Recognizing the “heroic role” of barangay health workers during the Covid-19 pandemic, the House Committee on Ways and Means on Monday, Dec. 5, approved the tax provisions of the substitute bill consolidating proposed measures for the magna carta of barangay health workers (BHWs). (Photo from...
Filipinos were told to “keep their guards up” against Covid-19 and its more transmissible and highly immune evasive subvariants as holidays draw closer. Vice President 3 of Philippine Federation of Professionals Association Dr. Benito Atienza reminded the public to celebrate the holidays while...
The country’s micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) will be at the core of Go Negosyo’s activities to celebrate its 17th anniversary on Saturday, Dec. 3. Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion (Photo from Go Negosyo via Facebook) Go Negosyo founder Joey...
Albay 2nd District Rep. and House Ways and Means chair Joey Salceda on Sunday, Nov. 27, assured workers at the Research Institute of Tropical Medicine (RITM) that there would be no abolition or layoffs there even after the country’s establishment of its own Center for Disease Control (CDC) inches...
Filipinos were warned against complacency following the detection of the new Omicron strain BQ.1 in the Philippines. (Manila Bulletin File Photo) Although it was seen to cause mostly mild and asymptomatic infections, OCTA Research fellow Dr. Guido David, on Saturday, Nov. 26 advised the public to...
VANCOUVER UBC library honors generosity of Filipino couple Marissa and Antonio Peña CHAMPIONS OF LEARNING From left: Tony and Marissa Peña, Senator Yonah Martin, and Philippine Consul General Maria Andrelita Austria during the official opening of the remodeled Peña Room at the University of...
The seven-day average of daily Covid-19 deaths in the Philippines has decreased from 38 to 12, an OCTA Research fellow said on Friday, Nov. 25. “The seven-day average as of Nov. 21 is 12, down from 38 on Oct. 21, 2022,” said OCTA Research fellow Dr. Guido David in a tweet. Hospital nurse (File...
The Covid-19 state of calamity imposed throughout the Philippines should be extended until 2023. (Unsplash) Private Hospitals Association of the Philippines Inc. (PHAPI) President Dr. Jose Rene de Grano backed the proposed extension of the nationwide state of calamity, stressing the need to...
The Department of Health (DOH) reported on Monday, Nov. 21 a total of 8,004 new Covid-19 cases during the past week. (DOH/MB) In its weekly case bulletin, DOH said that the daily average cases are now at 1,143, which is 12 percent lower than the cases from Nov. 7 to 13. It also recorded two...
BANGKOK, Thailand—President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has called on fellow leaders to adopt policies that promote a green post-pandemic recovery, citing the "insufficient' support to a green transition. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy of the Office of the Press...
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. returned to the country early this week after the 40th and 41st Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summits and Related Summits in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. He dubbed the participation of the Philippines — and his first as Chief Executive — as a success,...
NUSA DUA, Indonesia -- G20 health and finance ministers launched a $1.4-billion fund Sunday to tackle the next global pandemic ahead of the bloc's leaders gathering for a summit on the Indonesian resort island of Bali but the host's president said it was not enough. US Treasury Secretary Janet...
