IT’S THE SMALL THINGS Alex Eduque When COVID-19 first hit, I remember thinking to myself at some point that it would be over in no time. It was March last year when we locked down, and I had just returned from a trip abroad to finalize details for what was supposed to be my destination wedding in...
Senate President Vicente Sotto III has appealed to the public to be more patient with the government and its efforts in addressing the COVID-19 outbreak and its impacts. Members of the Philippine National Police man a checkpoint in a barangay in Sampaloc, City of Manila that was placed under...
The Cannes Film Festival returns in July with a rich official selection competing for the Palme d'Or after the Covid pandemic robbed the world's leading film festival of its 2020 edition. Here are the 24 films competing from July 5 to 17 for the prestigious prize awarded by a jury headed by US...
DAVAO CITY - Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque announced Friday that Davao City will be placed under Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) starting June 5. In a statement, Roque said the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) on Thursday (June 3) has approved to place Davao City under MECQ...
DAVAO CITY - The City Health Office on Wednesday (June 2) said a total of 44 city government workers are now being monitored after they were found positive for Sars-CoV-2. Dr. Ashley Lopez, Acting Head of the City Health Office (CHO) said the city has complete the three-day surveillance swabbing of...
Vice President Leni Robredo is looking at the “silver linings” of being in a pandemic after recording multiple graduation messages and speeches from the comforts of her office. (Vice President Leni Robredo/Facebook) “Pre-pandemic, I can only accept a few and, most of the time, I needed to...
Former health secretary and incumbent Iloilo 1st District Representative Janette Garin on Thursday, June 3, supported calls for the government to lift its mandatory face shield policy, raising that this could increase coronavirus transmission. Former Department of Health secretary and incumbent...
Where there's a will, there's always a way. And that's what Filipinos have proven over and over again—that we can overcome any obstacle that come our way. This pandemic, for one, has limited our mobility, but it has never stopped us from finding happiness despite the circumstances. These Filipino...
The COVID-19 pandemic's impact on the Philippine’s Travel & Tourism sector last year wiped out $37 billion from the nation’s economy and caused two million to lose their jobs. WTTC_Official_Logo This was the finding the World Travel & Tourism Council’s annual Economic Impact Report...
Senator Joel Villanueva on Tuesday, June 1, appealed to his colleagues in Congress to convene the joint oversight committee to assess the government's COVID-19 vaccination program. Senator Joel Villanueva (Senate of the Philippines/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) Villanueva stressed the importance of...
Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. announced on Monday night, May 31, that the country has the highest vaccine "throughput" in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. (File photo) At a rate of at least 150,000 doses being administered daily, Galvez said the...
Senator Grace Poe on Tuesday, June 1, urged the government to fast track the vaccination of public utility vehicle (PUV) drivers so they could return to roads and help augment public transportation amid the coronavirus pandemic. Senator Grace Poe (Senate of the Philippines/MANILA BULLETIN File...
