The government will administer 5,000 doses of coronavirus vaccines to workers during the observance of Labor Day on May 1. (Joe Raedle / Getty Images / AFP / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) The planned vaccination of minimum wage earners and overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) has been given the green...
The next quarantine classification of National Capital Region Plus for the month of May may be a "difficult decision" for President Duterte, Malacañang said Tuesday as the nation's recorded cases of coronavirus soared past a million. (JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Presidential...
Two senators have raised alarm over the continuous surge of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the Philippines, with the number of infections now exceeding one million. Unmindful of the danger due to COVID-19, shoppers flock in Divisoria, Manila, on March 20, 2021. The Philippines, on...
The government's pandemic task force is set to take another look at the healthcare system of the National Capital Region-plus (NCR-plus) bubble area before deciding on its quarantine classification for the month of May. Manila Bulletin File Photo Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque made the...
The government's task force on COVID-19 (coronavirus disease-2019) response will discuss on Tuesday, April 27, the recommendations on the next quarantine classifications for the NCR (National Capital Region)-plus composed of Metro Manila and the adjacent provinces of Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna and...
As the country's cases of infections continued to soar, the government is aiming to increase the number of hospital beds to provide care to patients infected with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Public Works Secretary Mark Villar and National Policy Against COVID-19 Chief Implementer and...
Senator Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go on Friday, April 23, appealed to the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) to finalize the detailed guidelines to be followed by those who are listed in the A4 category of the COVID-19 vaccine priority list. “We...
The government pandemic task force has allowed the implementation of Philippine Health Insurance Corporation's (PhilHealth) new debit-credit payment for health care facilities in all places with high risk of coronavirus infection. The decision aimed at hastening payment of hospital claims was...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has been given the go-signal to conduct its pilot training courses even during the prevailing community quarantine period. FB_IMG_1619163230680 The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases granted the request of the PNP, through...
The electrical linemen and meter readers in the power sector are being pushed for prioritization in the country’s Covid-19 vaccination program given the very high risk of exposure they have in carrying out their jobs. The proposal was put forward by Senate Committee on Energy Chairman Sherwin T....
The Department of Agriculture (DA) assured the Philippines will have adequate food supply for the rest of 2021, even as some producers face mobility restrictions amid the implementation of another enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in some parts of the country....
The Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) has called out the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) to address the backlogs on the release of claims of hospitals. "There seems to be a mounting request from the hospitals to reimburse immediately specifically those hospitals, the smaller ones...
