Barangay officials should be capable of enforcing health safety protocols to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as they are given a sufficient budget to perform their duties, an official of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said Sunday, May 30. DILG...
Despite the coronavirus vaccine supply problems, the Philippines should still aim for high targets on COVID-19 vaccination to achieve herd immunity, Vice President Leni Robredo said on Sunday, May 30. Vice President Leni Robredo (OVP/Facebook) Speaking on her weekly radio show with radioman Ely...
A total of 51,645 Philippine National Police (PNP) and Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) personnel will be dispatched to provide security and support to the national vaccination program which will soon include the A4 category, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said Sunday,...
With less than two months before the scheduled opening of the summer Olympics in Tokyo on July 21, Asahi Shimbun, one of the media sponsors, has published an editorial entitled, “Prime Minister Suga, please call off the Olympics.” Three reasons were cited for the call to cancel the Olympics. ...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House (Remarks delivered by former Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr., at the ICAPP 2nd Video Conference on the COVID-19 Pandemic on May 25, 2021.) A global program for post-COVID-19 world and future pandemics With the global plague having claimed more...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL Dr. Jun Ynares “How are you addressing the problem of vaccine hesitancy?” That was the raging question of the past week. It appears to have been triggered by a controversy involving the top two officials of the land over the issue of an advertising campaign to “convince”...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE: OUR NEW ABNORMAL Philip Cu Unjieng If for Timon and Pumbaa in the Lion King, the Swahili phrase meant “No worries for the rest of your days”; that problem-free philosophy is not something we can deem applicable for these times. A mass vaccination program seems...
The national government has inaugurated a referral hospital for COVID-19 patients in Bocaue, Bulacan to strengthen the province's response in containing the spread of the virus. NTF against COVID-19 The Bocaue General Hospital, also known as Joni Villanueva Memorial Hospital, was launched Friday by...
The Manila city government administered a total of 21,129 COVID-19 vaccine doses in a single day on Saturday (May 29), breaking its own record in the vaccine rollout. (Manila Public Information Office photo / MANILA BULLETIN) Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso expressed his gratitude...
Senate President Vicente Sotto III frowned upon the suggestion to have President Duterte and Vice President Leni Robredo in a single public service announcement to boost public confidence in vaccination. Senate President Vicente Sotto III (Senate of the Philippines) In a radio interview Saturday,...
The government is urging Filipinos of all faiths to unite in prayer on Sunday for the country to overcome the devastating impact of the coronavirus pandemic. President Rodrigo Duterte bows his head in prayer prior to the start of the 45th Cabinet meeting in Malacañang on January 6, 2020....
Senator Cynthia Villar is pushing the government to allow fully vaccinated senior citizens to go out by June 1. Senator Cynthia Villar, chairperson of the Senate agriculture and food panel, during the hybrid hearing of the Senate Committee of the Whole on the government's decision to open up the...
