AFTER testing more than a hundred samples, the Department of Health is now convinced that there is a community spread of the new Covid-19 variants in the National Capital Region. On Saturday, the DoH said that there were 46 additional B117, 62 B1351 and six P.3 variant cases in the 150 samples sequenced by the Philippine Genome […]

SYDNEY: Torrential rain lashed Australia’s south east again on Monday, worsening once-in-a-century flooding that has forced thousands of people to evacuate their homes and shuttered hundreds of schools. The days-long deluge has inundated coastal areas of New South Wales, the country’s most populous state, with parts of Sydney experiencing what officials predicted would be the […]

PARIS: Europe could have herd immunity against Covid-19 by July, a European Union commissioner has said, as incoming jabs are expected to speed up the continent’s sluggish vaccine rollout. The note of optimism comes even as several European countries have started reimposing restrictions as they contend with surging coronavirus infections, and after mixed messaging on […]

Good day. Here are the stories for The Manila Times for Monday, March 22, 2021. READ: More Metro hospitals full MORE hospitals in Metro Manila have been stretched to the limit, reinforcing the projection that the capital region’s hospitals will reach full capacity if the upswing in the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases is not […]

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis on Sunday denounced racism, likening it to a virus that lurks in waiting and only to emerge and show that “our supposed social progress is not as real or definitive” as people think. Francis tweeted on racism on the date that the United Nations marks as International Day for the Elimination […]

FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida: Bill and Esther Ilnisky spent nearly seven decades together as Christian ministers and missionaries, including stints in the Caribbean and Middle East before preaching for 40 years in Florida. They complemented each other — he the bookworm, she outgoing and charismatic. One without the other seemed unthinkable. So when they died minutes […]

John Wilson bagged the Chooks-to-Go Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) Lakan Cup Most Valuable Player plum, leading the awardees on Sunday at the Subic Bay Gymnasium. The MPBL bestowed the award to Wilson ahead of his and the San Juan Knights’ National Finals Game 4 against the Davao Occidental Tigers. Wilson, a former Philippine Basketball […]

Since the pandemic started, gym goers then had a difficult time figuring out on how to stay fit. With the idea of of owner and Chief Executive Officer Christopher Martin Bond of Bond’s Fitness, his physical gym made a huge transition to go virtual from livestream zoom coaching sessions that offer private and group trainings […]

Maya-2, the Philippines’ second cube satellite, was successfully released into orbit by the International Space Station (ISS) on March 14 along with Paraguay’s GuaraniSat-1 and Japan’s Tsuru. Developed under Japan’s Kyushu Institute of Technology’s Fourth Joint Global Multi-Nation Birds Satellite (BIRDS-4) project, these cube satellites were launched on Feb. 21, 2021 at the National Aeronautics […]

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Sunday ordered the lockdown of its general headquarters, Camp Aguinaldo, amid the sharp increase of Covid-19 cases. “By this preemptive measure, AFP Chief General Cirilito Sobejana seeks to arrest the alarming and fast-growing number of Covid-19 infection,” AFP spokesman Maj. Gen. Edgard Arevalo said in a statement. […]

NEW cases of Covid-19 decreased a bit on Sunday from the record high recorded on Saturday, the Department of Health said. On Sunday, the department tallied 7,757 new infections, bringing the total to 663,794. It was the second highest daily caseload this year, only behind the 7,999 cases on Saturday. The DoH reported that 15,288 more patients survived the virus, increasing the number of recoveries to […]

The government on Sunday imposed additional restrictions in areas under General Community Quarantine (GCQ) amid the continued rise in coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases in the country. Presidential spokesman Harry Roque Jr.  said that aside from the National Capital Region, Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna and Rizal will be placed under GCQ from March 22 to April 4 upon recommendation […]

THE Manila city government on Sunday ordered the lockdown of 16 more barangay or villages to curb the skyrocketing number of Covid-19 cases in the city. Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso announced that the following villages will be under a 4-day lockdown starting 12:01 a.m. on Wednesday, March 24, until 11:59 p.m. on Saturday, March 17: Villages 1, 50, 106, 109, […]

LONDON: Britain’s Prince Harry has written the forward for a new book aimed at the children of frontline workers who died in the Covid-19 pandemic, sharing the pain he suffered as a boy after the death of his mother, Princess Diana. Harry wrote that losing his mother at age 12 left “a huge hole inside […]

National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) chief Karl Chua stressed the need to address the rising number of Covid-19 cases but steps taken should not compromise the employment of the majority of Filipinos. “We need to continue managing risks as Covid cases rise. We do this by focusing on localized quarantines and addressing the sources of […]

