The Civil Service Commission (CSC) has announced that they are currently finalizing the policy that will deal with government workers unvaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Vaccination of higher education personnel (Photo from CHED / MANILA BULLETIN) CSC Commissioner Aileen Lizada...
The Amihan National Federation of Peasant Women urged candidates seeking national positions to include measures to address the rising cases of violence against women and children (VAWC) in their electoral agenda. (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) Citing data from the Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) and...
The Pasay City government recorded on Friday a 97.39 percent recovery from the dreaded coronavirus disease (COVID-19). This accounts for 21, 452 individuals who have recovered from COVID-19 in the city. Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano said the City Health Office (CHO) reported that the number of COVID-19...
Local government units (LGUs) are earnestly preparing their needed logistic and manpower requirements for the massive inoculation drive against the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) for the “National Vaccination Days’’ slated from Nov. 29 to Dec. 1. Department of the Interior and Local...
The Philippine Red Cross (PRCS) has expressed its support on Saturday, Nov. 27 to the National Vaccination Day as it targets to administer more than 50,000 doses nationwide from Nov. 29 to Dec.1. (Photo from the Philippine Red Cross / MANILA BULLETIN) "We will continue to be the government’s ally...
Due to shortage in ancillary supplies like syringes, the National Task Force (NTF) Against Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) adjusted the government’s target vaccination output in the upcoming “National Vaccination Days” from 15 million to only nine million. A minor gets vaccinated against...
The Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) has built a wall to close a road leading to a housing project of the Department of Justice (DOJ), a public high school and university inside the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) Reservation in Bgy. Poblacion, Muntinlupa Friday night. Residents of Katarungan Village, a DOJ...
Comelec/MB The decision on the petition to cancel the presidential bid of former Senator Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos is facing a delay as the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said that pending issues need to be resolved first. The Comelec on Friday held a preliminary conference on the petition to...
Vaccination plays a huge part in order for the country to rise against the pandemic and achieve herd immunity, an infectious disease expert reiterated on Friday, Nov. 26. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE) During the Laging Handa public briefing, Dr. Edsel Salvana, a member of the Department of Health (DOH)...
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and the National Bicycle Organization (NBO) will lead this year's celebration of the "National Bicycle Day" on Sunday, Nov. 28. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources and National Bicycle Organization will lead the National...
The Philippines has a “moderate” risk of corruption in its defense and security sectors, according to a recent assessment of a global transparency movement based in the United Kingdom. Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana (Photo courtesy of Department of National Defense) The country was placed...
Senator Risa Hontiveros said on Friday, Nov. 26 that China has no right to make the Filipino people feel threatened or unsafe in their own seas. In a statement, Hontiveros said that she stands with Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana in his assertion that Chinese personnel taking pictures and videos...
