The government was asked to ensure the free flow of food and agricultural products during the imposition of general community quarantine in Metro Manila and nearby provinces. This was to avoid the repeat of food producers' dilemma over food wastage and income loss, which was caused by the COVID-19...
25 million people in the Philippines are at great risk of dying from COVID Dr. Edsel Maurice T. Salvana Vaccination of healthcare workers is proceeding at a rapid clip, but an alarming surge of cases in the Philippines is threatening to overwhelm the healthcare system anew. Questions about the...
With Gary Valenciano's wife Angeli being Covid positive, the young grandparents have been taking extra measures and put themselves under quarantine in their home. Whether its lockdown or not, in self-isolation or not, we try our best to show how much we care for each other. Gary Valenciano posted...
This following the IATF’s GCQ implementation Postpone your Holy Week vacation plans and forget dreaming about the Baguio air breeze—again. The Summer Capital’s Burnham Lake (Zaldy Comanda) Following the bubble General Community Quarantine (GCQ) in National Capital Region (NCR), Bulacan,...
Taguig Mayor Lino Cayetano said the current hospitalization rate for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is very alarming as the number of confirmed cases has surged. COVID-19 vaccination in Taguig (Taguig City government / MANILA BULLETIN) He said two private hospitals in the city -- St. Luke’s...
#ASKGOYO Atty. Gregorio Larrazabal Just recently, Japan and the UK announced that there was a new strain that they detected in their country. They found this in people who travelled from the Philippines. The new virus variant is now called the Philippine variant. We join the UK, South Africa,...
The daily noontime program "It's Showtime" announced on Sunday, March 21, that it will suspend temporarily its live staging due to the surge of COVID-19 cases in Metro Manila. "To ensure the safety of our hosts and production team because of the surging COVID-19 cases in the country, ABS-CBN is...
Maja Salvador People are alarmed by the 7,999 new cases that were reported last Saturday March 20, including celebrities. They expressed their opinions and reactions via social media. Actress Maja Salvador tweeted; "Stay Safe Everyone", #Wearmask" You can sense the worry from actress-host comedian...
As public anxiety grows over the renewed spike in COVID-19 cases, increasing the inflow of vaccine supply and accelerating the pace of vaccination have become even more imperative. “We have to keep pace with our neighbors, which except for Indonesia, have (a) lower infection rate than us...
After a year of the pandemic, much of the world is emerging from its common dystopia. Not the Philippines. Cases are spiking, lockdowns and curfews are back. Vaccines are delayed. Howie Severino, among the country’s early COVID-19 cases, looks back on this unimaginable year, and dwells on one of...
More hospitals in Metro Manila are filling up with patients as COVID-19 cases continue to rise in the country. (JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) The OCTA Research Group had earlier warned that occupancy rates in Metro hospitals might reach 70 percent by the end of March. As of March...
Former actress Bianca Lapus has been confined in a hospital for days now. Last Thursday, she posted a selfie, along with some prayer quotes. She captioned it, “FIGHTING." "Thank You for all the heartfelt messages most of all for being my Prayer Warriors, My whole family's test results are all...
