A huge portion of Filipinos have indicated that they continue to observe minimum public health standards amid the ongoing threat of the coronavirus pandemic, a survey from the Social Weather Stations (SWS) showed. Photo from SWS In a nationwide poll conducted from April 28 to May 2, the SWS asked...
Getting vaccinated is still not a guarantee a person will not get infected with the coronavirus disease, President Duterte said Monday. President Duterte delivers a public address from Davao City on June 7, 2021. (Malacañang) The President explained the vaccination will just provide a layer of...
Becoming fully vaccinated against the coronavirus does not yet mean the person can start ignoring the health protocols. A health worker prepares to administer a coronavirus vaccine to an airport employee at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport on June 2, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin)...
The government's pandemic task force has issued a provisional approval to the professional licensure examinations scheduled this July to September 2021. President Rodrigo Duterte presides over a meeting with the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) core members...
SURVIVOR’S TALE (Ms. de Vera, 26, is the Manila Bulletin reporter covering the health beat.) I thought I was invincible but the virus got me. Since January 2020, I covered the developments related to the current pandemic — from the time it first appeared and was being called a “mysterious...
The government has appealed to the public to stay vigilant and continue to observe coronavirus preventive measures as the tropical storm Dante dumped rains in some parts of the country. PAGASA tracking tropical storm Dante (PAGASA) Presidential spokesman Harry Roque asked people to cooperate with...
Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur P. Tugade wants transportation authorities to get tough on public utility vehicle (PUV) operators and drivers who fail to implement health protocols. DOTr Secretary Arthur Tugade (Photo from DOTr Facebook page) Tugade specifically directed this...
The Quezon City Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (CESU) has started the mega swab testing in five areas of Barangay Old Balara on Monday, May 31. The CESU will test all residents in the area regardless if they lined up or not for the food distribution. This, after the food distribution program of...
The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) has cleared Quezon City councilor and majority floor leader Franz Pumaren of violation of any heath protocols after the food aid distribution that he organized in Barangay Old Balara last May 25. Pumaren earlier said that around 6,000 people trooped to the...
Barangay officials should be capable of enforcing health safety protocols to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as they are given a sufficient budget to perform their duties, an official of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said Sunday, May 30. DILG...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) warned the public against complacency, urging them to still strictly adhere to health protocols. "We really have to have our own ambag. Alam ko nag aambag na tayong lahat pero konting tiis pa. Alam ko marami ng naghihintay sa bakuna and we are really looking...
The food distribution activity of Quezon City Councilor and Majority Floor Leader Franz Pumaren on Tuesday allegedly violated health protocols in Barangay Old Balara. Videos have circulated online showing social distancing was not followed during the food distribution. Pumaren clarified that when...
