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“Further progress is needed to ensure that local agencies are empowered to respond without international support,” Bollettino also said.
With over 28.5 million learners affected by school closures early in the year, how will they fare in online classes this August?
A surge of COVID-19 cases is expected to hit Metro Manila in the coming weeks and the city is grossly unprepared.
Apr 10 (over a year ago)
More than a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, the Philippine government began to roll out its immunization campaign to combat the coronavirus. But since then, the vaccines raised more questions than answers, leaving the nation caught between fear and hope.
Mar 24 (over a year ago)
"We have to feed our people, but we don’t have the budget to fund community kitchens, so we thought of planting our food to start. Pantawid lang sa sikmura (Just to fill our stomachs)."
Jun 25 (over a year ago)
Fourteen lawmakers from Eastern Visayas have urged the government to ensure that stranded persons are free from the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) before they are sent home.
Jun 25 (over a year ago)
Some 337,486 have been so far trained on technology-based instruction as the country’s education system shifts to distance learning due to the threat posed by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
Jun 22 (over a year ago)
A Cebu City councilor has asked Mayor Edgardo Labella to tap nutritionist-dietitians in the city to provide nutrition services for asymptomatic COVID-19 patients isolated at the barangay isolation centers.
Jun 16 (over a year ago)
Roque said the majority or 61% of Cebu City's 80 barangays have active coronavirus cases, 13 of them considered "worst hit."
