The Archdiocese of Manila on Saturday issued a prayer asking God’s protection from the danger posed by the strong earthquake and severe flooding caused by monsoon rains in Metro Manila and other parts of the country. Church-run Radio Veritas reported that Manila Archbishop Jose Cardinal Advincula also prayed to the Lord for better weather conditions and the elimination of the threat of earthquakes amid the coronavirus pandemic. At around 4:49 a.m., a 6.6 magnitude earthquake hit Calatagan, Batangas, and was felt in Mindoro provinces and National Capital Region, Bulacan and Cavite. Aside from the tremor, many areas in Metro Manila

It is important for more Filipinos to get vaccinated as soon as possible as hospitalizations and severe infections due to the Delta variant recorded abroad were mostly those with no inoculation, Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said Saturday. “We are saying right now that most of these individuals na talagang naapektuhan po nitong Delta variant sa ibang bansa ay hindi mga bakunado. So, iyan lang po ay nagpapakita na kailangan po natin ang bakuna para tayo ay maprotektahan against severe illness and death (We are saying right now that most of these individuals that were severely affected by the Delta

The coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic has affected the global workforce. Thus, President Rodrigo Duterte made sure that overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) will be assisted, whether they decide to go back abroad or opt to stay for good. In his 2020 State of the Nation-Address, Duterte has instructed the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA ) to come up with special training to retool the OFWs, so they could find more opportunities here and abroad. Two OFWs spoke with the Philippine News Agency on how the President’s order helped them. Rommellie Gaurana Torrefiel was a well-paid pre-school teacher in