In preparation for another coronavirus disease (COVID-19) surge, the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) is re-intensifying its isolation facilities to accommodate those who are infected - especially the asymptomatic individuals. (Photo from Philippine Red Cross) “Kailangan nating umaksyon agad (We need...
Hotel living made more homey at the Grand Hyatt Residences TOWERS OF GOLD Artist's perspective of the Grand Hyatt Manila Residences South Tower, Grand Hyatt Manila, and Grand Hyatt Manila Residences; and the Grand Hyatt Manila Facade The extent of the global health crisis is unknown. A bitter truth...
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Monday, July 19, said that it has issued regulations on use of schools as coronavirus disease (COVID-19) isolation areas or vaccination centers to give way to infrastructure projects. Photo shows Lawang Bato National High School, Valenzuela City taken on March...
The Pasig City local government together with other government officials inaugurated on Wednesday, July 14, its COVID-19 step-down care facility for COVID-19 patients who are scheduled to be discharged. (Photo from Pasig PIO) Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto said that the facility will serve as a...
Officials from the Department of Transportation (DOTr) and Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) have inaugurated the newly-constructed CAAP admin building at Laoag International Airport (LIA). (Photo from Travelblog.org) DOTr Secretary Arthur Tugade and CAAP Director General Jim...
A Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) official on Tuesday, June 1, called on the concerned local government units (LGUs) to instill the necessary measures to ensure that coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines are kept in storage facilities with uninterrupted power supply or with...
The Department of Public Works and Highway (DPWH) has recognized the severity of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) situation in the Zamboanga peninsula--something that has spurred the agency to speed up its construction of additional isolation facilities in the region. (Photo from the DPWH)...
The Department of National Defense (DND) and the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) inaugurated new military facilities at Fort Magsaysay in Palayan, Nueva Ecija on Friday, May 21, under the "Tatag ng Imprastraktura para sa Kapayapaan at Seguridad" (TIKAS) program. Defense Secretary...
The Pasay City Disaster Risk and Reduction Management Office (DRRMO) is seeing a marked decline in the admission of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the city’s four isolation facilities on May 4. Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano (Facebook / Pasay PIO / MANILA BULLETIN) Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano...
Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) secretary and isolation czar Mark Villar wants to slash the occupancy rate of COVID-19 mega treatment facilities in the country to less than 60 percent in the coming weeks. (Photo courtesy of the Department of Public Works and Highways) In order to...
The healthcare utilization rate (HCUR) in the National Capital Region (NCR) is now at 57 percent, an official of the Department of Health (DOH) said Monday, May 3. A medical worker walks on the aisle of the new isolation facility at the Eva Macapagal Terminal in Port Area, Manila on April 26, 2021,...
Senator Pia Cayetano said it is high-time the government prioritizes investments in infrastructure for healthcare facilities to enable the Philippines cope with health emergency crisis like the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Cayetano, during the Senate Committee on Health and...
