Students in Junior High School (JHS) or those under Grades 7 to 10 are not yet among those who will participate in the pilot testing of limited face-to-face classes. Junior High School (JHS) students inside the classroom (RIO DELUVIO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Based on the data obtained by the...
(JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) The head of the Philippine College of Physicians (PCP) said that the country is currently in the “fourth wave” of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections amid the continued increase in cases. “Well, basically yes, if we consider the start of...
Malacañang said that the government has yet to receive any negative report about the new Alert Levels System and granular lockdowns being piloted in the National Capital Region (NCR). Members of the Philippine National Police man a checkpoint in a barangay in Sampaloc, Manila after it was placed...
DAGUPAN CITY – Eleven members of the Dagupan City Police Station (DCPS) are currently isolated after contracting the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) here. (Photo courtesy of Dagupan City Pulis Facebook) In a phone interview on Monday, DCPS chief Lt. Col. Louise Benjie Tremor said the cops are now...
The vaccination of minors against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is not yet allowed, but local government units may now start their registration of possible candidates for the inoculation, a government health adviser said. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Dr. Ted Herbosa, special adviser to the...
LOS BAÑOS, Laguna - Mayor Antonio L. Kalaw announced on Monday (September 20) that he tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Municipal Government of Los Baños / Facebook / MANILA BULLETIN In a statement posted on the municipal government's official Facebook page, Kalaw said...
After repeated attempts, the Department of Education (DepEd) on Monday, Sept. 20, has finally received the approval of President to pilot limited face-to-face in basic education to be participated in 120 select public and private schools. (RIO DELUVIO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Education...
The Philippines "will always treasure" the long-standing relationship it has with the United States after it received the latter's donation of two million doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine through the COVAX facility on Sunday night, September 19. Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., vaccine czar and chief...
The Far Eastern University (FEU) Alabang has opened a vaccination site to implement an inoculation program for the FEU Group of Schools and its partner companies. (Photo from FEU) The site is open to FEU employers and faculty members and members of the entire Ayala Group of Companies. Vaccinations...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Monday, Sept. 20 urged the Commission on Audit (COA) to conduct a “fraud audit” on all the contracts entered into by the government through the Department of Budget and Management’s Procurement Service (DBM-PS) with Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp....
The Department of Health (DOH) on Monday, Sept. 20 said the effects of the implementation of the new alert level scheme in Metro Manila will likely be seen after two to three weeks. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) "We just started our implementation of this pilot in the National Capital...
President Duterte has approved the pilot implementation of face-to-face classes in areas that will be classified as low-risk for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Malacañang announced. Face-to-face classes were held before the COVID-19 pandemic. (ALI VICOY / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN)...
