THE country logged 7,174 new cases of Covid-19 on Sunday, raising the total number cases to 1.1 million, 61,294 of which were active, the Department of Health said. Most of the active cases were either mild or asymptomatic. The department said that 9,197 more patients recovered for a total of 1,022,224 or 92.8 percent of […]

Parents only want the best home for their families. But what if the home that they tirelessly build is constantly challenged by criticisms and judgments? In a new video series, PLDT Home reveals the most pressing issues that many parents face today and calls on families to speak up, connect, and celebrate each other’s uniqueness. […]

CEBU: The first Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas Vismin Super Cup Finals is down to a winner-take-all Game Three after the MJAS Zenith Talisay City Aquastars beat the KCS Computer Specialist Mandaue City, 63-56, at the Alcantara Civic Center in Alcantara town here on Saturday night, May 8, 2021. With its back against the wall, MJAS Zenith played its heart out in the fourth period to edge out KCS Computer Specialist in […]

MIAMI: A shooting at a South Florida shopping mall that was sparked by a fight between two groups of people sent panicked shoppers fleeing and left three persons injured Saturday afternoon, police and witnesses said. Live aerial television news footage showed people scattering outside the Aventura Mall after the initial reports of gunfire. Law enforcement […]

NEW YORK: A shooting in New York’s bustling Times Square has injured two women and a four-year-old girl, in an incident US authorities were still scrambling to understand, police said Saturday. The incident took place just before 5 p.m. local time (9 p.m. GMT), at the intersection of 7th Avenue and 44th Street, a NYPD […]

GENEVA: A Covid-19 variant spreading in India is more contagious and may be dodging vaccine protections, contributing to the country’s explosive outbreak, the World Health Organization’s chief scientist said Saturday. In an interview with Agence France-Presse, Soumya Swaminathan warned that “the epidemiological features that we see in India today do indicate that it’s an extremely […]

TRAINING in the United States within the span of seven months was extremely difficult for Filipino boxing Olympic bet Eumir Marcial. Many things happened from October to May, including the death of Marcial’s brother Eliver, which led to Marcial patriarch Eulalio’s being indisposed. The 25-year-old Marcial admitted that these events took a toll on his […]

PORTLAND, Oregon: Damian Lillard had 38 points to lead Portland to a 106-101 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday (Saturday in Manila) that gave the Trail Blazers the tiebreaker over its Western Conference foe as the season winds to a close. Lillard had five 3-pointers for the Blazers, which was back at home […]

THE Philippines logged a high 10,179 recoveries from and 6,979 new cases of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) on Saturday, according to the Department of Health (DoH). This puts the total number of survivors to 1.013 million or 92.5 percent of the total 1.094 million cases reported. Meanwhile, 63,376 people, or 5.8 percent of all […]

ABOUT two million doses of AstraZeneca vaccines arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport on Saturday. The arrival of additional doses of  vaccines from Covax aboard Singapore Airlines was witnessed by Philippine government officials led by Department of Health Secretary Francsco Duque 3rd and National Task Force against Covid-19 chief implementor Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. […]

THE Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) is investigating reports involving health insurance fraud, an official said. Dr. Shirley Domingo, vice president for Corporate Affairs, said the state insurer has received more than 900 complaints of “upcasing” since the start of 2021 and 2,000 in 2020. Upcasing involves “converting” the condition of patients with mild illnesses […]

TO debate or not to debate. That is the question. And a day after Malacanang announced that its spokesman Harry Roque Jr. will replace President Rodrigo Duterte in his supposed verbal tussle with former Supreme Court justice Antonio Carpio on issues related to the West Philippine Sea, the Palace said on Saturday that this may […]

COTABATO, Philippines: Dozens of Muslim militants occupied a public market overnight in the southern Philippines before fleeing after a tense standoff with government forces, officials said Saturday. The Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) did not take any hostage or put up resistance when army troops and police took positions at dawn Saturday near the public […]

CEBU: The KCS Computer Specialist Mandaue City proved to be lethal in the biggest stage of the  Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas Vismin Super Cup after pulling off a stunning 67-66 victory over the MJAS Zenith Talisay City Aquastars in Game One of the best-of-three championship series at the Alcantara Civic Center in Alcantara town here on Friday night, May 7, 2021. KCS Computer Specialist handed the Aquastars its first loss in the Vismin […]

Good day. Here are the stories for The Manila Times for Saturday, May 8, 2021. READ: Police to enforce mandatory masking President Duterte’s order to the police to arrest people not wearing face masks is immediately executory, according to the Department of Justice (DoJ). Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said the DoJ is drafting a set of guidelines […]

