Joed Serrano Actor-producer Joed Serrano is no longer running for senator in the May 2022 national elections. Serrano formally withdrew his certificate of candidacy (COC) for senator at the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Intramuros, Manila last Dec. 10. When Serrano filed his COC last...
To make government services, especially in basic education, easier and more accessible to stakeholders, the Department of Education (DepEd) encouraged its entire workforce to register for the National ID. (Photo from DepEd) “This is just one of many steps of DepEd in supporting the Philippine...
The National Museum of the Philippines has turned over the reconstructed parish church to the Diocese of Tagbilaran On Oct. 15, 2013, a 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck Bohol and its neighboring islands causing major damage to many centuries-old heritage structures in the area, one of which is the...
Pixabay/ MANILA BULLETIN All seven close contacts of the Nigerian national who was found carrying the Omicron coronavirus variant tested negative for coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the Department of Health (DOH) said on Thursday night. “All seven close contacts are negative. Last passenger of...
Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) The Department of Health (DOH) said nearly one million doses of COVID-19 vaccines were administered during the first day of the second leg of the national...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) second division said on Thursday, Dec. 16 that no further proceedings shall be taken in connection to the petition seeking the cancellation of presidential aspirant Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. 's certificate of candidacy (COC). (MANILA BULLETIN file...
The Makati Health Department (MHD) and the Department of Health (DOH) on Wednesday sent volunteers to assist neighboring regions during the second leg of the National Vaccination Program called Bayanihan, Bakunahan 2. In a Facebook post, the local government said that three nurses from the MHD and...
The Senate on Wednesday ratified the reconciled version of the bicameral conference committee report on the proposed P5.024-trillion national budet for 2022. Senator Sonny Angara, chair of the Senate Committee on Finance, assured that next year’s budget, which would be submitted to President...
The Mandaluyong City local government started opening on Wednesday, Dec. 15, all of its vaccination sites as the national government launched the second leg of the nationwide vaccination drive amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the threat of the Omicron and Delta variants. The nationwide...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) released on Wednesday, Dec. 15 resolutions containing a set of guidelines for the accreditation of domestic and international observers and media practitioners for the 2022 polls. Comelec/MB Resolution No. 10740, states that Philippine and foreign nationals,...
Walk-in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination is now available in three different sites around Marikina city as part of the second phase of the National Vaccination Days campaign on Dec. 15-17. Marikina Elementary School (MES) in Barangay Santa Elena offers first dose vaccination of...
The Senate and House of Representatives on Wednesday signed the bicameral conference committee report on the proposed P5.024-trillion national budget for 2022. Senator Sonny Angara, chair of the Senate finance committee panel, said both houses of Congress agreed to increase the proposed budget of...
