Of substance and spirit Diwa C. Guinigundo Last January 2021, World Health Organization (WHO) head Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was quoted by BBC News saying that it was not fair for younger, healthy people in richer nations to be vaccinated before the older, more vulnerable people in poorer...
’TOL Views Senator Francis N. Tolentino About 400 universities and colleges in the United States have reportedly required foreign students mostly from India — who were already inoculated — to re-vaccinate since the brands they had taken have yet to secure a “green light” from the World...
Piolo Pascual Kapamilya star Piolo Pascual raised the mercury level as he almost removed his shirt when he got the COVID-19 jab. On Twitter June 9, Piolo wrote: "first jab done ...then I died (joke!)...#goodcitizen." Piolo's nearly shirtless photo garnered attention and made others envy his...
Lawmakers on Wednesday called on the Department of Health (DOH) not to roll out the US-made Pfizer BionTech COVID-19 vaccines to children even though the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has allowed it for emergency use on minors 12 to 15 years old. 1-PACMAN party-list Representative Eric Pineda...
Deputy Speaker and Las Piñas City Rep. Camille Villar on Wednesday, June 9 underscored the importance of launching the anti-COVID-19 vaccination for the country’s essential workers. Villar said Las Pinas City has started jabs for essential workers or individuals tagged under the A4 category,...
An airport employee waits to receive a coronavirus jab at a vaccination site located in the Ninoy Aquino International Airport on June 2, 2021 (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) Two pediatric societies in the country have agreed with government authorities to follow for now the coronavirus disease...
The United States government has lowered its travel restriction to the Philippines to Level 3, a notch lower from Level 4, the highest of its four travel categories. United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC website) “The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has...
(ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) Filipinos' "likes" on social media site Facebook on coronavirus vaccines have increased along with the vaccination rollout in the country in May, as shown in the data analysis conducted by campaigns and management firm Blueprint.PH. During its Data Newsroom Series on...
In this file photo taken on April 21, 2020, a member of the Philippine National Police Special Action Forces uses a megaphone to remind shoppers to practice social distancing during a government imposed enhanced quarantine as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 novel coronavirus in Manila....
International Filipino photographer Steve Tirona on working for Don Papa Rum’s ‘A Sweet Sugarlandia Spring’ campaign With more than three million recorded deaths across the globe, staying positive in this COVID-19 pandemic era takes a lot of effort. To remind everyone that there’s still...
Enjoying the "old normal" Christmas may be within the nation's reach. Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion talks to Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez and testing czar Vince Dizon on the sidelines of the COVID vaccine rollout for essential workers at the SM Mall of Asia on June 7,...
(JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Metro Manila is again on a downward trend after a "slight reversal" over the past week, independent research group OCTA said on Wednesday, June 9. "The cases in NCR is on a downward trend. We are...
