How is syphilis, a sexually-transmitted disease, related to the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19)? The Commission on Audit (COA) asked this question to the provincial government of La Union after finding out that it disbursed P2.58 million in anti-COVID-19 funds granted by the national government...
Seven schools in the Philippines were among the top universities which have made a global impact based on rankings by World's Universities with Real Impact (WURI). Far Eastern University (feu.edu.ph) Far Eastern University placed 79th in the Global Top 100 Innovative Universities, up from its last...
Things are looking up for the livelihood of farmer communities in Cebu province as local agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) are set to benefit from having their own lands as well as new bridges in the area. LAND OWNERS, FINALLY -- Agrarian reform beneficiaries in Cebu province finally receive...
HELPING HAND – Police bring a distressed pregnant woman to the hospital using a ‘furlig’ in Natonin, Mountain Province. (PNP photo) NATONIN, Mountain Province – Police here were cited for their selfless act of helping a pregnant woman living in an isolated sitio in this town get to the...
Residents and workers in Rizal province are in for a long weekend break, starting Friday, June 11, due to the twin holidays preceding Sunday. Proclamation No. 1150, signed by Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea, by the authority of President Duterte, had earlier declared June 11, 2021, as a...
DAVAO CITY - Three still unidentified persons were burned to death after being trapped in a bus that was set on fire in M'lang, Cotabato Thursday afternoon. Based on the initial report of the police, a unit of the Yellow Bus Line company, YBL A-104, with temporary plate number 1301-1245660 was...
A member of the OCTA Research Group has urged the government to make adjustments on protocols for domestic travel as provinces outside Metro Manila experience an increase in the number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases. (JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) OCTA Research fellow...
The Philippine Consulate General (PCG) in Calgary has welcomed the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between seven Philippine universities dubbed as the “Magic 7” and one of Canada’s most prestigious educational institutions, the University of Saskatchewan (USask). University of...
Personnel of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) have assisted the United States military service in delivering nearly P5.7 million worth of donated medical supplies for frontliners in provinces across the country in a move to help curb the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (Photo courtesy of...
Members of the Senate approved on third and final reading Monday, May 17, a bill that would make April 28 of every year a special working holiday in the province of Aurora, to commemorate the death anniversary of Aurora Antonia Aragon-Quezon, the Philippines' first official first lady. Twenty-two...
Educating the province one barangay at a time Cavite residents and students join the tree planting activity Professor Julio Castillo of Chiang Kai Shek College has been worried about the rapid urbanization of Cavite and, because of its proximity to NCR, the migration of the city people to the...
The widening works on the 70.6-meter Labato Bridge in Barangay Namabbalan, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan province have been completed, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) revealed on Sunday, May 16. The newly-widened Labato Bridge. (Photo from the DPWH) DPWH Secretary Mark A. Villar said...
