San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora on Wednesday called for intensified vaccination in the country to curb the spread of COVID-19 and its more transmissible variants, saying that vaccines have been proven to be highly effective in preventing severe to critical COVID-19 cases. Mayor Francis Zamora...
Malacañang welcomed the recent study showing that the majority of Filipinos have access to coronavirus vaccination sites but said that there were more things that needed to be accomplished in the country's fight against the pandemic. Workers belonging to the A4 priority group are inoculated with...
Senator Grace Poe on Wednesday, August 18, appealed to authorities heed the call of health workers for the issuance of their special risk allowances (SRA) and other benefits to prevent their reported plan to mass resign. (JANSEN ROMERO/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) "Our medical frontliners are...
Manila Vice Mayor Ma. Sheilah "Honey" Lacuna-Pangan is set to be discharged from the hospital on Thursday after recovering from COVID-19. (Vice Mayor Ma. Sheilah "Honey" Lacuna-Pangan Facebook page) Based on the latest medical bulletin provided by Sta. Ana Hospital, Pangan is already “doing...
A day after the Metro Manila Council (MMC) meeting held a meeting to discuss the next quarantine status for the National Capital Region (NCR) after August 20, San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora said that the mayors have yet to reach a consensus regarding their recommendation due to various factors....
Former Health Secretary and now Iloilo Representative Janette Garin has tested positive for COVID-19. Garin, in a statement, said she is currently on home quarantine as advised by her doctors. “Despite following the minimum health protocols and being extra cautious, I tested positive for...
The Muntinlupa City government reported that 65 percent of active coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the city are unvaccinated individuals. As of Aug. 16, there are 1,756 active COVID-19 cases in Muntinlupa and of the total, 1,140 (65 percent) are unvaccinated, 160 (9 percent) are partially...
Youth leaders of Asia find mentorship and guidance from Ramon Magsaysay Award laureates YOUTH QUAKE With the recent celebration of Youth Day, this week's issue of the Philippine Panorama brings to light the potential and the issues of the youth today (Illustration by Diitka Laya Kashyap , cover...
CLOUDY AND COVID-FREE Sanivir Smoke in action As of writing, there are 207 million recorded cases of COVID-19 in the entire world. Around 4.3 million have succumbed to the disease, and 4.7 billion vaccine doses have been administered. In the Philippines, cases total to almost 1.74 million, of which...
Philippine Red Cross / MANILA BULLETIN The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) on Tuesday, Aug. 17, said that the departed “must be treated with dignity” even amidst the raging coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in the country. “Putting the deceased in warehouses falls short of society’s...
(MANNY LLANES / MANILA BULLETIN) Amid a backdrop of dropouts, academic burnout, and other learning difficulties amidst the pandemic, high school students called out the Department of Education (DepEd) for its “poor” handling of its budget. The National Union of Students of the Philippines -...
As it continues to dispense blood even during the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) period, the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) said that its blood supply continues to dwindle - especially the rare RH negative blood type. (FILE PHOTO / PHILIPPINE RED CROSS) “The entire Red Cross organization is busy...
