President Duterte says he's inclined to approve a proposal to make vaccination against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) mandatory among Filipinos, should the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) come up with one. President Rodrigo Duterte listens to a Cabinet member’s presentation during his ‘Talk...
The government's pandemic task force has decided to retain the classification of Metro Manila or the National Capital Region (NCR) under alert level 2 amid concerns over the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (Ali Vicoy/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) "The Inter-Agency Task...
Malacañang assured the public Monday, Nov. 29 that it was acting "with a sense of urgency" on the threat of the Omicron variant despite the government's decision not to place Hong Kong on the red list. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles speaks during the Nov. 29, 2021 press conference. (Screenshot...
The threat of the new Omicron variant has been taken into account in the government's potential declaration of areas in the country under alert level 1--the most lenient classification under the Alert Level System (ALS) for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (Ali Vicoy/ File photo/ MANILA...
The Philippines will not be pushing through with its plan to open the borders to foreign nationals who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on December 1 due to the threat of the highly mutated Omicron variant. (Photo by Ali Vicoy) Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles made...
The suspension of inbound international flights from South Africa, Namibia, and Zimbabwe supersedes the previous green list classification of the three countries. (Viktor Forgacs/ Unsplash) Cabinet Secretary and Acting Presidential Spokesperson Karlo Nograles made this clarification on Saturday,...
The Philippines has temporarily suspended international inbound flights from South Africa and six other countries with local cases or with the likelihood of occurrences of the new B.1.1.1529 variant of coronavirus (COVID-19) starting November 26 until December 15. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles...
The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) has fully authorized public and private establishments to refuse individuals who don't follow minimum public health standards (MPHS), particularly the wearing of face masks. (MANILA BULLETIN) Cabinet Secretary and...
Vaccine hesitancy remains to be a pain in the neck for the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and local government units (LGUs) which ultimately hinders the country from achieving herd immunity against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), a provincial governor said Friday, Nov....
The government will be allowing the entry of fully vaccinated foreign individuals from non-visa-required territories to the Philippines from December 1 to 15, 2021, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles announced. Nograles made the statement after the government's pandemic task force eased quarantine...
Instead of the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases, a senatorial aspirant said he intends to create the Pandemic Management Council that is science and technology-driven. Human rights lawyer Chel Diokno (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) That would be one of...
Pateros Mayor Miguel “Ike” Ponce III has issued guidelines on who can play and watch basketball and other contact sports in the municipality. Ponce issued Executive Order No. 34, adopting Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Resolution 21-28, which he signed, providing guidelines in...
