Senator Nancy Binay on Sunday called out the Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) for becoming the “single-biggest job stranglers” since the COVID-19 pandemic started in the country. Binay expressed her disappointment at the...
Data source: Food and Drug Administration | Pubmat: Manila Bulletin Five months since the country's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination drive started, more than 24 million vaccine doses have already been administered. The Philippines' COVID-19 vaccination drive started last March 1,...
The Department of Tourism (DOT) rolled out on Thursday, Aug. 12 a two-day vaccination program in San Fernando City, Pampanga which aims to inoculate at least a thousand active tourism workers there. (Photo from Department of Tourism) Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat led the vaccination...
More than 2.5 million school children have benefited from the government's milk feeding program, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said Friday, August 13. (Photo courtesy of the DA-PCC) Jointly implemented by the Department of Education (DepEd) and DA through its National Dairy Authority (NDA) and...
Archiving our native languages is critical in sustaining our cultural heritage for future Filipinos By Loren Legarda THIS WEEK IN PANORAMA In observance of Buwan ng Wika, let's talk about language, the over 130 Philippine languages, of which many are endangered. Cover illustration by Jc Fermante...
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte said Thursday the city still has a "few" COVID-19 related deaths despite the surge in new virus infections in Metro Manila because the government's vaccination program "is working." Belmonte added that the rise in the city's new COVID-19 cases "is not as steep" as the...
A total of 3,760 active tourism workers in Bohol are expected to be inoculated in the second wave of vaccinations against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), which the Department of Tourism (DOT) launched Wednesday, Aug. 11. A tourism worker in Bohol receives his COVID-19 jab during the second...
Senator Leila de Lima on Wednesday scored anew the Duterte administration for refusing to address vaccine hesitancy among Filipinos and instead blaming them instead of pushing for a campaign that would help build public trust on the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines. “Children are getting sick with...
More than 700 employees of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-Central Office have so far been fully vaccinated against coronavirus disease (COVID-19). An employee of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Central Office receives his second dose of Sinovac...
Pateros Mayor Miguel “Ike” Ponce III said the municipal government is aiming to fully vaccinate 100 percent of its target population in less than a month. “Based on my estimate, in less than one month, we will finish 100 percent of the second dose of our target population,” said the mayor...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon has urged state economic managers to reconsider allocating huge funds for the security sector for next year amid the “skyrocketing” national debt and a growing budget deficit. Drilon said he is dismayed at the negative growth in the social services sector...
The Muntinlupa City government launched its “Rolling Bakuna” program to bring vaccination directly to senior citizens and bedridden individuals, and opened nine new sites to cater to more people. Launched by the City Health Office (CHO) headed by Dr. Juancho Bunyi with the support of Mayor...
