Covid-19 Positivity Rates in NCR and Luzon Provinces as of January 7, 2023 (OCTA FELLOW DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) The Covid-19 positivity rate in Metro Manila is now close to the World Health Organization's (WHO) benchmark of 5 percent after OCTA Research observed a drop in the rate to 5.8 percent...
Senator Mark Villar on Monday, January 9 commended President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s administration for achieving another milestone as the latter facilitated the launching of the Metro Manila Subway Project's Tunnel Boring Machine. Villar was among other government officials who attended...
Japan believes that the "new dawn for the Philippines' transportation story" is now "on the horizon" as a new subway project that will connect the north and the south of Metro Manila comes into effect. Matsuda Kenichi, Japanese Embassy in the Philippines minister and deputy chief of mission, made...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has assured the public that the government will continue to improve the country's transportation system and invest in it as he believes that having an efficient one has "multiplier effects" on the lives of the people. During the launching of the Metro...
Tunneling on P488.5-B Metro Manila Subway starts today By EMMIE V. ABADILLA Tunneling work on the P488.5-billion Metro Manila Subway Project (MMSP) started Monday, Jan. 9, as President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. led the launch of the first of six tunnel boring machines (TBM) at the subway's depot in...
Black Nazarene (Quiapo Church) Manila Archbishop Jose Cardinal Advincula reminded Black Nazarene devotees that Jesus Christ is aware and cares about His people's trials and sufferings. Advincula made this reminder as he gave his homily during the midnight Mass at the Quirino Grandstand on Monday,...
REFLECTIONS TODAY Today’s Feast of the Lord’s Baptism is celebrated not because Jesus needed to be cleansed. Rather, Jesus allowed himself to be deemed sinful as an act of solidarity with sinful humanity. St. Paul is even more shocking when he says that for our sake God made Jesus who knew no...
A motorcycle rider died after being hit by a passenger jeepney that suddenly went straight inside a hospital in Sta. Ana, Manila on Sunday, Jan 8. MPD/ MANILA BULLETIN The Manila Police District (MPD) identified the victim as Noe Ocenar Abaigar. Report said the accident happened along Old Panaderos...
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources said the water quality at the Manila Bay continues to improve this year, suggesting that the government's continuous restoration efforts are beginning to bear fruit. Manila Baywalk Dolomite Beach (Photo by Ali Vicoy / MANILA BULLETIN) In a...
Manila Archbishop Jose Cardinal Advincula (MANILA BULETIN FILE PHOTO) Manila Archbishop Jose Cardinal Advincula is set to lead the High Mass to mark the start of the Feast of the Black Nazarene midnight of Monday, Jan. 9, at the Quirino Grandstand in Manila. "By midnight of Jan. 9, we will have the...
Tens of thousands of Catholic devotees participated in the "Walk of Faith" early Sunday morning, Jan. 8, after two years of canceled in-person festivities to solemnly celebrate the Feast of the Black Nazarene. PHOTO BY ALI VICOY/ MANILA BULLETIN The number of faithful who joined the procession has...
HOTSPOT Tonyo Cruz Today, I mark my ninth year as a Manila Bulletin columnist. Since I started writing columns on Jan. 4, 2014, I may have already written about 500 columns. Exactly how many pieces I’ve written and got published, I don’t know. What I’m sure about is that I’m grateful for...