The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has opened a temporary access road and stairway in the landslide-hit section of Bukidnon-Davao Road in Quezon, Bukidnon, to provide motorists and residents limited passage as full restoration work continues. DPWH said its engineers are completing...
After two decades in preventive medicine and dermatology, I’ve learned that the most profound medical advances often come not from doing something entirely new, but from orchestrating existing science in smarter ways. The latest development in treating hair pathologies, a technology called...
Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Vince Dizon on Wednesday, Nov. 5, ordered the swift restoration of public and critical facilities in Davao Oriental after the magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck the province in October. Dizon said the rehabilitation aims to restore essential...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) will undertake the restoration of the fire-damaged Manila Central Post Office with firm emphasis on integrity and heritage preservation to ensure transparency and protect the cultural significance of the historic landmark. The project was...
Deletion by the Bureau of Immigration (BI) of one’s name in its blacklist is easy if you fork over from P1 million to P5 million. This information surfaced during a public hearing by the Senate public order and dangerous drugs committee where the name of an alien, particularly Chinese, could be...
Gabriela Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas is up in arms over the restoration of the P10-billion budget of the controversial National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) in the proposed 2023 national budget, which is nearing enactment. Gabriela Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas...
In time for the observance of World Fisheries Day, a Filipino fisherfolk group denounced the “continued reclamation projects” in the Philippines. Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) on Monday, Nov. 21, held a kinetic protest at the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic...
Senator Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara on Sunday, July 31, called for the inspection and restoration of historical sites and structures damaged by the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that hit northern Philippines last week. Senator Sonny Angara (Senate of the Philippines / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN)...
Rampant cable-cutting in Cebu, Bacolod, and Bohol is wreaking havoc on Globe Telecom Inc.'s efforts to restore connectivity in Typhoon Odette - damaged areas, the company said on Thursday, March 17. The strong tropical cyclone toppled cell sites in the Visayas, mostly in Cebu, and compromised main...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has ordered at least two-month leeway on the electric bill payments of consumers in the typhoon-affected areas in Visayas and Mindanao. This order came alongside its call for speedy restoration of electricity services in the affected areas. The power industry...
The Department of Energy (DOE) has strongly warned ‘profiteers’ of oil commodities that they will be penalized for illegal retailing activities in the calamity-stricken areas in Visayas and Mindanao. The energy department reported this week that several gasoline stations as well as depots in...
The majority of the Earth’s lands are facing a loss of ecological integrity. Ecological integrity, or the capacity of an ecosystem to naturally protect all the organisms and habitats, can be assessed in three measures of intactness. These are habitat intactness, faunal intactness, and...
