There is no need to bring back the face mask mandate. This was the recommendation of the Department of Health (DOH) to the Office of the President based on the agreement from their discussions with the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID). In a...
When news of the oil spill on the coast of Mindoro spilled to the media and on social media last Feb. 28, 2023, people were not aware of the magnitude and repercussions of that incident. Some assumed that it would only take a few days of cleanup to return the waters to its pristine condition, and a...
There is a new law — Republic Act 11904 — that carries a lot of promise for the erstwhile forgotten creative industry sector, an important segment of the national economy that provides jobs and livelihood for a good number of Filipinos. The measure, called the Philippine Creative Industries...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) urged local government units (LGUs) to provide all the appropriate assistance to both the private and public schools in preparation for the resumption of face-to-face classes start on Nov. 2. DILG Secretary Benjamin ‘Benhur’ Abalos Jr....
Around P10 billion is needed to lease about 100,000 vote-counting machines (VCMs), former Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner George Erwin M. Garcia said. Comelec Commissioner George Erwin M. Garcia (JEL SANTOS/MANILA BULLETIN) During a television interview on Thursday, June 2, Garcia...
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday, April 18, said the projection of at least 300,000 active cases of Covid-19 by mid-May is possible should the public continue to neglect minimum health and safety protocols. This statement has sent ripples of concern especially in view of the fact that...
Just when the country appears headed toward a return to pre-pandemic levels of business activity, another serious natural disaster disrupted an otherwise serene weekend. Taal Volcano erupted last Saturday and Sunday, prompting the Philippine Institute of Volcanology (Phivolcs) to raise anew Alert...
Editorial The country may be “winning” its battle versus COVID-19 with round-the-clock nationwide vaccinations and with hospitals registering zero new COVID admissions in the past few days. The reality, however, is that the pandemic is not yet over. There is still a need to enforce strict...
Hard-pressed to achieve herd immunity, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) exhorted volunteers on Wednesday, Nov. 24 to lend support to the country’s coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) “National Vaccination Day (NVD)’’ slated from Nov. 29 to Dec.1. Dubbed as...
Editorial Severe Tropical Storm Maring (Kompasu) slashed across the Cordilleras, the Ilocos Region and Mimaropa region (islands of Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon and Palawan) early last week, causing massive floods and landslides and inflicting casualties in affected areas. Continuous rains over a...
Pilot testing for the implementation of the granular lockdown in Metro Manila will start on Sept. 8, Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said. In a GMA News report, Año noted that the recommendation of the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-MEID) fr the...
NEW YORK – “Gaza’s one million children are reeling from the mounting consequences of violent conflict with nowhere safe to turn. Lives have been lost, and families shattered. “In Gaza, at least 60 children have been killed and another 444 have been injured in less than 10 days. Nearly...
