Anakalusugan Party-list Representative Michael Defensor has called the proposal to exclude the 4.4 million household beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program or 4Ps from receiving their conditional cash grants if they do not get vaccinated against COVID-19 as “oppressive and...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) should take the lead in defending the beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program against the Department of Interior and Local Government’s (DILG) “iron-fist” policies, Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon said on Sunday....
Non-profit advocacy group Go Negosyo is hoping that its "Vax to the Max" campaign will encourage vaccinations efforts against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the countryside and help the local government units (LGUs) there open up their economies. TANNEAU / AFP In a statement, Go Negosyo...
Local government units (LGUs) have no more excuse to justify their snail-pace vaccination process rate now that there is an overwhelming supply of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) shots in the country, an official of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has noted. DILG...
Secretary Carito Galvez Jr., vaccine czar and chief implementer of the National Task Force (NTF) Against the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), is considering the removal of "priorities" in the vaccination program to pave the way for the inoculation of all individuals who are willing to get the jab....
A total of 144,131 minors, aged 15 to 17, are targeted for immunization under the two-phase Pediatric Vaccination Pilot in Metro Manila with those with comorbidities being prioritized, said Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya on Monday, Oct. 18. The...
Local government units (LGUs) must employ plans of action to address the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) vaccine hesitancy as the government has stepped up its goal of attaining herd immunity in the country. “I have directed all the LGUs already to craft the Risk Communication Strategy to...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has embarked on an aggressive information drive in order to convince more coronavirus disease (COVD-19) vaccien doubters to get the jab. Dubbed as Dagyaw 2021 Open Government Town Hall Meeting, DILG Secretary Eduardo Año said it...
If he had his way, a Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) official would require people to wear their coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination cards in public like a regular company or school identification card (ID). Photo from Undersecretary Martin Diño's Facebook Page In a...
HAGATNA, Guam -- The US Pacific territory of Guam has suspended a program allowing international visitors to receive a COVID-19 vaccination while enjoying a tropical holiday due to a surge in virus cases. Infection numbers that once made Guam an attractive destination have exploded with an outbreak...
FDA The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) confirmed on Wednesday, August 11, that it granted emergency use authorization (EUA) for the donated Hayat-Vax COVID-19 vaccine doses from the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The Philippines on Wednesday, August 11, received 100,000 doses of Hayat-Vax COVID-19...
The Pasay City government have asked the help of senior citizens in the city to encourage residents to get vaccinated against COVID-19 through a short testimonial video for the country to achieve herd immunity. Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano, in a presentation at the Bakuna Benefits segment of George...
