Philippines

A total of 1,573 individuals out of 2,887 examinees have passed the March 2023 Licensure Exam for Physicians, the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announced on Thursday evening, March 16. Spearheaded by the Board of Medicine, the exam was given in Metro Manila, Baguio, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu,.

Most of the country will continue to experience cloudy skies with scattered rain showers due to the prevalence of intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ), the state weather bureau said on Saturday morning, Oct. 8. (Pixabay) ITCZ or the convergence of winds from the northern and southern hemispheres..

By Agence France-Presse A man has been charged with ordering videos of rapes and sexual assaults, some of them on children, broadcast live from the Philippines, a French prosecutor said on Saturday. The suspect, a 55-year-old former police officer according to L’Est Republicain newspaper, was being

TEHRAN, Iran – Iran on Thursday criticised a decision by the United States to impose new sanctions on the Islamic republic, saying it shows the Americans have bad intentions towards its people. The US Treasury announced on Wednesday the newly imposed sanctions targeting several entities it…

While the results of the 2022 Bar examinations have not been released, the Supreme Court (SC) announced that the passers’ oathtaking and signing of the Roll of Attorneys will be held starting at 10 a.m. on May 2, 2023 at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) in Pasay City. The SC…

Senator Pia Cayetano on Wednesday attributed to the lack of inspectors at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) its belated discovery of unregistered products. Senator Pia Cayetano (SENATE OF THE PHILIPPINES / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) During the Senate’s plenary debates on the proposed 2021…

By Reuters JERUSALEM/ASUNCION (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the closure of Israel’s embassy in Paraguay on Wednesday, hours after the Latin American nation’s new government announced it would move its embassy back to Tel Aviv from Jerusalem. Israeli Prime…

DAVAO CITY – The City Government of Davao reported a total of 1,010,811 individuals jabbed with the first of anti-coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines or 84.23% of the target of 1.2 million as of November 19. According to the data released by the Davao City Vaccination Cluster of the local…

Due to the lack of bid proposals for the P600 million project for the lease of 10,000 additional vote counting machines (VCMs) to be used in the May 2022 polls, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Thursday, Sept. 9, declared a failure of bidding. Comelec/MB “Considering that there are no bids.

The Department of Health (DOH) on Monday, Sept. 6, reported 22,415 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases, a new record high. DOH/MB The 22,415 cases surpassed the August 30 record of 22,366. The additional new cases brought the nationwide total to 2,103,331. The case bulletin of the DOH also…