Philippine Red Cross Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Sen. Richard Gordon announced on Wednesday, Jan. 26 its partnership with eCommerce platform Lazada who is supporting the organization's Bakuna Bus program (Photo from Philippine Red Cross / MANILA BULLETIN) “With the current Omicron...
The Pasay City police arrested a graphic artist who was allegedly the source of fake vaccination cards proliferating in the city and being sold to unvaccinated commuters, Tuesday afternoon. Col. Cesar Paday-os, Pasay City police chief, identified the suspects as Marcelo Cabansag, 28, a resident of...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Wednesday called on authorities to consider granting an incentive to all pharmacists who are now helping in the national government’s COVID-19 vaccination drive. Go, who chairs the Senate Committee on Health and Demography, lauded the pharmacists who have...
Over 700,000 doses of “pediatric” Pfizer coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines are set to arrive on Jan. 31, the National Task Force (NTF) against COVID-19 special adviser Dr. Teodoro “Ted” Herbosa said on Tuesday, Jan. 25. (Ali Vicoy / Manila Bulletin File Photo) The delivery of the...
The Department of Health (DOH) reported 17,677 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases on Tuesday, Jan. 25. DOH/MB According to the agency, all labs were operational on January 23, 2022. However, 6 labs were not able to submit their data to the COVID-19 Document Repository System (CDRS). "Based on...
Health experts urged the Department of Health (DOH) and the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) to conduct a COVID-19 vaccination day solely for kids amid the recent spike of infections in the country. (Ali Vicoy / Manila Bulletin File Photo) In a webinar titled...
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) is looking to open vaccination sites in various transport terminals such as rail lines, airports, and seaports nationwide as part of efforts to encourage more people to get inoculated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). 'WE VAX AS ONE' —...
More Filipinos are now willing to get the vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and this made vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. happy. Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. attends the "Talk to the People" pre-recorded public address of President Duterte which was aired on Jan. 24, 2022....
The vaccination against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) of children aged five to 11 years old will officially kick off on February 4. The national government launches the COVID-19 vaccination of the general pediatric sector at a mall in Parañaque City on Nov. 3, 2021. (Photo: NTF Against...
Two public transport terminal barkers selling fake vaccination cards to unvaccinated commuters were arrested by members of the Pasay City police on Monday, Jan. 24. Pasay City police chief Col. Cesar Paday-os identified the suspects as Alex Batayan, 39, of 515 MA Felix, St., Malibay, Pasay City,...
President Duterte said that many Muslims in the country, particularly in Mindanao are resisting getting vaccinated against the coronavirus (COVID-19) possibly either because of their religion or culture. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang File photo) Duterte made the statement after sharing a...
Manila mayoral candidate Alex Lopez said the renovation and the conversion of Manila Zoo into a vaccination site was a mistake. “Kung kulang ang pagkain sa hapag kainan, kulang ang trabaho, palagay ko ho hindi po napapanahon na itayo ang Manila Zoo, i-renovate for P1.7 billion, budget po ng...
