GOVERNANCE MATTERS Former Vice President Jejomar Binay We seem to be hearing more bad news than good news these days, and these do not bode well for government’s optimistic scenario of a jumpstarted economy by the second quarter of the year. The scenario is dependent on two factors. One is the...
The P.3 variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) first found in the Philippines, has been named "Theta" by the World Health Organization (WHO), the Philippine Genome Center (PGC) announced on Tuesday, June 1. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) On Monday, WHO announced that it will be using Greek...
The country's health frontliners attending to coronavirus patients will continue to receive a special risk allowance from the government. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) President Duterte has signed Administrative Order No. 42 authorizing the continued grant of COVID-19 Special...
President Duterte has given the Department of Health (DOH) until Thursday to assess the different testing and quarantine protocols being implemented by the province of Cebu. President Duterte delivers a public address on May 31, 2021. (Malacañang) The President issued the directive to the health...
(Manila Bulletin/ File Photo) The Department of Health (DOH) assured that the different COVID-19 vaccine storage facilities nationwide are ready amid the possibility of rotational power interruptions in some parts of Luzon. In a statement on Tuesday, June 1, the DOH said necessary steps were...
A vial of the anti-viral drug Remdesivir. The Department of Health says it has received complaints from patients that some hospitals are overpricing the drug. (AFP/Ulrich Perrey) The Department of Health (DOH) warned the public against overpricing Remdesivir, an investigational drug used in...
Finding Answers Former Senator Atty. Joey Lina To show the magnitude of disproportion in access to the first COVID-19 vaccines being deployed at the start of 2021, a stark contrast was portrayed. “More than 39 million doses of vaccine have now been administered in at least 49 higher-income...
Want more of Julia Barretto, Gerald Anderson? Well, okay. Did you know that Gerald is more than just Julia's boyfriend? Yes, he is also her fitness coach. Probably for lack of material, the 32-year-old actor featured himself and his girlfriend in his latest vlog. In there, they're seen doing some...
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...
Although she understands that the Department of Health (DOH) and Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) have a lot on their plates, Vice President Leni Robredo asked them to act swiftly on matters concerning the pandemic response of local government units...
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...
The Office of the Vice President (OVP) has extended its COVID-19 response programs to outside the National Capital Region Plus (NCR Plus) bubble as other provinces in Visayas and Mindanao have been experiencing surges in cases, too. On Sunday, May 30, Vice President Leni Robredo said during her...