GENEVA: The World Health Organization gave emergency use authorization Friday to a vaccine for coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) manufactured by China’s Sinopharm, potentially paving the way for millions of the doses to reach needy countries through a UN-backed program rolling out coronavirus vaccines. The decision by a WHO technical advisory group — a first for […]

The country’s trade deficit narrowed to its smallest level in four months last March as the value of imports surpassed exports, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Friday. Preliminary data from the statistics agency showed that the value of inbound shipments surged by 16.6 percent year-on-year to $9.09 billion and outbound ones were up […]

Notice is hereby given that the Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Digital Telecommunications Phils., Inc. will be held at Quezon City by way of remote communication through Microsoft Teams (MS Teams) on May 31, 2021, Monday, at 2:00 p.m. The Agenda of the Annual Meeting is as follows: 1. Call to Order; […]

THE country’s manufacturing production, both in volume and value, fell at a faster pace last March, preliminary data released by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed on Friday. Results of the statistics agency’s latest Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries (Missi) showed the country’s Volume of Production Index (VoPI) shrank by 73.4 percent in the […]

THE Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) has allowed individuals as young as 15 years to go out of their residence to register for the Philippine Identification System amid lockdowns imposed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) in the country. “Pinayagan po ng inyong IATF na […]

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THE Philippine Food and Drug Administration has approved a certificate of product registration (CPR) for a local drug company to manufacture human-grade ivermectin as an “anti-nematode drug”. FDA Director-General Rolando Enrique Domingo confirmed to The Manila Times that Lloyd Laboratories has been given CPR. “It was granted after they submitted data to support the quality […]

THE Department of Health (DoH), through the Bureau of Quarantine (BoQ), has provided immediate medical aid to crewmembers of cargo ship M/V Athens Bridge, which sought refuge in the country after it was denied entry in different countries, having had a “travel history” that included India. The ship has 21 Filipinos on board, 12 of […]

THE Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) placed Zamboanga City under modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) until May 14, its spokesman said on Friday. According to IATF-EID and Presidential spokesman Harry Roque Jr., the task force approved the appeal of the local government of Zamboanga in its meeting on Thursday. […]

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte backed out of the debate challenge against retired Supreme Court associate justice Antonio Carpio on the issues related to the West Philippine Sea, designating his spokesman Harry Roque Jr, as his representative. In a television interview, Roque announced that Duterte was “prepared” to debate with Carpio but several Cabinet members and two […]

THE country’s manufacturing production, both in volume and value, fell at a faster pace last March, preliminary data released by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed on Friday. Results of the statistics agency’s latest Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries (Missi) showed that the country’s Volume of Production Index (VoPI) shrank by 73.4 percent in […]

THE Manila Electric Company (Meralco) on Friday announced an increase in its rates in May. The power distributor said the P0.1853 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) raise brings the monthly rate to P8.5920 kWh from April’s P8.4067 kWh. This means a household consuming 200 kWh per month will have an additional P37 in their bill. Meralco attributed […]

A debate between President Rodrigo Duterte and former Senior Associate Justice (SAJ) Antonio Carpio on the West Philippine Sea (WPS) is not necessary as the country won’t benefit from it, according to senators. Carpio has accepted the debate challenge of the President, and the Philippine Bar Association even offered to host and moderate to provide […]

THE Philippine government welcomed on Friday an additional 1.5 million doses of Sinovac’s coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccines. The shipment, on board a Cebu Pacific aircraft, arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport, Terminal 2 in Manila at 7:59 a.m. Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. and Health Secretary Fransisco Duque 3rd personally witnessed the arrival […]

Good day. Here are the stories for The Manila Times for Friday, May 7, 2021. READ: Govt eyes vaccine ‘mixing’ scheme THE Department of Health (DoH) is drafting the guidelines that will allow an individual who had been inoculated with one brand of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccine for the first dose to be jabbed with a […]

GENEVA: Activists cheered, Big Pharma complained and government leaders assessed next steps on Thursday after the Biden administration’s blockbuster move to support an easing of patent and other protections on Covid-19 vaccines that many hope will help poorer countries get more doses and speed the end of the pandemic. The move to support waiving intellectual […]

THE Philippines logged 6,637 new cases of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) and 6,091 recoveries, the Department of Health (DoH) said on Thursday. The latest number of infections raises the total caseload to 1.080 million, from which 999,011 or 92.5 percent have recovered while 63,170 remained active. The drop in new cases was due to […]

THE House of Representatives suspended work from May 10 to 14 for disinfection and vaccination of its employees against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). The House will resume session on May 17. “Closing to disinfect the House and to do the inoculation of our employees both in preparation for the resumption of Congress this May […]