LOS ANGELES: LeBron James left in the second quarter with a high right ankle sprain that the Lakers said will sideline him indefinitely, and Los Angeles went on to fall 99-94 to the Atlanta Hawks on Saturday. Two hours after the game, the Lakers announced that James is out indefinitely. The defending NBA champions already […]

THE Department of Health (DoH) encouraged the public to suspend non-essential travel and stay home as the country saw its biggest single-day Covid-19 case increase on Saturday at almost 8,000. “With the continued rise in the number of cases, along with the threat of increased transmission posed by the expected higher mobility over the upcoming […]



PORTLAND, Oregon: CJ McCollum scored 32 points, Damian Lillard had 31 and the Portland Trail Blazers beat the Dallas Mavericks, 125-119, on Friday (Saturday in Manila). The All-Stars for each team, Lillard and Luka Doncic (38 points, nine rebounds, eight assists) both had big nights. But Lillard had much more help from his co-star as […]

THE Philippines has surpassed its record of 7,000 new cases of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) in a single day after it logged close to 8,000 new infections on Saturday, the Department of Health (DoH) said. This developed as the government announced that it would start its vaccination for the general public “most likely” in […]

The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announces that 1,234 out of 1,927 passed the Physician Licensure Examination given by the Board of Medicine in the cities of Manila, Baguio, Cagayan De Oro, Cebu, Davao, Iloilo, Legazpi, Lucena, Tacloban, Tuguegarao and Zamboanga this March 2021. The results of examination with respect to two (2) examinees were withheld […]

THE Philippines has surpassed its record of 7,000 new cases of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) in a single day after it logged close to 8,000 new infections on Saturday, the Department of Health (DoH) said. The DoH said the 7,999 Covid count raises the total number of cases to 656,056, from which 80, 642 […]

DAVAO OCCIDENTAL is now one win away from claiming the Chooks-to-Go Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) Lakan Cup title, as it beat the San Juan Knights, 66-58, in Game 3 at the Subic Bay Gymnasium on Saturday. With the victory, the Tigers seized a 2-1 lead over defending champion Knights in the best-of-five series. Billy […]

GOVERNMENT volcanologists are closely monitoring Taal Volcano in Batangas province after it recorded 175 volcanic earthquakes in the past 24 hours which may lead to an eruption. Renato Solium, Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) chief, told The Manila Times that although only Alert Level 2 has been raised, “if the current activity persists, […]

THE government eyes vaccinating the general public against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) by May once the bulk of procured jabs from AstraZeneca and Moderna arrive in the country, vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. said. With only about 1.1 million Covid-19 shots so far, the government’s vaccination drive that started on March 1 has prioritized […]

The year 2021 is film and theater actress Angie Ferro’s  most auspicious year; and she is nearly 82 years old. Fresh from her best actress award for “Lola Igna” by director Eduardo Roy Jr. at the 2019 Pista ng Pelikulang Pilipino (PPP), Angie bags this year’s Nora Aunor Ulirang Artista Lifetime Achievement Award from the Philippine Movie […]

Award-winning TV and film director Louie Ignacio is moving ahead with his passion project titled “Abe-Nida” for BG Productions International which is going back to film production after being inactive since the pandemic last year. This is an eight-year-old movie because as Direk Louie said he was willing to wait for Allen Dizon to play […]

The country’s current account posted a $13-billion surplus last year, the biggest since 2005, according to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP). The latest figure reversed the $3.1-billion deficit in 2019. Based on latest available central bank data, the 2020 current account surplus was also the highest since 2005. “Imports contracted more than the exports […]

Good day. Here are the stories for The Manila Times for Saturday, March 20, 2021. READ: Covid cases swell to record 7,000 The country notched its highest single-day increase in coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases Friday, with 7,103 new infections recorded. The figure eclipsed the 6,958 cases tallied on Aug. 10, 2020, according to the […]

SELF-PAYING members of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) can now pay their insurance contributions and access their records through its new portal. “We all know how the [coronavirus] Covid-19 pandemic has changed the way we live and relate to one another. But it will not stop PhilHealth from introducing innovations that will be beneficial […]

THE Bureau of Customs (BoC) has donated school supplies, books, bags, shoes and electronic learning materials to the Department of Education for the use of schoolchildren in far-flung areas. “We hope that this donation will help in filling-up the needs of our teachers and students for these materials especially in the countrysides,” said Customs Commissioner […]

THE country has logged its highest number of new coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases daily, with 7,103 new infections on Friday, eclipsing the 6,958 posted on Aug. 10, 2020. The latest count has pushed the total number of cases to 648,066, from which 73,264 are currently active, also the highest since August. Despite the surge […]