Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte has warned residents against organizing large social gatherings that may cause COVID-19 outbreaks in the city. This warning was issued by the mayor after learning that 51 attendees of an improvised pool party and drinking session in Barangay Nagkaisang Nayon tested...
Senator Francis Tolentino on Sunday urged the Department of Health (DOH) to publicize its accounting of the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine supplies that have been administered to promote transparency. Tolentino said that while he believes that each individual has the right to choose which vaccine...
Commission on Population and Development (POPCOM) Undersecretary Antonio Perez III is pushing the concerned agencies to use its in-house demographic vulnerabilities tool (DVT) to help them in their coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccinations. (Mark Balmores/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN)...
Filipino-Italian actor/director Ruben Soriquez, who is now in the US for a Hollywood role-still covered by a non- disclosure agreement, said that his new film Pandemiocracy: When A Virus Rules The World has just been released in North America and in Europe. The documentary follows the journey...
The Department of Health (DOH) on Sunday, May 23 recorded 3,083 new cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). DOH/MB This brought the total of COVID-19 cases in the country to 1,179,812. The DOH said the relatively low number of new cases was due "to the simultaneous updates being made in the...
With only two weeks of plenary sessions left, some senators are skeptical if there is time for Congress to pass the proposed third economic stimulus measure that seeks to cushion the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Senator Francis Tolentino noted the Senate has a fully loaded...
The Philippines has reached another milestone in its coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic response as it breached four million doses of administered vaccines, the National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19 announced Sunday, May 23. A total of 4,097,425 doses were injected as of May 22, data from...
Although she understands the intention of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) not to announce the available vaccine brands in the various vaccination sites across the country, Vice President Leni Robredo fears that this may backfire on the government’s vaccine drive. VP Leni...
Vice President Leni Robredo on Sunday, May 23, maintained that she has never been against China’s CoronaVac, developed by Sinovac Biotech, contrary to claims by Presidential spokesman Harry Roque. VP Leni Robredo (Mark Balmores/Manila Bulletin) Last Friday, Roque said that the vice president...
To further speed up the immunization program against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the national government is targeting to open all 3,000 vaccination sites to the public for 24 hours a day and seven days a week, a task force official disclosed Sunday, May 23. "Nakatutok na tayo dyan. Ang...
Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo T. Eleazar, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), ordered all police commanders to use the community patrol and official police social media accounts to assist in the information dissemination campaign aimed at convincing more Filipinos to be vaccinated against the...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Sunday lauded the Employers Compensation Commission (ECC) for its move to pay workers for injuries sustained while working from home. “Now that a lot of workers are under a work-from-home arrangement, it’s a big thing for a worker to be assured their company will take...
