UniTeam Alliance senatorial candidate Jinggoy Estrada on Tuesday urged the government to immediately dispatch a medical team that would take care of the needs of overseas Filipino migrant workers suffering from COVID-19 in Hong Kong. A fierce advocate of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) welfare,...
The country continues to experience a steady decline in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and remains to be under low-risk case classification, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Tuesday, Feb. 22. Members of the Manila Police District (MPD) Precinct Station 2 remind bargain shoppers along Ilaya in...
Local government units (LGUs) should be able to meet their vaccination targets for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) before being allowed to be placed under Alert Level 1, vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. proposed on Monday night, Feb. 21. People flock to Ilaya in Binondo, Manila to shop on Jan. 2,...
The national government is looking to intensify the conduct of house-to-house vaccination against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as vaccination centers have now reached their “saturation point,” vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. said on Monday night, Feb. 21. Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr....
The next elected Philippine president will pay the loans secured by the Duterte administration for the country’s pandemic response, the government’s chief economic manager said on Tuesday, Feb. 22. “Looking realistically our situation, we have to pay for COVID. I mean, we cannot just have...
About 15,200 deaths for every 1 million coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the Philippines have been recorded, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Tuesday, Feb. 22. A health worker prepares a syringe with the Sinovac Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine during a vaccination drive for schoolchildren...
San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora said on Tuesday, Feb. 22, that he supports downgrading Metro Manila to Alert Level 1 amid the declining number of COVID-19 cases being recorded in the metropolis. "As of today (Feb. 22), the City of San Juan only has 28 active cases of COVID-19. This is already a...
Amid the so-called “inflection point” in the country’s coronavirus disease (COVID-19) inoculation drives, the National Task Force (NTF) against COVID-19 pushes for “more convenient” and “more accessible” vaccination programs in the Philippines. (Unsplash) “Nagf-flaten na ‘yung...
K-pop idols V of BTS and ITZY’s Lia, Yeji and Chaeryeong have fully recovered from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) while Woodz and former IZ*ONE member Kim Min-ju tested positive amid a surge in cases in South Korea due to the highly contagious Omicron variant. Big Hit Music, BTS’ agency,...
Senatorial candidate and Sorsogon Governor Francis “Chiz” Escudero has urged the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) in Hong Kong to prepare to assist more Filipino domestic workers who could be infected with COVID-19 as Hong Kong struggles with a surge in cases. Escudero noted Hong Kong is...
(DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) positivity rate in Metro Manila has decreased to 4.9 percent for the first time since Dec. 26, 2021--prior to the Omicron wave of the pandemic, a fellow of the OCTA Research Group said on Tuesday, Feb. 22. OCTA fellow Dr. Guido David...
President Duterte is happy about how Filipinos are working together to make the country's pediatric vaccination program against the coronavirus (COVID-19) be an easier experience for the children. President Rodrigo Duterte (RTVM Screenshot) In his pre-recorded "Talk to the People" aired late Monday...
