The Israeli government is now discussing with the Philippines how they could collaborate to ensure the safe conduct of next year’s national election in the country amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Embassy of Israel in the Philippines Following the success of Israel's two elections that occurred in...
JERUSALEM, Israel -- Israelis aged 40 and over will be able to receive coronavirus vaccine booster shots starting this weekend, Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz said Thursday, as the country battles a spike in infections. Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines (AFP/Getty Images) Israel was one of the first...
JERUSALEM, Israel -- Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said Thursday that Israel was doing the world a ''great service'' by administering COVID vaccine booster shots, despite the World Health Organization's plea for a moratorium. An Israeli health worker administers a third dose of the Pfizer-BioNtech...
The five-man delegation composed of Israeli health experts has recommended to the Philippines the further improvement of the country’s systems and procedures in handling COVID-19 patients and for efficient infection control protocols and hospital management. These recommendations were made during...
With the country’s national election just 10 months away, the Philippines has a lot to learn from Israel in ensuring that the people could participate in the democratic process and exercise their right to suffrage without the fear of spreading COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) along the way....
JERUSALEM, Israel -- Israel will start offering a third dose of COVID-19 vaccinations to people aged over 60, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said Thursday, one of first countries to provide a booster shot. The jabs will begin on Sunday as part of a ''complementary vaccination campaign'' for people...
Another batch of medical experts on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) from Israel has arrived in the Philippines. The Israeli medical experts who arrived on July 26, 2021. (Ariel Fernandez/ MANILA BULLETIN) Department of Health (DOH) Undersecretary Leopoldp Vega welcomed the arrival of the medical...
The lucky Filipina beauty who will represent the Philippines in the 70 th Miss Universe pageant this December will have the opportunity to be part of a historic global event to be held for the first time in Israel, in the City of Eilat, a picturesque southern port and resort town on the Red Sea...
The Miss Universe Organization has announced that the 2021 Miss Universe Competition will be held in Israel in December. Steve Harvey will return as host. This is the second time in recent years that the most prestigious beauty pageant will be staged during the holidays....
JERUSALEM, Israel -- Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Sunday that "verified coronavirus patients who knowingly violate quarantine" will be criminally indicted and "dealt with to the fullest extent of the law." Bennett made the instructions during a cabinet meeting, according to a...
The Philippines will waste no time in sending overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to Israel following the lifitng of the temporary suspension of OFW deployment to that country. (Photo by Vitamina Poleznova/ Unsplash) In a statement Thursday, July 15, Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary...
Filipino workers with deployment papers to Israel can now heave a sigh of relief. (Photo by Cole Keister/ Unsplash) This, after Department of Labor and Employment-Information and Publication Service (DOLE-IPS) Director Rolly Francia announced in a virtual press briefing Wednesday afternoon, July 14...
