(Photo from Unsplash) With the increasing number of children getting infected with coronavirus disease (COVID-19), testing has never been more crucial at a time of a pandemic. “Testing is one of our best weapons against this virus, without testing we will be in the dark,” said Philippine Red...
Senator Manny Pacquiao was praised by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Monday, Aug. 23, despite his shocking defeat to Cuban fighter Yordenis Ugas during their World Boxing Association (WBA) welterweight title match in Las Vegas, Nevada. Boxer, senator, and Philippine Army reservist...
Some 28 business and professional organizations in the country have expressed strong support as they called to uphold the independence of the Commission on Audit, which has uncovered “deficiencies” in its audit on the way government funds were being appropriated by government agencies. “We,...
Photo from PBA PBA teams are set to depart for Pampanga Monday, Aug. 23 to begin preparations for the restart of the Philippine Cup in the province. Teams will be allowed to practice on the following day while the PBA waits for a formal approval on the resumption of the season which was put on hold...
Photo from AFP With three bogeys in the scorecard, Filipino-Japanese golfer Yuka Saso struggled almost all day in the third round as she shot a two-over par 74 in the AIG Women’s British Open Saturday (Sunday morning in Manila) at the Carnoustie Golf Links in Scotland. Saso failed to convert on...
Small business owners have spent over a year adapting to the many challenges of operating during a pandemic and as economies slowly start to open up, the new normal has forced women micro-entrepreneurs (WMEs) to be nimble and flexible. (JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) According to...
(JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULLETIN) Medical and hospital associations on Saturday, Aug. 21, called the decision of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) to suspend the payment of hospital claims as just a tactic to deny or delay the payments. "PhilHealth's accusation against health...
There is already a community transmission of the Delta variant of the coronavirus in the country, the Philippine Genome Center (PGC) said Saturday, August 21. MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO “Ako professionally, and we at the Philippine Genome Center, while we do our analysis and we try to link the...
Air travel is safe. Philippine Airlines (PAL) made the assurance in a new video today ( August 21) unveiled on its social media platforms. pal-aircraft_316x210px "PAL put protocols and safeguards ensuring the safety of all travelers in this time of heightened concerns, and we enforce them strictly...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) is all set for the strict implementation of granular lockdowns after the National Capital Region (NCR) eased to modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) on Saturday, Aug. 21. Police Gen. Guillermo Eleazar, Chief of the Philippine National Police (File photo...
Photo from AFP Filipino-Japanese golfer Yuka Saso shot a one-under par 71 in the second round of the AIG Women’s British Open Friday (Friday night in Manila) at the Carnoustie Golf Links in Scotland. The 20-year-old Saso had back-to-back birdies on 4 and 5 but she closed the front nine with a...
Fresh from their successful stint at the recently concluded Tokyo Olympics, national athletes Carlo Paalam and Irish Magno made another milestone in their boxing careers as enlisted personnel of the Philippine Navy (PN). Olympian boxers Carlo Paalam (left) and Irish Magno take oath as enlisted...
