OF TREES AND FOREST Former Senate President Manny Villar The coronavirus seems to be creeping outside the National Capital Region (NCR). The Department of Health has expressed alarm over the increase in COVID-19 infections in provinces specifically in Mindanao. It noted that 25% of fresh cases the...
It has been over a year since the still ongoing COVID-19 pandemic disrupted normal life. Among those institutions that have been gravely affected is the country’s education system. In an effort to ensure that the needs of learners are not neglected in this so-called new normal, the Department of...
Raymundo W. Lo, MD More than a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, where is the Philippines heading — or more precisely, where is it not heading? Let’s look at several aspects. On the medical front, we now know more about how to treat COVID-19. What works and what doesn’t. Our doctors can...
Billions of investments in nature are needed to help countries avoid another pandemic while also generating revenues, according to biodiversity financing strategist BIOFIN Philippines. In a statement, the Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN), a project of the Department of Environment and...
Senator Joel Villanueva has appealed to the executive department to consider a promotion of the salary grade of public nurses. media The chairman of the Senate labor committee made the call as he hailed on Monday, June 7, Malacañang’s reversal of a Department of Budget and Management (DBM)...
DAVAO CITY - Over 15,000 healthcare workers in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) have received their first dose of vaccine against the Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). In a statement from the Bangsamoro Government, Dr. Bashary Latiph of the Ministry of Health said as...
If not enough countries will band together and commit to vaccine equity, COVID-19 will continue to evolve and humanity may be consigned to a never-ending pandemic. It’s a race against time. While the first generation of vaccines has demonstrated high levels of efficacy, these need to be...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) commended on Sunday, June 6, some local government units (LGUs) for their efficiency in the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) vaccine roll out and in convincing people to trust the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination. "We are...
What are the elements that have popularized Korean drama and pop culture in the Philippines, especially during the pandemic? Refreshing content and aggressive promotions were two factors cited by the University of the Philippines Korea Research Center (KRC) in a webinar late last year. Mental...
A total of one million doses of CoronaVac vaccines manufactured by Sinovac Biotech will be delivered to the country on Sunday morning, June 6, the ninth shipment of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) jabs to be transported by China to the country. A health worker administers a coronavirus vaccine to a...
Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. has lashed at a doctor who said that around one million Filipinos have missed their second dose of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine, saying such claim was "unfounded" and "baseless." An airport employee receives a coronavirus vaccine shot during the vaccination...
Senator Grace Poe has urged the government to provide bikes for vulnerable and poor workers as a form of subsidy to make commute easier and safer for them amid the coronavirus outbreak. People use bikes as an alternative means of transportation in Metro Manila. Public utility vehicles continue to...
