61 million Filipinos now fully vaxxed as of Feb. 13

MANILA – The Philippines has already administered 130,741,152 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine, with 61,058,862 Filipinos now fully vaccinated, including those who received the single-dose Janssen and...

PNP says 1K gun ban violators nabbed so far

MANILA – A total of 1,050 persons have been arrested for violating the Commission on Elections (Comelec) gun ban, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said Sunday....

Magnitude 5.4 quake hits Cagayan province

DILG chief says NCR not ready yet for Alert Level 1

MANILA – Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año cautioned on Sunday that the National Capital Region should not be downgraded yet from...

Attacks on labor unions being addressed, DOLE tells ILO

MANILA – The Labor department on Sunday assured the International Labour Organization (ILO) that cases have been filed and investigations are progressing on reported trade union rights...

PH Red Cross vax sites, buses administer close to 1M jabs

MANILA – The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) vaccination buses and centers are nearing the 1-million mark in Covid-19 jabs doses administered since it joined the nationwide drive...

PNP chief to poll bets: ‘Follow MMDA’s weekday ban on caravans’

MANILA – Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Dionardo Carlos urged candidates to observe campaign guidelines, particularly the Metro Manila Development Authority’s (MMDA) directive prohibiting caravans in...

3 new coronavirus cases reported at Beijing Games

ANKARA – Three new coronavirus cases were detected among Beijing Games-related personnel, the Winter Olympics Organizing Committee said Sunday. Two cases were found Saturday in new airport...

Philippine Post Office Valentine’s Day special stamps launched in the City of Pines

The Philippine Postal Corporation (Post Office) launched its “Titibok pa rin” Valentine’s 2022 special stamps featuring designs that spread hope, strength and love in the midst...

The meat paradox: how your brain wrestles with the ethics of eating animals

Most people eat meat and dairy with little thought of the consequences. Yet those consequences are planetary in scale. Raising livestock for meat, eggs and milk...