Former vice president Leni Robredo on Wednesday, April 17, bewailed the lack of psychiatrists in the Philippines, preventing mental health patients from accessing timely help and medication.Former vice president Leni Robredo (File Photo/MANILA BULLETIN) Noting that mental health problems are a...
Senators on Monday, February 12 reiterated that the Philippines is already open for business without the need for any constitutional amendments. Sen. Sonny Angara presides over the continuation of the Constitutional Amendments and Revision of Codes Subcommittee hearing on Senate Resolution of...
Senator Manuel “Lito” Lapid has filed a measure seeking to mandate the placement of automated external defibrillators (AED) in public spaces such as government buildings, offices, courts, schools, public parks and markets. Lapid said the bill aims to provide immediate, life-saving, response...
DOH Officer-in-Charge Maria Rosario Vergeire speaks to members of the media during the first face-to-face press briefing after two years at the DOH Central Office in Manila on Wednesday, July 20. (MB Photo: Noel Pabalate)
Every individual has a different capacity in responding to his or her...
Negros Oriental 3rd district Rep. Arnie Teves is appealing to the national government to prioritize feeding hungry Filipinos over tackling "other problems".
Negros Oriental 3rd district Rep. Arnie Teves (Facebook)
Teves made this call in the backdrop of his criticism against...
Stumped by the slow progress of San Miguel Corp.(SMC) in building the vital 1.2-kilometer Connector road linking the eight-kilometer North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) to SMC's 18-kilometer Skyway Stage 3, Metro Pacific Tollways Corp. (MPTC) now wants to build the connector road itself while looking for...
Israel has helped the Philippines learn how to manage its water challenges by sharing its expertise on the problem.
Israel Ambassador to the Philippines Ilan Fluss presented his country's innovation and technology in addressing water challenges through a seminar attended by various government...
PARIS, France -- People who have had Covid more than once are two or three times more likely to have a range of serious health problems than those who have only had it once, the first major study on the subject said Thursday.
Multiple infections have surged as the pandemic rumbles on and the...
Smart Communications Inc., hit back at DITO Telecommunity Corporation saying its accusation of anti-competitive behavior is baseless, a ploy to shirk huge penalties for the fraudulent voice traffic it fails to control in its network, to the detriment of Smart and the government.
While...
The incoming Marcos administration has a daunting, king-sized economic problem and it needs all the help it could muster, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said on Saturday, June 25.
Interviewed by DWIZ radio, Gatchalian identified the big problems of President-elect Bongbong Marcos such as...
President-elect Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. recently made a comment, reminiscing the “glory days” of the Philippines when it comes to academics. With the still ongoing pandemic ravaging the country’s—the world’s, in fact—academic systems, such a call for improving the academic standing of...
Ogie Alcasid has come out to deny speculations that he and wife Regine Velasquez are having problems concerning their marriage.
Ogie wrote on Twitter: "I have read some tweets about my wife and I having marital problems. For the record, wifey and I are so much in love and there has not been a...
