Monthly Archives: August 2021
Escudero appeals for OFW exemption from paying vaccination certificate
Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) should be spared from paying the fees for the international vaccination certificate or “yellow card” being issued by the Bureau...
Isko Moreno rushed to hospital after testing positive for Covid
Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso was rushed to the hospital on Sunday after testing positive for Covid-19.
The Manila Public Information Office (PIO) said...
More than 300 dead as 7.3 magnitude quake hits Haiti
A 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti early Saturday, leaving more than 300 dead and hundreds of others wounded or missing, local officials said.
The quake's...
July is hottest month on record in 142 years
Earth sizzled in July and became the hottest month in 142 years of recordkeeping, U.S. weather officials announced.
As extreme heat waves struck parts of...
Govt reimposes ECQ in Laguna until Aug. 20
The government through the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases’ (IATF-EID) decided on Saturday to impose anew the enhanced community...
PH seeks faster deliveries of Covid vaccines from manufacturers
The government's vaccine acquisition team is renegotiating with manufacturers to hasten the deliveries of Covid-19 jabs, Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. reported on Saturday.
The vaccine...
MMDA denies extension of ECQ in NCR to Aug. 31
The head of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) denied on Saturday that Metro Manila Council Chairperson and Edwin Olivarez has issued a statement...
COA scores DOH on ‘indiscriminate wastage of government funds’
The Commission on Audit (COA) has scored the Department of Health (DOH) for its “recurring problem” that results in “indiscriminate wastage of government funds...
Aksyon Demokratiko getting stronger by the minute
Shortly after Isko Moreno is elected President of Aksyon Demokratiko (AD), many known political personalities are slowly expressing their support behind the embattled Manila...
Pacquiao faces possible expulsion from PDP-Laban
Sen. Manny Pacquiao faces possible expulsion from the ruling Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) after reports surfaced that he transformed his local party...
