Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri has praised the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) issuance of an emergency use authorization (EUA) for Moderna vaccines for children aged 12 to 17. Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel 'Migz' Zubiri (Albert Calvelo/Senate PRIB) "I want to thank FDA Chief...
(From left) N.Flying’s Seo Dong-sung, Yoo Hwe-seung and Lee Seung-Hyub (Instagram) Three of the five members of Korean rap rock band and idol group N.Flying tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19). FNC Entertainment, the band’s agency, announced on Sept. 3 that “our artist...
The hundreds of billions of pesos spent by government for massive procurement of COVID-19 vaccines will not escape the prying eyes of auditors of the Commission on Audit (COA) notwithstanding the non-disclosure provisions of contracts that cover the purchases. Audit cartoons COA Chairman Michael...
(JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) If the current trends continue, the number of daily coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Metro Manila may not surpass 6,000 to 7,000 cases by the end of September, OCTA Research fellow Dr. Guido David said Friday, Sept. 3. "The highest number reported...
DOH/MB The Philippines reported 20,310 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases on Friday, Sept. 3-the second highest one-day jump in cases. The biggest single-day tally was last Aug. 30with 22,366 infections. The country’s cumulative case count increased to 2,040,568, of which, 158,994 cases are...
Don't investigate ongoing programs of government agencies. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) President Duterte sent this message to senators during his public address Thursday, Sept. 2, even as he called out the legislators for their habit of "interfering" with the executive branch's...
(MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO) The Department of Health (DOH) said that its projection of 40,000 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases daily in Metro Manila by the end of September can still change. DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that their projection is based on the characteristics...
(UNSPLASH) Philippine Genome Center (PGC) Executive Director Dr. Cynthia Saloma on Friday, Sept. 3, advised the public not to be alarmed over the emergence of a number of coronavirus variants. "From the scientific perspective and epidemiology, importante itong mga variants na ito kasi nata-track...
The Muntinlupa City government placed two additional communities under extreme lockdown after detecting 47 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases. A report from the Muntinlupa City Health Office (CHO) showed the affected areas are a building with 60 occupants, and Sitio Aplaya with 292 residents,...
CAVITE - The Provincial Health Office (PHO) here has recorded 16,459 active coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases as of 2 p.m. on Friday (September 3), its highest count so far. According to the report from PHO's Provincial Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (PESU), Bacoor City tops the local...
Low-cost airline Cebu Pacific said it continues to actively transport COVID-19 vaccines across the country as it brought more than 8.5 million doses to 25 provinces since March this year. (File photo by Cebu Pacific) Alex Reyes, Chief Strategy Officer at Cebu Pacific, said more than 900,000 vaccine...
Cases of the highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) increased to 26 in Taguig, according to a report. This is an increase of five cases, or 24 percent, from 21 Delta variant cases listed by the Department of Health (DOH) last Aug. 26 based on the genome sequencing run...
