Pabor si Military Ordinary Bishop Oscar Jaime Florencio sa pagkakaroon ng mandatory military service sa mga kabataan.“I think we need that to instill more discipline to our young people,” ayon kay Florencio sa Radio Veritas. Dagdag pa niya: “It’s a good thing also to bring about while they are young.” Sinabi ni Florencio na hindi
Handa na ang National Capital Region sa inaasahang implementasyon ng mas maluwag na Alert Level 2 sa susunod na buwan, ayon sa pahayag ni Health Secretary Francisco Duque III nitong Lunes, Enero 24. “Oo, handa naman ang Metro Manila,” sabi ni Duque sa isinagawang pulong balitaan. “Unang-una maganda naman ang ating vaccination coverage. So, maganda ang
Kristine Joy Patag – Philstar.com January 24, 2022 | 5:08pm MANILA, Philippines — Presidential aspirant Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. said Monday that, if elected, he will not make his Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth public, despite saying earlier that releasing wealth declaration documents is good for transparency and accountability. “Pag gagamitin lang sa
Walang plano si aspiring President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. na isapubliko ang kanyang Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net worth o SALN dahil maaari umano itong magamit ng katunggaling politiko laban sa kanya. Sa panayam ng panel sa iba’t ibang media outfits na ipinalabas sa DWIZ Facebook page nitong Lunes, sinabi ni Marcos na obligado
Hinimok ng isang public health expert nitong Lunes, Enero 24, ang pambansang pamahalaan na huwag munang paluwagin ang coronavirus disease (COVID-19) protocols sa bansa dahil nananatili ang banta ng COVID-19 surge. Sinabi ng health reform advocate at dating National Task Force (NTF) against COVID-19 special adviser Dr. Anthony “Tony” Leachon na hindi pa ito ang
Philstar.com January 24, 2022 | 4:34pm MANILA, Philippines — Health authorities in the Philippines have yet to detect a sub-lineage of the highly transmissible Omicron variant, which has been seen in other countries, the Department of Health said Monday. “Until now, we have not yet detected any BA.2 sub-variant here in the country,” DOH Undersecretary
Philstar.com January 24, 2022 | 4:11pm MANILA, Philippines — Academics, civil society groups, and media outlets have once again pooled their fact-checking efforts to combat election-related disinformation ahead of the 2022 elections. Building on its earlier collaboration for the 2019 elections, Tsek.ph, a collaborative fact-checking project for the 2022 Philippines’ elections, relaunched its website Monday morning
Philstar.com January 24, 2022 | 4:06pm MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health on Monday reported 24,938 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the country’s total number of infections to 3,442,056. Of the newly reported cases, 97% occurred from January 11 to 24. The regions with the highest number of additional infections during that period were Metro
Iniulat ng Department of Health (DOH) nitong Lunes, Enero 24, 2022, na nakapagtala sila ng 24,938 bagong kaso ng COVID-19 sa bansa. Batay sa case bulletin #681 na inisyu ng DOH, nabatid na ang Pilipinas ay mayroon nang kabuuang 3,442,056 COVID-19 cases sa ngayon. Sa naturang bilang, 7.6% pa o 262,997 ang aktibong kaso o
Umaasa ang independent monitoring group na OCTA Research na ang Omicron COVID-19 variant surge na nararanasan ngayon sa bansa ay magtatapos na sa Marso o Abril ng taong ito. Ayon kay OCTA Research fellow Dr. Guido David, maaaring magtagal pa ang Omicron wave dahil bagamat unti-unti nang bumabagal ang hawahan sa National Capital Region (NCR)