NEW YORK, United States – On the same day the Olympics opens this month, Sotheby's will put on sale running shoes made by Nike's co-founder for 1960s Olympian Harry Jerome that could fetch $1 million. The rare pair of track and field spikes designed by Bill Bowerman for Jerome, a Canadian...
A senior citizen from Valenzuela City on Monday morning received her first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine and heralded a milestone in the country's vaccination program for reaching 10 million doses administered in the country. Nieves Catacutan, 74, received her 1st dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at the...
With the expected arrival of more than 40 million Pfizer-Biontech vaccines in the country this year, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año said on Tuesday, June 22, the need for the local government units (LGUs) to make the necessary preparations even before...
With the anticipated arrival of more coronavirus vaccines, the government is optimistic the country could inoculate 70 million people before the end of the year and hopefully celebrate a "maskless" holiday season. A Manila resident receives a first dose of Pfizer coronavirus vaccine during the...
More than P50 million worth of shabu was seized in a joint buy-bust operation in Imus, Cavite on Saturday (June 19). Manila Mayor Isko Moreno presents members of a suspected drug syndicate where 8.5 kilos equivalent to 58 million worth of shabu seized from them during a joint buy bust operation in...
Joint teams of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and Philippine National Police (PNP) arrested on Tuesday, June 15 three drug pushers and confiscated P135.4 million worth of shabu in separate buy-bust operations in Parañaque City and Las Piñas City. PDEA spokesperson Derrick Carreon...
Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) is confident that it will meet its five-year target for its massive replanting program within some of the region’s most crucial watersheds. In a statement, stakeholders of the Annual Million Trees Challenge (AMTC) stressed their commitment to...
More than 1.8 million people have been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus in the country since the government's free inoculation drive started last March. Workers belonging to the A4 priority group are inoculated with Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccines inside a cinema-turned vaccination hub in a...
GENEVA, Switzerland -- Leaders of G7 countries have agreed to share at least 870 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines directly, at least half of which are to be delivered by the end of 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Sunday. In a statement, WHO said the G7 countries have reaffirmed...
DITO Telecommunity Corporation, the country’s third major player in the telecommunications industry, Friday, (June 11) announced they are approaching the one-millionth subscriber mark a few weeks after their Metro Manila entry. To commemorate the 123 years of Philippine independence tomorrow,...
The country can expect 10 million doses of coronavirus vaccines this month as the tight global supply has started to ease, President Duterte said Monday. An airport employee waits to receive a coronavirus jab at a vaccination site located in the Ninoy Aquino International Airport on June 2, 2021...
Real and inclusive global recovery from the pandemic cannot be achieved if there will be continued disparity in the distribution of coronavirus vaccines, President Duterte declared Wednesday. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) The President renewed his call for equitable vaccine...
