The government may consider limiting the movement of the unvaccinated only when a large percentage of the population becomes fully inoculated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). President Rodrigo Duterte presides over a meeting with the pandemic task force members at the Malacañang Golf...
Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III on Thursday, July 29, advised the government's pandemic task force to carefully study and consider factors before pushing for a law that would prohibit unvaccinated individuals from going out. Senate President Vicente 'Tito' Sotto III (Alvin Kasiban/MANILA...
Workers belonging to the A4 priority group are inoculated with Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccines inside a cinema-turned vaccination hub in a mall on Tuesday, June 8, 2021 (ALI VICOY/MANILA BULLETIN) The target number of people who have to be vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) must be...
Senator Richard J. Gordon has been admitted in a hospital in Makati City after initial tests indicated that he has pneumonia. Philiippine Red Cross chairman and Senator Richard Gordon on his way to Makati Medical Center on July 28, 2021. (Photo from Senator Gordon's Twitter account/MANILA BULLETIN)...
(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The Philippines should take note of the warnings from other countries with surge in infections due to the Delta variant, the OCTA Research said Thursday, July 29. OCTA fellow Prof. Guido David said that the National Capital Region (NCR) is “at its early stages” of a...
With 197 voting in the affirmative and zero negative and abstentions, the House of Representatives passed on third and final reading the bill that would authorize the stockpiling of strategic and critical drugs and other medical devices to address public health emergencies such as the on-going 2019...
SONA PROTEST RALLY (MB/ FILE PHOTO) The Department of Health (DOH) said that the deployment of policemen during President Duterte’s State of the Nation Address (SONA), while waiting for their coronavirus disease (COVID-19) test results, is considered a "breach" of protocol. “Yes, we will say...
Believing that vaccination remains the best solution to quell the virus spread, President Duterte is amenable to opening the government's vaccination to anyone willing to get inoculated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). President Rodrigo Duterte shows vials of AstraZeneca vaccines donated...
DOH/MB The country recorded 5,735 more coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases, pushing the total number of those who contracted the viral illness to 1,572,287. Active cases or those still undergoing treatment are at 56,273, the DOH said in its latest case bulletin on Thursday, July 29. Of the active...
Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque asked the public to trust the government in its decisions regarding the fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, saying it will not endanger anyone's lives. Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque (OPS / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Roque made the...
More than 7.2 million people have become fully vaccinated against the coronavirus disease amid the government's accelerated vaccination drive in the fight against the pandemic. A Manila health worker prepares to administer a single-shot Johnson & Johnson's Janssen coronavirus vaccine during the...
A 40-yearold police sergeant assigned at Camp Crame in Quezon City was the latest fatality of the Philippine National Police (PNP) from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). PNP spokesman Brig. Gen. Ronnie Olay said the 40-year old cop with a rank of Police Staff Sergeant was the 82nd PNP personnel...
