A better way to use face shields? We all have those nights when we just can't get a good sleep. Either we aren't just sleepy enough or our mind is just somewhere else. The best way to shake it off is to have a warm glass of milk or to just tire yourself out. For Je Armie Mondragon, an artist from...
The Delta variant is here. The Department of Health (DOH) reported the first two cases of the Delta variant (B1617.2) in the Philippines last May 11, from returning overseas Filipino workers, and the first 1 1 local cases last July 16. On Thursday, July 29, the DOH recorded 97 new cases of Delta...
Pateros Mayor Miguel “Ike” Ponce III has ordered the arrest of people violating the mandatory wearing of face masks and face shields in the municipality due to the threat of the highly contagious Delta variant. “We know the emerging problem of the increase in the number of active positive...
Heard It Through the Gripe-Vine: Our New Abnormal Philip Cu Unjieng A) Just in case you’ve been hiding under a stone, or burying your head underground, one of the more amusing news of the week that just passed was the ‘We don’t need it anymore… oh yes, we still need it’ flip-flopping on...
Senate President Vicente Sotto III is not satifisfied with how the Department of Health (DOH) justified its recommendation to keep the mandatory face shield policy. Senate President Vicente Sotto III (Office of Sen. Sotto/https://vicentesotto.com) On Wednesday, Sotto filed Senate Resolution No. 757...
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque on Tuesday reiterated that existing regulations set by the Inter-Agency Task Force on COVID-19 do not allow the wearing of visor-type face shields while in enclosed public places. Face shield (JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) At the Malacañang...
Senator Joel Villanueva on Tuesday, June 22, underscored the need of having "clear and definite" policies from the government to address the COVID-19 pandemic and its impacts to the country. Senator Joel Villanueva speaks during a Senate hearing on February 24, 2020. (Senate PRIB/Henzberg Austria)...
A 53-year-old elementary school teacher in Caloocan City sustained a bone fracture in her arm after tipping over a gutter she did not immediately see while wearing a face shield on top of her corrective lenses. Luisa "Ma'am Lui" Arguelles was about to ride a jeepney in Quezon City after getting her...
An official of the Department of Health (DOH) has defended the continued use of face shields, saying that it provides added protection against coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Dr. Alethea De Guzman of the DOH Epidemiology Bureau said the combined use of face shields and...
Presidential spokesman Harry Roque on Tuesday, June 22, denied flip-flopping on the face shield policy. He pointed instead to Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III and Senator Joel Villanueva as having prematurely announced that the wearing of face shields will no longer be required in...
Senate President Vicente Sotto III slammed President Duterte's decision to retain the mandatory use of face shields, saying health experts, who recommended it, have yet to prove its effectiveness in lessening COVID-19 infection. Senate President Vicente 'Tito' Sotto III "Health experts? They have...
President Duterte said he was "constrained" to keep the wearing of face shields mandatory both indoors and outdoors to prevent a disaster that may be caused by the Delta variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). President Duterte (Malacañang photo) President Duterte made the statement after...
