As the government ramps up its vaccination efforts, President Duterte has appealed to the country's well-off citizens to let their poor fellowmen get ahead of the coronavirus vaccination line. A health worker gives a coronavirus vaccine shot to a Manila resident while others wait for their turn at...
The vaccination of economic frontliners (A4) and indigent population (A5) have been approved by the national government and it could start immediately after this month, Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. revealed on Tuesday, May 18. Galvez, vaccine czar and chief implementer of the National Task Force...
Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque said the government cannot just use AstraZeneca coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines on essential workers listed under the A4 priority group as it breaches the condition set by the COVAX Facility. Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque (OPS / FILE PHOTO / MANILA...
The Department of Health (DOH) defended the inclusion of local chief executives in the A1 priority group for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination program. DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire (Photo from PCOO/ Manila Bulletin File Photo) DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said...
The vaccination of essential workers under the A4 priority group will most likely start next month, particularly in the National Capital Region (NCR), according to National Task Force Against COVID-19 deputy chief implementer and testing czar Secretary Vince Dizon. A senior citizen inoculated with...
(Labor day statement of Former Speaker Feliciano Belmonte, Jr.) The paramount concern this labor day is for our leaders to ensure existing jobs are preserved and new employment is created. 4.2 million Filipinos are now unemployed nationwide, with 1 million workers losing their jobs in the NCR-PLUS...
Frontline workers of the Philippine Congress may get vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) soon as they are now part of the A4 priority group of the government's vaccination program. House of Representatives (MANILA BULLETIN File photo/Alvin Kasiban) Presidential Spokesman Harry...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Monday, April 26, called for the inclusion of frontliners of the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) as among the essential workers to be considered part of the A4 priority group for novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination. (MANILA BULLETIN File...
Presidential Adviser on Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion highlighted the importance of boosting the confidence of the public on coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines, saying the shots that the Philippines is trying hard to procure will be useless if the people will refuse to take the jab. Presidential...
