Among the many things that the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte will be remembered for is how it opened doors for the Filipino youth to explore opportunities, leading to empowerment, success, and realization of their aspirations. Through the Department of Education, students, including the poor, received quality education and equitable allocation of crucial resources. As of May 2021, the Department of Public Works and Highways reported it has constructed various basic education facilities, including 150,149 classrooms and 2,064 school workshop buildings nationwide. “Nakapagpadagdag din tayo ng 206,000 na guro na madaragdagan pa ng humigit kumulang na 10,000 sa darating na

The country’s overall tally of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) patients who beat the disease reached 1,467,269 on Sunday with 5,573 new recoveries. The Department of Health (DOH) said the figure is equivalent to a 94.7-percent recovery rate from a total of 1,548,755 infections since the start of the pandemic last year. The DOH also tallied 5,479 new confirmed cases, bringing the total number of active cases in the country to 54,262 or 3.5 percent of all cases. Of the active cases, 93.4 percent are mild, 1.2 percent are asymptomatic, 2.3 percent are severe, 1.63 percent are moderate, and 1.4 percent

The city government has placed on lockdown the Carmelite Monastery and Convent in Barangay Lopez Jaena Norte, La Paz district here, after 24 nuns and nine staff members tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). Jeck Conlu, spokesperson of the Covid team, on Sunday said the city mayor is expected to release an executive order soon as to the details of the lockdown that took effect July 25. He said 45 residents of the monastery were tested in the morning of July 24 after they were traced to have exposure to an index case, also a nun, inside the monastery.

Despite cases of the highly infectious Delta variant of the coronavirus, President Rodrigo Duterte has not changed his mind about allowing Filipinos to return home. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said Duterte continues to push for the unimpeded return of all Filipinos. “Para kay Pangulong Duterte, mga kapwa natin Pilipino ‘yan. Kung gusto nila umuwi, karapatan po nila umuwi sa ating bansa. Hindi natin pipigilan ang kapwa natin Pilipino maka-uwi sa atin. Unfair po yan para sa kapwa natin Pilipino kung pipigilan natin sila umuwi (For President Duterte, they are our fellow Filipinos. If they want to return home, it is

Torrential rain and flooding will not stop the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) from vaccinating as many people as it can. Even at the height of the combined rainfall caused by Typhoon Fabian and habagat (southwest monsoon), PRC’s Bakuna Centers continue to go full speed with its vaccination program. “Hindi tayo titigil (We will not stop). As long as there are vaccine doses, the men and women of the Philippine Red Cross will continue to vaccinate people come hell or high water. We just received 5,000 Sinovac doses from the government ready for administration. We are waiting for additional doses to

The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) on Sunday reported three deaths and five injuries due to incessant rains brought about by the southwest monsoon that was enhanced by Typhoon Fabian. In a radio interview on Sunday, NDRRMC executive director Undersecretary Ricardo Jalad said one of the fatalities, a female, died when a tree fell on their vehicle along Kennon Road on Friday. Her two companions were hurt. The other two died after being hit by lightning in separate areas in the Ilocos Region but it has yet to be confirmed when the incidents occurred. “We have three