The national government is facing a "big challenge" in its immunization program against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as it targets to inoculate 77.75 million Filipinos before the end of 2021. A Manila resident receives a coronavirus shot at a vaccination hub located at SM Manila on July 6,...
More than three million doses of Johnson and Johnson (J&J) vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) will arrive in the country from the United States on July 19. Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. (File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) The single-dose vaccine will be distributed in...
The vaccination program against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is expected to pick up its pace this week as more jabs started arriving. Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. presents updates on COVID-19 vaccination program on July 12, 2021. (Screenshot courtesy of RTVM livestream) This was the...
The Muntinlupa City government announced that it will suspend the vaccination of second dose recipients of Sinovac Life Sciences’ CoronaVac vaccine due to the expected delay in the arrival of new supply in the country. Vaccination in Muntinlupa (Muntinlupa PIO / MANILA BULLETIN) The city...
After encountering some delays, Russian vaccine manufacturer Gamaleya Research Institute was finally able to transport 132,200 doses of Sputnik V vaccines to the country late Friday night, July 9. Russia delivers 132,200 doses of Sputnik V vaccines to the Philippines on July 9, 2021. (Photo...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) is conducting intelligence information to verify the alleged assassination plot hatched by the New People's Army (NPA) against the spokespersons of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC). media In a statement Friday, the...
Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Assistant Secretary Celine Pialago has engaged another congressman from the left-leaning Makabayan bloc in a war of words. MMDA Assistant Secretary Celine Pialago (Photo from Asec Pialago's Facebook) In a Facebook post Thursday, July 8, Pialago hit...
Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. has encouraged all local government units (LGUs) to prioritize the administration of the second dose vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) within the next two weeks to address slippages in deliveries. SORRY--Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. apologizes for...
For Celine Pialago, Kabataan Party-List Rep. Sarah Jane Elago is an alleged example of a "brainwashed" person who can no longer be changed by the government, no matter what it does. MMDA Assistant Secretary Celine Pialago speaking her mind during the "Kabataan Party-List Decoded" virtual forum on...
More than 2.8 Filipinos have already received their second dose of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines. DOH/MB Based on the latest vaccine statistics, as of July 4, a total of 2,868,905 have already completed the required two doses while 8,839,124 have received their first doses. This means...
Assistant minority leader and Gabriela Women's Party Representative Arlene Brosas on Saturday, July 3, said that the resignation of National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) spokesman Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade Jr. is a "mere attempt to ease the pressure over the...
Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. has condemned in the strongest terms the reported illegal selling of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines which could place the country's immunization program in jeopardy. Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. attends President Duterte's "Talk to the Nation" address on May...
