Individuals who have yet to be vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) should just attend "Simbang Gabi" or the traditional early morning mass virtually. (Photos from MANILA BULLETIN/ Unsplash) Cabinet Secretary and Acting Presidential Spokesperson Karlo Nograles made this suggestion...
Philippine authorities are now checking on the health condition of the co-passengers of the first two Omicron variant cases detected in the country. (Unsplash) "At present, active case finding and contact-tracing are being conducted to determine the health condition of co-passengers of the said...
The government is urged to allow giving booster shots of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine four months after the second dose in order to "preserve the significant population immunity" the country is enjoying at present. Vaccination of higher education personnel (Photo from CHED) Non-profit...
Countries under the red list are now down to eight while those on the green list are at 41, based on the new country risk classification lists from Dec. 16 to Dec. 31. PIXABAY / MANILA BULLETIN Acting Presidential Spokesperson Karlo Nograles disclosed in a press briefing Wednesday, Dec. 15, the...
"Fake news" is the last thing that Filipinos need when confronted with potential disaster. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles (Cabinet Secretariat Facebook page) As such, Cabinet Secretary and Acting Presidential Spokesperson Karlo Nograles advised Filipinos living on the path of typhoon "Odette" to...
A community of indigenous peoples in Palayan City, Nueva Ecija now has access to clean and potable water after the Embassy of Israel in the Philippines donated an Israeli-made portable water purifier. CLEAN WATER DEMO-- Israeli Ambassador Ilan Fluss leads the product demo of the Israeli-made...
Filipinos in the country will hold their Christmas and New Year's Eve celebrations this year under the relatively lenient protocols of alert level 2. (Mariana Rascao/ Unsplash) This, after Cabinet Secretary and Acting Presidential Spokesperson Karlo Nograles announced on Wednesday, Dec. 15 that the...
Cabinet Secretary and Acting Presidential Spokesperson Karlo Nograles trumpeted the efforts to recruit volunteers for the second round of national vaccination days, saying it will be a great boon to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic frontliners. (Ali Vicoy/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) "For...