GENEVA, Switzerland - The Covax vaccine programme secured another $2.4 billion from donors on Wednesday, but underlined it was still struggling to get enough doses to help poorer countries fight the COVID-19 pandemic. A nurse prepares a syringe of the Pfizer-BioNtech Covid-19 vaccine at a...
’TOL VIEWS Senator Francis N. Tolentino The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has placed the entire Luzon grid under red alert due to insufficient power supply. As rotational brownouts loom due to low power reserves brought by high electricity demand, this latest electricity...
ENDEAVOR Sonny Coloma High vaccine hesitancy continues to be a major stumbling block in the long road to herd immunity that the Philippines is aspiring to achieve by the end of this year. In the event that the government’s most optimistic scenarios on vaccine delivery and distribution...
Russian President Vladimir Putin committed to increasing the volume of deliveries of Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines as the Philippines and Russia celebrated 45 years of diplomatic relations on June 2. File photo of President Duterte's bilateral meeting with President Vladimir...
Real and inclusive global recovery from the pandemic cannot be achieved if there will be continued disparity in the distribution of coronavirus vaccines, President Duterte declared Wednesday. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) The President renewed his call for equitable vaccine...
President Duterte has reiterated his appeal to Filipinos to get vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), saying it was the only way to protect themselves and the people around them, and to overcome the pandemic. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) Duterte made the...
WASHINGTON, June 2, 2021 (AFP) - After kicking their massive lending powers into overdrive to help the nations hardest hit by COVID-19 last year, the IMF and the World Bank are now focusing on getting vaccines to poor countries to keep the pandemic from derailing the global economic recovery....
DICT (DICT / MANILA BULLETIN) The government is set to discuss the guidelines for the planned issuance of vaccine passports for Filipinos that are already vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), an official of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) said....
Marikina City has administered the first dose of COVID-19 vaccines to 61,700 individuals, Mayor Marcelino “Marcy” Teodoro announced on Wednesday (June 2). “Tuloy-tuloy ang vaccine rollout natin (Our vaccine rollout continues). Sa ngayon ay 61,700 indidividuals tayong nababakunahan (As of now,...
Malacañang was happy with the inclusion of the coronavirus vaccine CoronaVac made by Sinovac in the emergency use list (EUL) of the World Health Organization (WHO), saying this would further boost the public's confidence about the shots. President Rodrigo Duterte holds a vial of coronavirus...
Of Trees and Forest Former Senate President Manny Villar As we near the halfway mark of the year, it has become increasingly clear that ending the COVID-19 pandemic is dependent on our capacity to vaccinate our people. Of course, we should continue to strictly implement health protocols—wear...
Senator Joel Villanueva on Tuesday, June 1, appealed to his colleagues in Congress to convene the joint oversight committee to assess the government's COVID-19 vaccination program. Senator Joel Villanueva (Senate of the Philippines/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) Villanueva stressed the importance of...
