Despite fewer coronavirus cases last year, the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) is experiencing a disproportionate impact of the pandemic in terms of its socio-economic development and in aggravating existing and emerging vulnerabilities in the region, according to the...
As the country's cases of infections continued to soar, the government is aiming to increase the number of hospital beds to provide care to patients infected with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Public Works Secretary Mark Villar and National Policy Against COVID-19 Chief Implementer and...
The government pandemic task force has allowed the implementation of Philippine Health Insurance Corporation's (PhilHealth) new debit-credit payment for health care facilities in all places with high risk of coronavirus infection. The decision aimed at hastening payment of hospital claims was...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has been given the go-signal to conduct its pilot training courses even during the prevailing community quarantine period. FB_IMG_1619163230680 The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases granted the request of the PNP, through...
Senator Nancy Binay on Friday, April 23, said the government’s predilection to downplay the country’s coronavirus (COVID-19) problem is the reason why the Philippines’s is still facing a health crisis. Senator Nancy Binay (MANILA BULLETIN File photo/Senate of the Philippines) Binay said the...
EDITOR’S DESK Bernie Cahiles-Magkilat The pandemic has given rise to new businesses if not the strengthening of existing ones that are able to pivot and innovate with the use of digital technologies. Some of these businesses are delivery/logistics, micro finance, financial technologies (fintech),...
• The couple’s decision to join the clinical study turned from uninterested to interested as more news about the benefits of vaccination came out. • The clincher to them was when the vaccine brand was granted an emergency use authorization by the US Food and Drug Administration....
WASHINGTON, United States – It's a familiar sight in some US cities like Washington, New York and San Francisco: people walking on the street, riding bikes or sitting in parks with their masks on even when they're far away from others. Certain states, like Maine, have kept in place...
No wonder Nikki Gil-Albert has been irregular with her posts, she's been keeping a secret and her family is ready to share the good news to everyone —— she's pregnant! View this post on Instagram With the caption, "Ready, Kuya Finn?" fans and followers couldn't contain their happiness...
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye When the government first implemented the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) from March 17 to the end of May 2020, a study released by AdSpark, Inc. — a portfolio company under Globe Telecom’s 917 Ventures — revealed that searches and media consumption on...
Kada Uno’s COVID-19 Project enters its second phase through BARKada-Uno: Benildean Artists Rising #BangonArtista , an awareness and fundraising campaign on Friday, April 30, 2021, which advocates the plight of artists and cultural workers immensely affected by the coronavirus pandemic. Proceeds...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House Three days from now, on April 21, we will preside at the meeting of the 39-member standing committee of the International Conference of Asian Political Parties (ICAPP), which we will do so from our respective homes or offices in different...
