No better defense against Covid-19 than vaccines

MANILA – Vaccination is the key to mitigating the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic, an Israeli health expert underscored on Friday. Dr. Guy Choshen,...

UK-donated vax to arrive in PH Aug. 2: envoy

MANILA – Outgoing British Ambassador to the Philippines Daniel Pruce said 415,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine donated by the United Kingdom are set to arrive in...

350K jobs available to migrant workers in Japan

MANILA – Some 350,000 job opportunities are open to migrant workers, including overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Japan, the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) in Tokyo reported...

Recall of VFA abrogation reinforces PH-US ties: solons

MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte’s decision to recall the abrogation of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) with the United States will be beneficial to all parties, given...

20.7M Filipinos done with PhilID registration

MANILA – More than 20 million Filipinos are now done with the Step 2 registration for the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys). A total of 20,724,895 individuals had...

Bayanihan 3 a must under ECQ: Speaker

MANILA – Speaker Lord Allan Velasco on Friday called on the Senate to immediately pass the proposed Bayanihan to Arise As One Act (Bayanihan 3) as the...

Faustino is next AFP chief

2.8K more Covid-19 recoveries bring PH tally to 1.49M

MANILA – The Department of Health (DOH) on Friday reported 2,854 new recoveries from coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), bringing the country’s total to 1,491,182. In its latest...

PH focus crimes drop by 64% in last 5 years: PNP

MANILA – The Philippine National Police (PNP)’s aggressive law enforcement operations, including the anti-illegal drug campaign, and the massive increase in its efficiency in solving crimes has...

ECQ in NCR to affect voter signup activities: Comelec