Senate President Vicente Sotto III is not satifisfied with how the Department of Health (DOH) justified its recommendation to keep the mandatory face shield policy. Senate President Vicente Sotto III (Office of Sen. Sotto/https://vicentesotto.com) On Wednesday, Sotto filed Senate Resolution No. 757...
The country must "triple" efforts to prevent the spread of a more transmissible variant of the coronavirus since it cannot afford a "disastrous" second wave of infections, President Duterte declared last Monday. Manila residents line up eager to get Pfizer coronavirus vaccines at a vaccination site...
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque on Tuesday reiterated that existing regulations set by the Inter-Agency Task Force on COVID-19 do not allow the wearing of visor-type face shields while in enclosed public places. Face shield (JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) At the Malacañang...
Senator Joel Villanueva on Tuesday, June 22, underscored the need of having "clear and definite" policies from the government to address the COVID-19 pandemic and its impacts to the country. Senator Joel Villanueva speaks during a Senate hearing on February 24, 2020. (Senate PRIB/Henzberg Austria)...
A 53-year-old elementary school teacher in Caloocan City sustained a bone fracture in her arm after tipping over a gutter she did not immediately see while wearing a face shield on top of her corrective lenses. Luisa "Ma'am Lui" Arguelles was about to ride a jeepney in Quezon City after getting her...
An official of the Department of Health (DOH) has defended the continued use of face shields, saying that it provides added protection against coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Dr. Alethea De Guzman of the DOH Epidemiology Bureau said the combined use of face shields and...
Presidential spokesman Harry Roque on Tuesday, June 22, denied flip-flopping on the face shield policy. He pointed instead to Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III and Senator Joel Villanueva as having prematurely announced that the wearing of face shields will no longer be required in...
Government must explain as best as it could the science behind its decision ordering the mandatory wearing of face shields outdoors , Senator Aquilino Pimentel III on Tuesday, June 22 said. ‘’As far as I know, the Philippines is the only country in the world requiring the use of both face mask...
The Silliman University (SU) will hold limited face-to-face classes for the students of its Medical Technology program after it received authorization from the Commission on Higher Education (CHED). Silliman University (Photo from su.edu.ph) Institute of Clinical Laboratory Sciences (ICLS) Director...
A total of 2,250 individuals are now facing charges for violation of the face mask and physical distancing regulations from June 14 to 20, amid the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año said Monday night, June 21....
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Tuesday, June 22 maintained that the key to the resumption of face-to-face classes is getting teachers and students inoculated against the coronavirus disease or COVID-19. Gatchalian, who chairs the Senate Committee on Basic Education, Arts and Culture, said he sees...
Senate President Vicente Sotto III slammed President Duterte's decision to retain the mandatory use of face shields, saying health experts, who recommended it, have yet to prove its effectiveness in lessening COVID-19 infection. Senate President Vicente 'Tito' Sotto III "Health experts? They have...
