The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) has welcomed the recent signing of a law creating a new government agency for migrant workers, adding that it is set to form a transition committee to prepare for its implementation. (FILE PHOTO) POEA Administrator Bernard Olalia said the...
The Local Water Utilities Administration (LWUA) has stepped up its operations to provide clean water supply to residents in the Visayas and Mindanao, especially in areas that have been gravely affected by Typhoon Odette last month. (Photo from LWUA) LWUA Administrator Guiling "Gene" Mamondiong said...
The Department of Health (DOH) assured on Tuesday, Jan. 4 that there is no ongoing shortage of paracetamol and other drugs for flu-like symptoms. A sign has been posted at a drugstore along Taft Avenue in Manila notifying people of out-of-stock medicines due to a shortage in supply amid another...
Vaccination of children aged five to 11 against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has not yet started, the Department of Health (DOH) clarified on Monday, Dec. 27. A minor getting vaccinated at Lakeshore Hall in Taguig on Nov. 2. (Ali Vicoy) Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said in a...
Molnupiravir (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) The Philippine Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted emergency use authorization (EUA) to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) treatment pill developed by pharmaceutical company MSD (also known as Merck). “Ito po yung Molnupiravir na ang kaniyang brand...
Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine (AFP/ MANILA BULLETIN FILE) The Philippine Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine for emergency use among children five to 11 years old. “Upon the review of the technical documents and evaluation of the...
The Duterte administration will work "as fast as possible" to rehabilitate the provinces devastated by typhoon "Odette". Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles (Malacañang photo) Thus, said Cabinet Secretary and Acting Presidential Spokesperson Karlo Nograles in a virtual press conference on...
A Taguig healthcare worker (in yellow) receives her Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine booster shot at SM Aura in Taguig (Ali Vicoy) The Philippines has allowed the administration of COVID-19 booster shots for fully vaccinated adult individuals three months after receiving their second dose, the Department of...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Sunday urged the National Electrification Administrtaion (NEA) to immediately utilize the Electric Cooperatives Emergency and Resiliency Fund (ECERF) to help electric cooperatives affected by Typhoon Odette restore power lines within their areas. Gatchalian, who chairs...
Philippine Red Cross (PRC) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Senator Richard Gordon appealed on Friday, Dec. 17, to the public to donate for the affected communities in Visayas and Mindanao due to Typhoon "Odette". Photo from the Philippine Red Cross PRC said that the typhoon caused...
Typhoon "Odette" (international name: "Rai") is moving westward and is likely emerge over the Panay Gulf and the Sulu Sea on Friday morning, Dec. 17, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said. (Photo from PAGASA / MANILA BULLETIN) PAGASA said in...
Typhoon 'Odette' has further weakened as it made landfall in Carcar, Cebu on Thursday night, Dec. 16, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said. (Photo from PAGASA / MANILA BULLETIN) As of 10 p.m. on Thursday (Dec. 16) the center of Odette was...
