A school in Makati City has started its simulation of limited face-to-face classes on Thursday, Nov. 2, as it gears up for the eventual return of limited face-to-face classes amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the looming threat of its Omicron variant. The Comembo Elementary School is among the...
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Thursday, Dec. 2, confirmed that 28 public schools in the National Capital Region (NCR) are set to join the pilot implementation of limited face-to-face classes in basic education for School Year (SY) 2021-2022. Pilot face-to-face classes in Sinalongan...
Only fully vaccinated teachers and students would be allowed to join limited face-to-face classes, the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) said Wednesday, Dec. 1. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) "Only the fully vaccinated teaching and non-teaching personnel should participate in the conduct of the...
The Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila (PLM) officially resumed face-to-face classes on Monday, Nov. 29, after more than a year of holding online classes. A select group of BS Physical Therapy students were allowed for the first time since March 2020 in the PLM campus in Intramuros, Manila. (PLM...
The use of face shields was “not totally disregarded’’ as part of the government’s uphill battle to fend off the transmission of the fatal coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19), especially with the threat of the new Omicron variant. In a briefing with President Duterte on Monday night, Nov....
The Department of Health (DOH) said on Tuesday, Nov. 30 that there is no need to revert back to the usage of face shields with the continued dip in coronavirus cases (COVID-19) that the country is experiencing. (JANSEN ROMERO/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) In an interview on ANC, Dr. Althea de Guzman,...
Given the looming presence of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) variant Omicron, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III emphasized on Monday, Nov. 29 the added layer of protection that face shields will provide for the public. Some people in Divisoria, Manila are no longer wearing face shield on...
President Duterte has left it to the government's pandemic task force to decide whether or not to make the use of face shields mandatory again as a precautionary measure against the Omicron variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) File photo of President Duterte wearing a face shield....
The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) cited “significant increases” in the vaccination rate of faculty and employees in higher education institutions (HEIs) and students in the tertiary level. (Photo from CHED) CHED Chairman Popoy De Vera, in a statement issued Monday, Nov. 29, said that...
The Valenzuela City government on Monday conducted a dry run of face-to-face classes at Tagalag Elementary School and Disiplina Village Elementary School. This was after President Duterte approved the pilot implementation of face-to-face classes. In his Facebook post, Mayor Rex Gatchalian said they...
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles has advised the public to wear face shields again if they can due to the threat of the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). 49626 Nograles made the statement as the country closed its borders to 14 countries due to the highly mutated variant...
Have you already disposed your face shields? The national government hopes not as it is already eyeing this equipment to help fight the spread of new variants of the coronavirus. The re-implementation of a policy which requires the mandatory use of face shields in public places is now being...
