MANILA – The use of self-administered Covid-19 test kits does not require healthcare workers to perform nasopharyngeal or oropharyngeal swab collection.... Read full article
MANILA – An analyst has forecast the Philippine peso’s 2022 performance to be driven by changes in the Federal Reserve’s policy rates instead of trade developments, just like what happened last year. ... Read full article
SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique – The year 2021 saw about 4,203 active sugar migrant workers or "sacadas" from this province get enrolled in the Social Security System (SSS).... Read full article
MANILA – Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana announced that he is in isolation again after being exposed to four persons in his household who contracted the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).... Read full article
MANILA – Malacañang on Wednesday said one of the legal counsels of Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp. executives Mohit and Twinkle Dargani is no longer affiliated with the Office of the President (OP).... Read full article
MANILA – The government must tighten regulations on "e-sabong" (online cockfighting) operations if it is not willing to suspend it, according to Partido Reporma standard-bearer Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson on Wednesday.... Read full article
MANILA – With his term ending in over three months, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte believes that he has been able to deliver his promise to bring peace to Mindanao.... Read full article
MANILA – The Philippines has recorded a total of 1.1 million foreign travelers since it reopened in February this year, the Department of Tourism (DOT) reported late Friday.... Read full article
LEGAZPI CITY – The Department of Health in Bicol (DOH-5) continues to encourage unvaccinated individuals, particularly those aged 5 to 17 years old and those eligible for boosters to get inoculated as it extended the 4th National Vaccination Days unt... Read full article
MANILA – Health Secretary Francisco Duque III on Friday warned the public against the use of self-administered or home Covid-19 test kits that have not been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).... Read full article