MANILA, PHILIPPINES – The Philippines has borrowed up to $ 4.55 billion worth of foreign loans to various financial institutions for its COVID-19 response until mid-May, according to the Department of Finance. Of these, $ 1.7 billion is from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and $ 500 million is from the World Bank, according to…
The Atom Araullo Specials will be watched tomorrow, Sunday (May 31), and 3:30 PM in the special report Covid 19: When the World Stops on the GMA Network. In a comprehensive face of the Covid-19 pandemic, Atom Araullo will investigate how pandemics have changed the lives of Filipinos around the world. In the docu teaser,…
It is possible to immediately allow jeepneys and UV Express units to return to their destination before the end of Phase 1 of public transportation resumption coming June 21. According to Transportation Asec. Mark De Leon, although jeeps and UV Express are considered “high-risk” public utility vehicles (PUVs), may allow them to return to their…
A total of 31,352 overseas Filipinos have been repatriated since the repatriation efforts for COVID-19 Filipinos have been implemented. According to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), of these, 20,633 or 65.8% are sea-based while 10,719 or 34.2% are land-based. The data also includes the arrival of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from the United Arab…
The Department of Health (DOH) has warned the public not to go and treat unauthorized medical facilities for patients with coronavirus disease. This is a statement from the department in the midst of the authorities’ crackdown on illegal Chinese clinics treating COVID-19 patients recently. According to the DOH, public health will only be at risk…
An OFW calls to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and his Filipino colleagues to return to the Philippines. Their employer did not take good care of them and even combined them into a single room, even though they had their room mates with COVID-19
The Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization announces that Pope Francis is to join Marian sanctuaries across the world, to pray to the Virgin Mary for help amidst the pandemic. By Gabriella Ceraso “Devoted and with one accord to prayer, together with Mary (cf. Acts 1:14)”. On this theme Pope Francis will lead the…
The state of Minnesota plans to send nearly 2,000 additional National Guards to help maintain order in the city of Minneapolis. It is still not fair that the citizens of the country are committing acts of protest following the brutal execution of Black American George Floyd. Major General Jon Jensen of the Minnesota National Guard…
This is the complete list of passers for the UPCAT Results Academic Year 2020-2021 from the University of the Philippines (UP). The list of passers and related announcement for the UPCAT Results AY 2020-2021 will be available on this website after it was officially released. The University of the Philippines College Admission Test (UPCAT) is an annual admission…
