More than 300 kilograms of assorted trash and marine debris were collected by divers of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) in a simultaneous underwater clean-up drive in Boracay Island, Aklan, it said on Thursday, July 8. Over 300 kilograms of assorted trash and marine debris were collected by...
Malacañang welcomed Vice President Leni Robredo's drive-thru vaccination initiative, saying this would help to bring the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines to the people. Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque (OPS / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque made the...
A drive-thru vaccination program was launched by the homeowners association of Barangay BF Homes with the aim of vaccinating residents who could no longer visit the vaccination sites of the city government. (Mayor Edwin Olivarez / MANILA BULLETIN) Mayor Edwin Olivarez was very thankful with the...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año stressed Monday, June 22, that removal of quarantine classifications will be possibly enforced if herd immunity from the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) is achieved in the country. In an interview over ABS-CBN’s...
Personnel of the Philippine Coast Guard participated in a clean-up drive in support of the Manila Bay rehabilitation program held in Pasay City on Monday, June 7. The Coast Guard members have collected a total of 100 sacks of waste materials during the activity. Personnel of the Philippine Coast...
Vice President Leni Robredo believes that incentivizing those who will get their coronavirus jabs will further boost the country’s vaccination drive. Vice President Leni Robredo (OVP) Robredo, an opposition leader, said it is up to the local government units (LGUs) and the national government how...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) reiterated Friday, May 28, that punong barangays (PBs) or barangay captains play a major part in preventing mass gathering activities amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. DILG Secretary Eduardo Año (Photo courtesy of DILG)...
Vice President Leni Robredo wants the government to start shifting its vaccination drive to the provinces by sending more COVID-19 vaccine doses there because of the rising cases outside the National Capital Region Plus (NCR Plus) bubble. Vice President Leni Robredo (OVP photo) “Sana mas...
As part of the second phase of maritime exercises in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has also pledged to protect the coastal areas in the tension-filled waters. Personnel of the BRP Gabriela Silang (OPV-8301) and BRP Cabra (MRRV-4409), who are currently on the second...
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...
The Quezon City government on Thursday inked a deal with the Anti-Crime and Terrorism Community Involvement and Support (ACT-CIS) Partylist to help boost the city’s vaccination program. The ACT-CIS will provide medical teams that will be deployed in vaccination centers. “Since last year, we...
The Quezon City government launched on Tuesday its first drive-thru vaccination site at SM Fairview in District 5, Quezon City. (QC GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL FACEBOOK PAGE/ MANILA BULLETIN) The city has partnered with the SM City Malls to speed up the vaccination of the city residents. “This is another...
