Pateros Mayor Miguel “Ike” Ponce III has announced that houses with positive cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) will be tagged as part of new rules in the municipality under the General Community Quarantine Alert Levels System implemented by the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) starting...
TAGAYTAY CITY, Cavite - The city government is now accepting minors, 12 to 17 years old, for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine registration. According to the local government unit's (LGU) Facebook announcement on Thursday (September 15), vaccine registration is open to those who are currently...
At least 22 persons have tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the Convent of the Holy Spirit in Barangay Immaculate Conception, Quezon City. According to the city government, the religious institution has 90 residents. Of the positive cases, 13 are nuns and nine are staff...
The Quezon City Epidemiology and Disease Surveillance Unit (CESU) are investigating the possible cause of the COVID-19 outbreak at Religious of the Virgin Mary convent. The move came after 114 nuns and staff of the convent tested positive for COVID-19. According to CESU chief Dr. Rolando Cruz, they...
Mowelfund and Maris Pure Corporation join forces to help the affected workers of the movie industry due to COVID-19 through its MOWELCAREs project. Signing the memorandum of the agreement are (from left) Maris Pure Corp. President and CEO Mike Chanco, CSR Director Dee Chanco, and from Mowelfund,...
As the country continues to battle the pandemic, the Mandaluyong City local government inaugurated on Wednesday its new COVID-19 Modular Hospital located at the National Center for Mental Health (NCMH) compound. (Photo from Mandaluyong PIO) The opening of the modular hospital, which serves as an...
A total of 114 nuns and staff of Religious of the Virgin Mary convent in Barangay Kaunlaran New Manila, Quezon City have tested positive for COVID-19. According to the report of the Quezon City Epidemiology and Disease Surveillance Unit (CESU), 61 nuns and 53 staff contracted COVID-19. CESU said 22...
Human rights lawyer Chel Diokno has high hopes that opposition coalition 1Sambayan will come up with a unified slate for the 2022 polls. Human rights lawyer Chel Diokno (Albert Garcia/Manila Bulletin) Although failing to win in the 2019 senatorial elections, landing only the 21st spot, the son of...
After breaching the turnout of the previous school year’s enrollment, the Department of Education (DepEd) on Wednesday, Sept. 15, thanked its personnel as well as the parents of students for supporting the continuity of learning despite the challenges brought by the ongoing coronavirus disease...
Senator Grace Poe on Wednesday, September 15, appealed to local government units (LGUs) not to employ the "shock and awe" tactic in implementing granular lockdowns within their jurisdictions, and give residents a fair amount of time to prepare. Members of the Philippine National Police man a...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) announced on Wednesday, Sept, 15, that 16,989 more coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases were detected nationwide. The new cases brought the country’s cumulative total to 2,283,011. The DOH noted that 7.5 percent or 170,446 of the total figure are active cases....
The pronouncement of the Department of Education (DepEd) that the opening of School Year (SY) 2021-2022 was a “success” was strongly condemned by an activist youth group on Wednesday, Sept. 15. A new school year opens in the Philippines under a distance learning set-up due to COVID-19 pandemic....
