Councilor Joselle Villafuerte says a data from the Department of Health in Davao Region showed that there have been 224 suspected cases, 16 of which were confirmed during the City Council session on Tuesday, January 23. (Robby Joy D. Salveron / davaotoday.com) DAVAO CITY, Philippines – Health officials here urged parents to submit their children…
Students join the Black Friday protest against electoral fraud. (Photo by Anne Marxze D. Umil/Bulatlat) A political analyst credited the “victory” of administration bets to fraudulent elections and the “unusual combination of Duterte’s popularity, systematic use of government resources, use of fear, and black propaganda and disinformation against progressive partylist groups.” By RONALYN V. OLEA…
MANILA, Philippines — State-run Social Security System (SSS) is seeking to implement by April the proposed increase in the contribution rate of members to raise its collections and improve the viability of the fund. In an interview, SSS president and chief executive officer Emmanuel Dooc said the state fund is asking President Duterte to issue…
MANILA — The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) denounced the arrest of Rappler CEO Maria Ressa, branding it as “a shameless act of persecution by a bully government.” Ressa was arrested by National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) agents around 5 p.m. today on cyber libel charges over a 2012 article published four…
“Ang sakit-sakit po na magkahiwalay sila. Nararamdaman ko po ang nararamdaman ng anak ko,” she said. (It is painful that they are separated. I feel what my daughter feels.) The post Mother of political detainee appeals to have daughter and infant reunited appeared first on Kodao Productions.
The regional office of the Department of Health (DOH-XI) has admitted they are still short of the targeted contact tracers in the region.