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#WalangPasok – Schools announce class suspensions as students clamor for academic ease
(UPDATED, 2:00 AM of JANUARY 10, 2022) Several schools in Metro Manila have announced class suspensions for next week due to the sudden rise in COVID-19 cases across the region. The school […]
education / The Filipino Scribe
Francisco Sionil Jose, national artist for literature, dies at 97
Francisco Sionil Jose, world-renown writer and recipient of the National Artist Award for Literature in 2003, has passed away Thursday night (January 6). He turned 97 last December 3. The news was […]
commentary / COVID-19 in the Philippines
Philippines’ COVID-19 vaccination effort stalls as 100 million doses remains unused
Given the sharp rise in the number of COVID-19 cases in the Philippines in the last week, it is imperative more than ever before for people to get vaccinated as soon as […]
#WalangPasok / education / philippines
#WalangPasok – January 17 2022 declared holiday in Olongapo, Subic
Olongapo City in Zambales will be commemorating the 105th anniversary of James L. Gordon, who served as its mayor from 1964 to 1967, this coming January 17. He is the late father […]
COVID-19 in the Philippines / news
UNILAB admits shortage of their leading brands, contradicting govt’s assessment
Philippine-based pharmaceutical giant United Laboratories (UNILAB) has acknowledged that its leading brands are now out of stock in some drugstores around the country due to “extraordinary demand,” as reported by social media […]
COVID-19 in the Philippines / philippines
Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, RT-PCR tests remains prohibitive for most Filipinos
The country together with the rest of the world has been dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic since March 2020. And just when the Philippine government thought that the situation will truly be […]
commentary / COVID-19 in the Philippines
POBLACION GIRL: Gwyneth Anne Chua is the Philippines’ “Typhoid Mary”
Mary Mallon, better known as “Typhoid Mary,” gained infamy in the history of public health in the United States for having infected directly or indirectly hundreds of people with typhoid fever because […]
The significance of the return of ABS-CBN’s “TV Patrol” to free television – #TVPatrolOnA2Z
Without fanfare, ABS-CBN’s primetime newscast “TV Patrol” was integrated into the programming of A2Z Channel 11 Saturday night (January 1) – marking the program’s return to free television for the first time […]
COVID-19 in the Philippines / news
Metro Manila to be placed under alert level 3 from January 3 to 15, 2022 due to sharp rise in COVID-19 cases
Because of the sharp rise in new COVID-19 cases in the country in the past week, Malacañang has announced that Metro Manila will once again be placed under alert level number 3 […]
Department of Education / news / President Rodrigo Duterte
Who are eligible to receive the service recognition incentive this 2021?
For the third straight year, President Rodrigo Duterte has signed an administrative order (AO) authorizing the grant of a service recognition incentive or SRI for eligible government employees. It can be released […]
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#WalangPasok – February 1 2022 declared holiday for Chinese New Year
The Chinese community in the Philippines and around the world will celebrate their annual Spring Festival – more commonly referred to as the Chinese New Year- this February 1. February 1, 2022 is a special non-working holiday nationwide as […]
LOOK HERE: Full list of national holidays for 2022
With just a little over two months remaining in 2021, Malacañang has already published the official list of national holidays for the year 2022. This is mentioned through President Rodrigo Duterte’s Proclamation […]
#WalangPasok – Schools announce class suspensions as students clamor for academic ease
(UPDATED, 2:00 AM of JANUARY 10, 2022) Several schools in Metro Manila have announced class suspensions for next week due to the sudden rise in COVID-19 cases across the region. The school […]
#AcademicEaseNow trends as students nationwide appeal for compassion
Various educational institutions including De La Salle University, Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila, and Polytechnic University of the Philippines have announced class suspensions for the week of January 10 to 15, 2022 […]