2 months after, still no update on Vietnam wildlife trade ban

In March, responding to the novel coronavirus pandemic, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc requested draft legislation banning the trade and consumption of wildlife in Vietnam by...

Bringing ‘Poogie’ Home: Hospice In The Time Of COVID-19

After she landed in the hospital with a broken hip, Parkinson’s disease and the coronavirus, 84-year-old Dorothy “Poogie” Wyatt Shields made a request of her children:...

The coronavirus doesn’t exist in isolation — it feeds on other diseases, crises

We may be in self-isolation, but the COVID-19 pandemic is clearly not. It isn’t isolated from other social, environmental and health crises — like food insecurity,...

No new Pinoy fatalities due to Covid-19 abroad: DFA

Duque still enjoys Duterte’s trust, confidence

MANILA – Health Secretary Francisco Duque III still enjoys President Rodrigo Duterte’s trust and confidence, despite the criticisms the country’s top health official has been receiving in...

Nothing wrong with giving 2nd SAP aid to 5M more families

MANILA – There is nothing wrong with the government’s move to include additional 5 million low-income families in the roster of beneficiaries of the second tranche of...

Palace to lessors: Abide by 30-day grace period on rent payment

MANILA – Property lessors of both commercial and residential establishments should abide by the mandatory grant of a 30-day grace period on rents due within the duration...

PRRD only against face-to-face classes: Palace

MANILA – Malacañang on Tuesday clarified that President Rodrigo Duterte was only against the opening of face-to-face (F2F) classes until there is an available vaccine against the...

Duterte used all special powers to address Covid-19

MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte was able to exhaust all the emergency powers granted to him by Congress to allow his administration to stop the coronavirus disease...

Supreme Court workers undergo Covid-19 rapid testing

MANILA – Officials and workers of the Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday underwent rapid testing for the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). In a statement, the SC Public...