As it strengthens its vaccination campaign for tertiary level, the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) is eyeing to tap medical students who are in their senior year and those who have recently graduated to serve as coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccinators in schools. (ALI VICOY / MANILA...
The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said that allowing businesses to fully operate is a more sustainable approach than providing government subsidies to sectors that lost their income as result of the prolonged lockdowns. Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Karl Kendrick T. Chua...
Citing the continued downtrend in new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases, Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion has pushed for the further lowering of alert level in the National Capital Region (NCR). (Ali Vicoy/ File Photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) “Business establishments are...
San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora on Thursday backed the national government's plan to downgrade the alert level status of Metro Manila to 2 as the number of active cases in the region continues to decline. "As of today, San Juan City only has 110 active cases of COVID-19. From a high of 1,123...
With the improved coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) health situation in the country, the National Capital Region (NCR) may likely be downgraded from alert level 3 to alert level 2, in November, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya said on Thursday,...
Unvaccinated minors should remain at home "as a general rule". (Charlein Gracia/ Unsplash) Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque gave this reminder to the public Tuesday, Oct. 26 amid the confusion on whether or not children are allowed to go outdoors with the recent lowering of alert level in the...
President Duterte heaved a sigh of relief late Monday night, Oct. 25, following the continued decline in the number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the country. President Rodrigo Duterte addresses the nation on Oct. 25, 2021. (Malacañang) “We thank God,” Duterte said in his...
Vice President Leni Robredo on Sunday, October 24, asked the national government and the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases to give local government units (LGU) more time as they adjust to the new COVID-19 alert level system being piloted in several...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) inaugurated Thursday, Oct. 21, its Biosafety Level 2+ (BSL-2) Laboratory which will enable country’s researchers to work on different virology projects — from plant and animal to human virology in preparation for the upcoming establishment of the...
The Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines (ULAP) said on Thursday, Oct. 21 , hat the first day implementation of the Alert Level System in several provinces went on smoothly. ULAP national president and Quirino Gov. Dakila Cua attributed it to the through discussion on expansion of the...
The National Capital Region (NCR) may be placed under the Alert Level 2 in the coming weeks should COVID-19 infections continue to decrease, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Thursday, Oct. 21 (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) "Before the increase in cases last March and April, we were just...
The Marikina City local government announced on Thursday that it will now limit the number of visitors to Marikina Riverbanks due to clustering and violations of the physical distancing protocol. “Nabahala nga kami dahil hindi lang yun, dahil sobra ang excitement nila nakalimutan na yung minimum...
