Boosting the Philippine agricultural sector can create a multiplier effect on the economy especially under this time of the COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic, the Japan International Cooperation Agency said in a statement Wednesday. Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) JICA...
The Taguig City government will formally launch on Wednesday its extended vaccination hours of up to midnight at its Bonifacio Global City vaccination site. Dubbed as “Bakuna Nights,” the vaccination program will open at the Taguig BGC High Street Mega Vaccination until midnight. Vaccination in...
The national government has administered 375,059 doses of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines nationwide in one day -- a new record-high vaccination throughput, the National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19 revealed Wednesday, July 14. Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. (File photo/ MANILA...
Quezon City has breached the one million mark in terms of total number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered. The local government on Wednesday announced that as of July 13, a total of 1,013,988 vaccine doses were already administered, 686,311 of which were first dose while 327,677 were second...
Malacañang said the recommendation of the government's pandemic task force was ready and that they were only waiting for the appeal of the metropolis's local chief executives. (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque made the statement days before the existing general community...
(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The Department of Health (DOH) said it is now investigating reports that some individuals have already taken coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine booster shots. DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that booster shots are not yet recommended by local health...
Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. expressed confidence that there will be a more fair and impartial distribution of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines in each region this month as an additional one million doses of CoronaVac jabs made by Chinese vaccine manufacturer Sinovac Biotech were...
Despite her low ranking in the latest Pulse Asia survey, Vice President Leni Robredo remains confident of her numbers, her spokesperson said, stressing that the fight hasn’t started yet. (Vice Presidential spokesperson Barry Gutierrez/OVP) In a statement on Wednesday, July 14, Lawyer Barry...
Vice President Leni Robredo had nothing but good words for the Quezon City government for the vaccination of 165 staff members at the Office of the Vice President (OVP). In a Facebook post, Robredo shared photos of OVP staff receiving their second dose of coronavirus vaccines at the Quezon City...
DAVAO CITY - The city government of Davao will still require inbound flight passengers to show an RT-PCR negative test requirement even as local government units were given by the prerogative by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-MEID) to utilize...
Another one million doses of Sinovac vaccines procured by the Philippine government arrived at around 8 a.m. Wednesday, July 14 at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) in Pasay City. (Ariel Fernandez/ MANILA BULLETIN) (Ariel Fernandez/ MANILA BULLETIN) The anti-coronavirus disease...
Treasure’s Doyoung The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues to disrupt the entertainment industry in South Korea. On July 13, YG Entertainment announced that Doyoung, 17, part of the 12-member K-pop boy band Treasure, has tested positive for COVID-19, the latest Korean celebrity to get the...
