EDITORIAL - Informal census
Registration for the Philippine Identification System is ongoing, with some 20 million Filipinos already registered as of the start of the month. This is according to the Philippine Statistics Authority or PSA, which is in charge of the PhilSys registration......»»
EDITORIAL - Dangerous disinformation
Yesterday the country recorded 10,623 new COVID infections – the highest single-day figure since April 16 at the height of the killer surge, when 10,726 new cases were recorded. There were 247 COVID deaths yesterday – also the highest in a single day since April 9 when 401 succumbed to the virus – bringing the total to 28,673......»»
EDITORIAL - Delta and children
The viral load of the Delta COVID variant is so much greater than the original SARS-CoV-2 that it has managed to infect some fully vaccinated individuals and even children......»»
dream! Rockstar is working on a remake of the Grand Theft Auto trilogy
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Hidilyn and Benilde
It was just announced that there will be a total lockdown in Metro Manila from Aug. 6 to Aug. 20. This will be another two weeks of hardships, especially for the majority of people whose incomes are basically earned on a daily basis. Then there is the informal economy where survival is literally on a daily basis......»»
EDITORIAL - Waiting for reimbursement
EDITORIAL - Waiting for reimbursement.....»»
EDITORIAL - Cops turned kidnappers
Internal cleansing and tightening of recruitment procedures were among the top priorities outlined by Gen. Guillermo Eleazar when he assumed his post as chief of the Philippine National Police......»»
Bataan braces for stricter protocols
BATAAN — Coronavirus cases in this province has reached 13,894 as of 30 July this year or about 1.63 of the total population of which .06 percent or 489 have succumbed to the deadly disease. The figures were based on the results of the 2020 Census of Population and Housing (CPH) that Bataan’s population is […] The post Bataan braces for stricter protocols appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
EDITORIAL - Preventing lockdown abuses
Even before the start of the strictest enhanced community quarantine on Aug. 6, the Philippine National Police has set up border checkpoints around the National Capital Region......»»
As lockdown looms, community groups urge ‘ayuda‘ for informal waste workers
“Our request is that we be given food every day because we do not have the resources to buy food if we are not allowed to go out to buy goods,” said Ronaldo Sarmiento, of the Samahan ng mga Mangangalakal ng Scrap sa Capulong based in Tondo, Manila......»»
EDITORIAL - Safe voter registration
The approaching return to the strictest enhanced community quarantine will inevitably affect the ongoing voter registration, with only two months left before the deadline. Areas to be placed under ECQ including Metro Manila are sure to see a slowdown in the registration of new voters, according to poll officials......»»
EDITORIAL - Make it worth the pain
Although some members of the economic team reportedly supported the proposal to implement a two-week hard lockdown in Metro Manila, the economic cost has been placed at billions of pesos. The national government must make sure the displacement will be worth it......»»
EDITORIAL - Return to pastillas?
Are they again accepting grease money folded like the popular local milk pastries called pastillas? This is the question on many people’s minds following reports that 84 officials and employees of the Bureau of Immigration implicated in a bribery scandal had returned to work......»»
NEA may attain electrification goal by June 2022
State-run National Electrification Administration may meet the 100 percent household electrification target of the Duterte administration by June next year if based on the 2015 census as electric cooperatives have already given electricity access to 99 percent of the total potential household......»»
EDITORIAL - Circuit breaker
There is a marked increase in COVID transmission in Metro Manila, but it cannot be described yet as a surge, according to health officials. And without a surge, the officials see no need for a two-week “hard lockdown” that the OCTA Research Group is suggesting to nip in the bud the spread of the more virulent Delta variant......»»
EDITORIAL - Whatever happened to…?
Perhaps because he felt a need to delve on his legacy, President Duterte devoted a considerable portion of his final State of the Nation Address in defense of his priority program, the campaign against illegal drugs......»»
EDITORIAL - Golden moment
After a drought of 97 years, the Philippines has finally bagged the elusive gold medal in the Olympic Games......»»
miracle! Nintendo can fix the Joy-Con Drift after years of complaints
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EDITORIAL - The final SONA
It wasn’t his swan song, President Duterte said yesterday of his final State of the Nation Address......»»
EDITORIAL - Final challenge
The final year of the Duterte administration will remain focused on battling the COVID-19 crisis, especially with the highly contagious Delta variant now spreading and threatening to derail economic recovery efforts......»»
EDITORIAL - Sea border control
Local transmission, as defined by the Department of Health, means catching the COVID virus from someone with no history of recent travel abroad......»»