Good day. Here are the stories for The Manila Times for Saturday, May 1, 2021. READ: Vaccinating 80% of workers pushed Presidential Adviser on Entrepreneurship Jose Maria “Joey” Concepcion 3rd is proposing the vaccination for Covid-19 of at least 80 percent of the country’s workers as a way of speeding up the recovery of the battered economy. […]
THE Philippines has logged 8,748 new cases of Covid-19 on Friday, the Department of Health (DoH) said. This raises the total active caseload to 73,908, or 7.1 percent of the 1.037 million individuals infected by the virus, the DoH said. Of the active cases, 97 percent are mild, moderate or asymptomatic. Meanwhile, 4,143 individuals were […]
WISCONSIN: A record-high $41.8 billion was spent on cloud computing in the recently ended quarter as businesses leaned heavily on the internet to survive the pandemic, market tracker Canalys said on Thursday (Friday in Manila). Spending on “cloud infrastructure services” around the world was up nearly $11 billion from the first three months of last […]
TANAUAN, Leyte: Residents of this municipality and those from nearby towns of Leyte will be enjoying free bus rides for two months starting May 3 from this town to Tacloban City and back to Tanauan. Cesario Licopit, vice president of Mahagnaw Transport Corporation, told The Manila Times the officers of their company led by its […]
ANTICIPATING unauthorized and lightning protest rallies from militant groups in time with the observance of Labor Day, the Quezon City government and the Quezon City Police District (QCPD) have agreed to deploy enough number of lawmen and traffic enforcers to keep order and observe safety and health protocols. According to QCPD Director BGen. Antonio Yarra, […]
Billboard Awards: 16 nods for Weeknd, SB19 is nominated NEW YORK: The Weeknd is the leading nominee at the 2021 Billboard Music Awards, where rappers Pop Smoke and Juice WRLD earned multiple posthumous nominations. The three are also up for top artist along with Taylor Swift and Drake. The Weeknd earned 16 nominations, including top […]
The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announces that 674 out of 1,168 passed the Pharmacist Licensure Examination given by the Board of Pharmacy in the cities of Cagayan De Oro, Cebu, Iloilo, Legazpi, Pagadian, Pangasinan and Zamboanga this April 2021. The members of the Board of Pharmacy who gave the licensure examination are Mr. Anthony Aldrin […]
THE Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) has included Ifugao in the list of areas in the country which will be under a modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) from May 1 until May 14. In a press briefing on Friday, Roque said Ifugao was added to the list upon the […]
THE Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said the country’s headline inflation rate this month will likely remain at its fastest in over two years. “The BSP projects April 2021 inflation to settle within the range of 4.2-5.0 percent,” BSP Governor Benjamin Diokno said in a statement on Friday. Last March, consumer price growth softened to […]
AT least two drug suspects were arrested and 49 kilograms of marijuana in their possession confiscated in a buy-bust operation in Kalinga on Thursday night. Maj. Gen. Vicente “Vic” Dupa Danao Jr., National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) police chief, identified the suspects as Carlos Bocad Banosa, 27; and Mylene Sulay Bullay alias Angel, 25. […]
THE Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) has allowed indoor dining in areas placed under modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) at 10 percent of the venue capacity, its spokesman announced. “The Inter-Agency Task Force on Thursday, April 29, 2021, approved the recommendation to allow restaurants, eateries, commissaries, and other food […]
FIVE-member Pinoy pop (P-pop) boy band SB19 has just made history as the first Filipino group and Southeast Asian act to be nominated in the 2021 Billboard Music Awards (BBMA). The grouo made it to the Top Social Artist category, which was launched in 2011. The homegrown act — comprised of Pablo (formerly known as […]
Good day. Here are the stories for The Manila Times for Friday, April 30, 2021. READ: ICT boost key to recovery – experts The Philippines must upgrade its information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure to promote financial inclusion and support economic recovery. Representatives from the UK FCDO Asean Economic Reform Program, National Telecommunications Commission (NTC), Globe Telecoms Inc. and […]
Rising consumer prices amid the surge in coronavirus disease 2019 infections prompted foreign portfolio investors to pull out more than $540 million in the Philippines in March, according to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP). Central bank data showed that net outflows of foreign portfolio investments, or “hot money” — so called because of how […]
THE European Union (EU) will prioritize programs that would support the Philippines’ socio-economic recovery from the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) crisis, including the promotion of a green resilient economy. The EU reiterated that its cooperation with Manila is aligned with the objectives of the Philippine Development Plan 2017-2022 as it underscored its importance as an […]
Lamb is a great choice of meat for family celebrations and special occasions. It also has a distinct taste that makes it easier to create a meal from. In fact, working with lamb requires very simple ingredients and process; the flavor is already there and you just need to highlight this when serving your dish. […]
PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has warned local government officials of facing administrative and criminal charges if they fail to enforce the quarantine rules and prevent a surge in coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases in their areas of jurisdiction. In his pre-recorded public address aired on Wednesday, Duterte said he would direct Interior Secretary Eduardo Año to […]
PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte suggested implementing a schedule for community pantries to avoid overcrowding. During a meeting with his Cabinet on Wednesday, Duterte said it would be easier to control the crowd if the queues were scheduled. “Iyong ano ‘yong sa barangay there is the purok and sitio. You can always schedule it for the purok […]
VACCINE czar Carlito Galvez Jr. said the Philippines is asking other countries, specifically the United States and Israel, for their excess coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccines as the country’s supply remains low. During the Cabinet meeting on Wednesday, Galvez said Philippine Ambassador to the US Jose Manuel Romualdez is now in talks with the US […]
Good day. Here are the stories for The Manila Times for Thursday, April 29, 2021. READ: Govt reviews vaccine rollout The delayed arrival of vaccines has forced the government to review its strategy on how to effectively distribute available doses, taking into consideration the explosion of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases in India. The Department of Health (DoH) […]
The delayed arrival of vaccines has forced the government to review its strategy on how to effectively distribute available doses, taking into consideration the explosion of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases in India. The Department of Health (DoH) said the vaccine cluster is “restrategizing” the vaccine rollout with the delayed arrival of Gamaleya’s Sputnik V […]
TO: ALL STOCKHOLDERS FIRST PHILIPPINE HOLDINGS CORPORATION Please take notice that the Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of our Corporation will be held virtually via this link: https://conveneagm.com/ph/fphc on Friday, May 21, 2021, at 10:00 a.m, to discuss the following: 1. Call to Order 2. Proof of Required Notice 3. Determination of Quorum 4. Approval […]
Bank sees 4.5% growth this year as quarantine measures clobber economy The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has downgraded its 2021 Philippine economic growth forecast, taking into account the impact of more stringent quarantine measures on the economy. In the Asian Development Outlook (ADO) 2021 report released on Wednesday, the ADB said the Philippine economy is […]
TO curb potential price manipulation in the country’s hog and poultry sectors, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said it is strengthening the traceability systems in the trading of pigs and chicken, including their meat and processed products. To do this, Agriculture Secretary William Dar said the Agriculture department will establish a more robust and interconnected […]
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), Tacloban City District Engineering Office has lined up 67 projects for 2021 with a budget of P1.1 billion. DPWH Tacloban City District Engineer Lino Francisco Gonzalez said the projects include the rehabilitation and repair of the Mangonbangon and Baruguan bridges, construction of an evacuation center at Barangay […]
FAITH is deemed to be the major armor of the people. Some religious beliefs and traditional practices are evident that greatly influenced what the people believe in. Most of the stakeholders describe how faith helped them to be resilient. For others, they feel blessed that they were able to survive the chaotic experience even though […]
SENATE Minority Leader Franklin Drilon has urged President Rodrigo Duterte to certify as urgent the passage of Senate Bill (SB) 2121 seeking to criminalize red-tagging. The senator filed SB 2121 to address the concern of Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra regarding the “problem of reckless endangerment” caused by red-tagging. “With the opinion of the Secretary of Justice, […]
THE Senate and the executive branch are holding “backchannel” talks for a compromise on President Rodrigo Duterte’s decision to increase pork importation and lower tariff and calls to withdraw the order. Senate President Vicente Sotto 3rd, Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon, and Sen. Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Wednesday disclosed this but declined to elaborate. Some […]
THE Employees Compensation Commission (ECC), an attached agency of the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE), has approved the inclusion of coronavirus disease-2019 (Covid 19) in its list of compensable occupational and work-related diseases. The ECC, headed by Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello 3rd, in a resolution, granted the inclusion of Covid as a compensable illness […]
PATIENTS who are not infected with coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) are urged to continue their consultations in hospitals as they are assured that they will be separated from those with Covid-19. In a media roundtable organized by Boehringer-Ingelheim on Wednesday, Dr. Helen Ong Garcia of St. Luke’s Medical Center said that despite the pandemic, more […]
PHILIPPINE Muslims are urged to get vaccinated even during the holy month of Ramadan for protection. During a media forum organized by the Department of Health (DoH), Dr. Bashary Latiph, minister of health of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), said that based on the guidance of Abuhuraira Udasan, the Mufti or juris of the office of the Darul Ifta’ or […]
