tuesday, (July 27) formally signed an additional P116-billion (JPY253 billion) loan package to finance the building of the country’s first underground railway. Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin, Jr. and Japan Ambassador to the Philippines Koshikawa Kazuhiko...
More than 75 percent of Manila’s target qualified population have received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso reported Tuesday (July 27). (Manila City PIO) In his regular live report on Facebook, Domagoso said that as of July 27, 4 p.m., 817,665...
The city government of Manila announced on Tuesday, July 27, that a third dialysis center will soon open in the city to further boost its healthcare services. (Photo from Mayor Isko Moreno Facebook) Manila Mayor Francisco 'Isko Moreno' Domagoso inspected the new dialysis center located at the Sta....
An estimated 1,250 cyclists per hour will be accommodated by the newly-inaugurated Metro Manila bike lane--the longest bike lane network in the Philippines. LONGEST BIKE LANE--The 313-kilometer Metro Manila Bike Lane Network was inaugurated on July 27. It cuts through 12 cities in the National...
People form a line leading to a community pantry in Sta. Mesa, Manila on April 30, 2021 (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin/File Photo) The Department of Health (DOH) said it observed an upward trend of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Metro Manila amid the threat of the Delta variant of the COVID-19...
(JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) The OCTA Research group has warned the public on Tuesday, July 27, against dining out and having social gatherings amid the threat of the Delta variant of coronavirus disease (COVID-19). In a public briefing, OCTA Research fellow Prof. Ranjit Rye...
Pro-environment activist group Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment (Kalikasan PNE) said Tuesday, July 27 that there were 12 major omissions in President Duterte's sixth and final State of the Nation Address (SONA) as far as environmental issues were concerned. A recent cleanup...
(JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULLETIN) “Right now it’s official, we are in a surge dito sa (here in the) National Capital Region (NCR).” OCTA Research fellow Prof. Ranjit Rye made this assessment on Tuesday, July 27, as the independent research group reported that the average number of new...
