The Sinovac vaccines procured by the government of Manila arrived in the country Thursday morning, June 24, as the city celebrates its 450th founding anniversary. Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso, together with Vice Mayor Honey Lacuna-Pangan and City Health Officer Dr. Arnolod...
GARCIA CEBU CITY – The tug-of-war between the provincial government of Cebu and the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) has finally come to an end. Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia has decided to “set aside” Executive Order (EO) No. 23 that warned government agencies and stakeholders of possible...
President Duterte is not pleased with Cebu's defiance of the national government's health protocols on international arrivals. President Rodrigo Duterte reads a document while presiding over a meeting with the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) core members at...
President Duterte has directed Cebu province to abide by the national government's testing and quarantine protocols for arriving passengers in the country. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) The President has issued the directive after the province reportedly insisted on enforcing...
All international flights bound for Cebu will continue to be diverted to the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) until June 12, 2021, Malacañang announced Tuesday. The Mactan-Cebu International Airport Terminal 2. (Photo by Juan Carlo de Vela/ MANILA BULLETIN) Executive Secretary Salvador...
Cebu Pacific airlines (CEB) carried another batch of one million doses of Sinovac Biotech Ltd.-manufactured vaccines from Beijing to Manila on Sunday, June 6. (Ariel Fernandez / MANILA BULLETIN) (Ariel Fernandez / MANILA BULLETIN) The vaccines were safely flown in temperature-controlled containers...
The private sector is gearing up for the smooth vaccination rollout for its workforce with the anticipated arrival of millions of AstraZeneca and Moderna coronavirus vaccines in the coming months. Airport employees wait for their turn to be vaccinated at a vaccination site in the Ninoy Aquino...
GOVERNANCE MATTERS Former Vice President Jejomar Binay We seem to be hearing more bad news than good news these days, and these do not bode well for government’s optimistic scenario of a jumpstarted economy by the second quarter of the year. The scenario is dependent on two factors. One is the...
Additional 3.4 million doses of coronavirus vaccines are expected to be delivered to the country in June when the government starts to vaccinate prioritized groups of essential workers in Metro Manila and eight other places. A health worker administers a coronavirus shot to a Las Piñas resident...
Another 500,000 doses of Sinovac Biotech Ltd.-manufactured vaccines have arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), this time aboard a Cebu Pacific (CEB) flight. (Photo by Ariel Fernandez) The anti-coronavirus disease (COVID-19) jabs touched down at NAIA Terminal 2 before 8 a.m. They...
While the current daily passenger arrival capacity of 2,000 at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) is an improvement from the previous cap of 1,500, the increase is negligible and doesn't translate to more inbound flights. (Photo from PAL Facebook page) This was Philippine Airlines (PAL)...
About 193,000 doses of Pfizer vaccines arrived on Monday night, May 10 at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) via a DHL Cargo flight (LD 457) operated by Air Hong Kong. (Ariel Fernandez/ MANILA BULLETIN) Touchdown was around 9 p.m. at NAIA Terminal 2. Among the government officials...
