Individuals who will be caught selling coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine slots should be punished and given with lethal injection, a "joking" Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año said on Sunday, May 30. Secretary Eduardo Año (Photo courtesy of DILG)...
The country will receive another 50,000 doses of Sputnik V vaccines from Russia on Sunday night, May 30, the National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19 disclosed. The initial batch of 15,000 doses of Sputnik V vaccines that arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Pasay City on May 1,...
A total of 51,645 Philippine National Police (PNP) and Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) personnel will be dispatched to provide security and support to the national vaccination program which will soon include the A4 category, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said Sunday,...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL Dr. Jun Ynares “How are you addressing the problem of vaccine hesitancy?” That was the raging question of the past week. It appears to have been triggered by a controversy involving the top two officials of the land over the issue of an advertising campaign to “convince”...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE: OUR NEW ABNORMAL Philip Cu Unjieng If for Timon and Pumbaa in the Lion King, the Swahili phrase meant “No worries for the rest of your days”; that problem-free philosophy is not something we can deem applicable for these times. A mass vaccination program seems...
Senate President Vicente Sotto III frowned upon the suggestion to have President Duterte and Vice President Leni Robredo in a single public service announcement to boost public confidence in vaccination. Senate President Vicente Sotto III (Senate of the Philippines) In a radio interview Saturday,...
Senator Cynthia Villar is pushing the government to allow fully vaccinated senior citizens to go out by June 1. Senator Cynthia Villar, chairperson of the Senate agriculture and food panel, during the hybrid hearing of the Senate Committee of the Whole on the government's decision to open up the...
A medical group on Saturday, May 29, has welcomed the decision of the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) to place family members of health workers in the A1 group in its coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination drive. (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) Philippine Medical...
Vaccine cards could be a step closer to reopening the economy as safe and fast as possible. As more Filipinos are getting vaccinated, business leaders have proposed the establishment of a unified vaccine pass system in digital form to promote safe and greater mobility in the country. According to...
Vice President Leni Robredo is conflicted about the non-disclosure of coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine brands in vaccination sites, saying this move was ideal but doubted if it will work in the Philippines. VP Leni Robredo (Jansen Romero/Manila Bulletin) In an interview with "Viewpoint" over the Now...
Vice President Leni Robredo believed that the country can meet its target to achieve "population protection" but said it would have been better if the government stuck with the original goal which was "herd immunity." VP Leni Robredo (Geric Cruz/Bloomberg) Robredo made the statement after the...
The MARINO Party-list has called for the immediate acquisition of Johnson and Johnson’s single-dose vaccines for Filipino seafarers and other land-based overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to expedite their deployment. In this file photo taken on February 23, 2021, vials of the CoronaVac vaccine,...
