President Duterte has appealed anew for equitable global access to coronavirus vaccines, saying no country can regain growth until everyone can overcome the pandemic. President Rodrigo Duterte shows a vial of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine during the arrival of the first shipment of the...
Marikina City’s Pfizer COVID-19 facility was lauded by the Department of Health (DOH) for being ideal for the temperature-sensitive vaccine. (JEL SANTOS/MANILA BULLETIN) The fully air-conditioned vaccination facility for Pfizer was built by the local government unit (LGU) of Marikina in the...
What's the need for a mega vaccination facility if local government units (LGUs) are already carrying out high volume inoculations against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19)? Healthcare Without Harm Southeast Asia Executive Director Ramon San Pascual (Screengrab from Facebook Live) This was...
Amid the government’s plan to construct a mega COVID-19 vaccination site at the reclaimed Nayong Pilipino grounds in Parañaque City, World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Philippines said “all solutions to help end the pandemic should work with nature and not against it.” In a statement, WWF...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) is set to build a base facility to strengthen maritime security and law enforcement in Zamboanga Sibugay. (Photo courtesy of the PCG) PCG Lieutenant Romel Dua and Payao Mayor Joeper Mendoza have signed the deed of usufruct for the utilization of a 300-square-meter...
Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque said the government cannot just use AstraZeneca coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines on essential workers listed under the A4 priority group as it breaches the condition set by the COVAX Facility. Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque (OPS / FILE PHOTO / MANILA...
Over P30 million worth of properties and medical supplies were destroyed after a huge fire gutted the medical storage facility of Pasig City General Hospital (PCGH), the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP-Pasig) disclosed Friday (May 14). Photo courtesy of BRGY.Palatiw Facebook Superintendent John...
It was the Nayong Pilipino Foundation (NPF) that approved and chose the site of the proposed temporary mega vaccination hub on its property, contrary to the claims of its resigned executive director, the Department of Tourism (DOT) said. The Palafox group's design of the mega vaccination site....
Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto on Wednesday, May 12, backed the proposed construction of a "mega vaccination center" at the 8.5-hectare urban forest in Parañaque City, saying that there are funds, anyway, to replace the trees to be cut for the project. (Photo from Nayong Pilipino...
The United States on Monday welcomed the successful delivery of 193,050 doses of the US-made Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to the Philippines. The 193,050 doses of the US-made Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines being unloaded at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport, Monday night. (U.S....
The Department of Tourism (DOT) clarified on Monday, May 10 that it has not entered into an agreement with private firm International Container Terminal Service (ICTSI) in line with the construction of a mega vaccination facility on a portion of the Nayong Pilipino Foundation's (NPF) property in...
The Department of Tourism (DOT) guaranteed that the mega vaccination center that would be built on a portion of the Nayong Pilipino Foundation (NPF) property in Parañaque City would be for a "public purpose". In a statement on Monday, May 10, the DOT stressed that the proposed mega vaccination...
