Communication Secretary Martin Andanar (File photo) MANILA – Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Martin Andanar on Monday expressed optimism that with the start of the arrival of Covid-19 vaccines, the country can gradually return to its progressive track. The PCOO chief joined President Rodrigo Roa Duterte and other members …

VACCINATED. MMDA chief Benjamin “Benhur” Abalos Jr. receives first dose of CoronaVac vaccine at the Philippine General Hospital on Monday (March 1, 2021). Abalos said he decided to get vaccinated right in the country’s first day of vaccination rollout to encourage public to get vaccines against Covid-19. (Photo courtesy of …

Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles (File photo) MANILA – Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles on Monday joined members of the President’s official family in vaccination activities to increase public confidence in Covid-19 vaccines, which was rolled out initially to the country’s health care workers, frontline essential workers, and uniformed personnel. Nograles, co-chair …

Politics The White House spokesperson today ruled out sending vaccines to continental partners like Canada and Mexico, saying U.S. President Joe Biden is committed to getting every American vaccinated before sharing doses with other countries. White House press secretary Jen Psaki takes a question from a reporter during a press …

Last 25 February 2021, the 35th anniversary of the so-called 1986 EDSA Revolution was marked by a 20-minute ceremony at a monument at a corner of Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City. The ceremony could have passed off as a group of tourists studying a large metal sculpture that looks more …

Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Secretary Salvador Panelo on Monday criticized Vice President Leni Robredo and Senator Francis Pangilinan for making negative remarks about the China-made CoronaVac vaccine. He asked them: “Why can’t we just be thankful?’ Panelo in his daily online program “Counterpoint” said critics must be thankful as the …

The Philippines might shift into modified general community quarantine (MGCQ) in May if the government’s vaccination program goes as planned, vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. said Monday. Galvez, during a “symbolic” vaccination activity in a Covid-19 dedicated hospital, said the country may ease restrictions and resume classroom meetings as …

Once signed by President Rodrigo Duterte, the Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises (CREATE) Act is seen to have the biggest impact in the road to economic recovery for the Philippines this year. The Board of Investments (BoI), in a recent webinar, said this is expected especially in the …

Technology & Science The discovery of an intact ceremonial chariot was revealed by officials at the Pompeii archaeological site in Italy on Saturday. The chariot survived the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79, a building collapse and looting by antiquities thieves. A view of a chariot, with its iron elements, …

BAGUIO CITY — The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Monday served the order of the Sandiganbayan to suspend the mayor of San Fernando City, La Union for 90 days. DILG-San Fernado City officier Lily Ann Colisao disclosed that the preventive suspension order was forwarded to the …