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Forest officials collected as many as 1,058 Olive Ridley turtle eggs from eleven nests at different locations in Tamil Nadu's Rameswaram on Sunday.
(File photo) MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte said one thing that will make him happy before he steps down from office is to see that majority of the Filipino population gets protection against Covid-19. In his prerecorded Talk to the People aired on Monday, Duterte said Filipinos should understand that the dreaded Covid-19 is still here in the country. "If there is something that makes me happy when I go out of this office, maligaya ako kung malaman ko na halos lahat magpabakuna (I will be happy if I will find out that the majority are vaccinated)," he said. Duterte said the gover...
FEAR OF NEEDLE. A young boy closes his eyes as he gets inoculated against Covid-19 at a mall in Antipolo City on Sunday (Feb. 13, 2022). Filipinos aged at least 5 years old are eligible to receive the jabs. (PNA photo by Joey Razon) MANILA - The Philippines has already administered 130,741,152 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine, with 61,058,862 Filipinos now fully vaccinated, including those who received the single-dose Janssen and Sputnik Light jabs. Data from the National Task Force (NTF) against Covid-19 on Sunday showed that 52,262 children aged 5 to 11 years old have also received their first ...
AID TO AFFECTED FARMERS. Department of Agriculture - Caraga (DA-13) Regional Executive Director Ricardo Onate Jr. (center), in a press conference Friday (Jan. 28, 2022), says a total of PHP153,834,840 worth of assistance have so far been provided to the agriculture sector in Caraga which was hit by Typhoon Odette. Data from the DA-13 said the agriculture sector in the region incurred losses amounting PHP2,225,209,990, affecting 20,252 farmers. (PNA photo by Alexander Lopez) BUTUAN CITY - The Department of Agriculture - Caraga (DA-13) has so far provided PHP153,834,840 worth of assistance to fa...
World Health Organization country representative Dr. Rabindra Abeyasinghe (PNA photo by Joey Razon) MANILA - The Omicron variant of the coronavirus may soon replace Delta as the dominant variant in the Philippines, World Health Organization country representative Dr. Rabindra Abeyasinghe said Wednesday. Abeyasinghe noted that it would be difficult to determine soon which variant is predominant because of "very few" sequencing results from other regions. "We believe that in the near future, Omicron will displace Delta variant as the predominant variant as it has done in several o...