The Department of Health (DOH) reported on Monday, March 20, a total of 1,171 new Covid-19 cases that were recorded in the past week. In its weekly case bulletin, DOH said that the daily average cases are currently at 167 which is 19 percent lower than the cases on March 6 to March 12. DOH recorded...
Majority of Filipino adults remain worried about contracting Covid-19, results of the Social Weather Stations (SWS) released on Monday, March 20 showed. The latest SWS survey, which was conducted from Dec. 10 to 14, 2022, revealed that 78 percent are still worried that they might get the viral...
A total of 185 new people were confirmed to have been infected with the Covid-19 virus, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Sunday, March 19. The tally of active cases increased to 9,290, as shown in the DOH Covid-19 tracker. The region with the highest number of new cases in the past two weeks...
The first Kadiwa ng Pangulo store in the Bicol Region generated a total of P1.2 million in sales since it opened two days ago, the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) said on Sunday, March 19. According to PCO's statement, “more Filipino sellers and consumers are enjoying the benefits” of...
TACLOBAN CITY – A returning Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) was convicted of cyber libel filed by actor and Leyte Rep. Richard Gomez in May 2020 during the Covid-19 lockdown. GOMEZ (FB) Regional Trial Court Judge Maria Corazon Vergara-Naraja sentenced Julius Bactol Tahanlangit to serve an...
Filipino travelers can now add China to their preferred travel destination list after the Chinese Embassy in Manila announced that it will resume issuance of visas to tourists. The announcement was made by Chinese Ambassador to Manila Huang Xilian on his Facebook page. “China resumes issuance of...
Three years since the pandemic started, seven out of 10 unvaccinated Filipinos are still skeptical of getting vaccinated against Covid-19, according to a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey conducted in December 2022. In its nationwide survey from Dec. 10 to 14, 2022, SWS found that 87 percent of...
The Department of Health (DOH) believes that the Philippines was able to “adjust appropriately and accordingly” in dealing with the Covid-19 virus—three years since the declaration of the pandemic. It was on March 11, 2020 that the World Health Organization (WHO) declared Covid-19 as a...
Militant solons from the Makabayan bloc want full face-to-face plenary sessions to come back in the House of Representatives. For this purpose, the Makabayan led by House Deputy Minority leader and ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro filed House Resolution (HR) No. 859. "It is unfortunate and...
CLINICAL MATTERS Conspiracy theorists went into overdrive anew when several mainstream media outlets, including the New York Times and the Washington Post, published stories suggesting that the SARS-CoV-2 virus might have leaked from a Chinese laboratory. Anti-China rhetoric went into overdrive and...
Emerging from a meeting with President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. in Malacañang last week, the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) announced that upon the President’s directive, dialysis coverage will be increased from 90 to 156 sessions; the pay-whichever-is-lower corporate policy...
BAGUIO CITY – Cardiovascular disease is the top leading cause of death here in 2022, the City Health Service Office said. Covid-19 is now only the fifth top cause of death in this city, the City Health Service Office added. Dr. Donnabel Panes, City Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit head, said...
