Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo T. Eleazar, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), ordered on Saturday, July 3, police commanders in Batangas to set up Police Assistance Desks in the evacuation centers for Taal Volcano evacuees to ensure security and health safety amid the threat of the coronavirus...
(BluePrint.PH) Filipinos are reacting more positively to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines after the government started its vaccination rollout, as shown in Facebook posts reflecting "love" reactions in June 2021. Based on a big data analysis conducted by data analysis and public relations...
Vice President Leni Robredo’s Swab Cab, a mobile antigen testing program, has arrived in her hometown of Naga City to help its local government unit to curb rising coronavirus cases. Vice President Leni Robredo’s Swab Cab project arrives in Naga City. (VP Leni Robredo/Facebook) On her personal...
The threat posed by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has become an additional burden to thousands of people in Batangas who fled their homes following the phreatomagmatic (magma and steam-driven) eruption of Taal Volcano. Residents of Laurel, Batangas seek temporary shelter at Ticub...
Song Joong-ki (Instagram) Korean actor Song Joong-ki is now under self-quarantine after his acquaintance tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19). As a result, the 35-year-old star of the drama “Vincenzo” stopped filming the movie “Bogota” as well as the entire...
A total of 68 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients have already been recruited to participate in a randomized controlled clinical trial on the efficacy and safety of tawa-tawa (Euphorbia hirta) extract as an adjunctive coronavirus treatment for mild to moderate cases. Tawa-tawa (Manila Bulletin...
Bruce Springsteen, Paul Simon and Jennifer Hudson will star at a major concert in Central Park this summer to mark New York's emergence from the Covid-19 pandemic, officials announced Thursday. Mayor Bill de Blasio had last month announced the concert, set for August, billing it as a way to...
A police lieutenant assigned in Southern Leyte has died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), adding to the growing list of police personnel who succumbed to the respiratory ailment, the Philippine National Police (PNP) disclosed Friday, July 2. Latest figures on the COVID-19 situation in the...
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said voters can vote with confidence in the May 2022 polls as voting centers are designed to be coronavirus disease (COVID-19) safe. Comelec/MB "We have designed our polling precincts precisely to be COVID safe which means we wil be prioritizing the use of...
It was a flight filled with pregnant women, one for the Guinness. The repatriation of distressed overseas Filipinos reached another milestone following the arrival of a chartered flight from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with a total of 108 expectant mothers on board on Thursday, July 1. Some of...
Senator Joel Villanueva said Friday, July 2, urged the government to prepare the necessary funds and contingency measures to avert any possible effects of the eruption of Taal Volcano to the delivery of COVID-19 vaccines to the Philippines and the efforts to reopen the economy. Senator Joel...
(OCTA RESEARCH) Independent research group OCTA flagged four cities as "areas of concern" due to the increasing number of new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases, as well as high incidence rate and hospital care utilization rate, during the June 25-July 1 period. OCTA identified Davao City, Iloilo...
