With the new coronavirus variants threatening to derail global recovery from the pandemic, President Duterte has appealed anew to the public to get vaccinated as soon as possible. President Duterte receives his second dose of Sinopharm vaccine on July 12, 2021. (Malacañang) The President said he...
The pandemic situation in the Philippines remains “very fragile” as the number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the country is currently on a “plateau,” the Department of Health (DOH) said. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) “Sa kasalukuyan, nakakaranas tayo ng pag plateau sa kabuuang...
An additional 37,800 doses of Sputnik V vaccines against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) have arrived in the country on Saturday night, July 10. A health worker shows Russian drug firm Gamaleya Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine at the Vaccination hub in Lake shore Taguig City on Tuesday, May 04,...
12.4M vaccinated; 1.4M total cases; 1.380M recovered; 25,650 deaths; continue mask-handwash-social distance protocol From ECQ to GCQ to ECQ – that’s how NCR, later the NCR-Plus, fought COVID-19 from June 2020 to June 2021 The surge in number of COVID-19 cases in March 2021 started the NCR-Plus...
The government will embark on an information campaign to highlight its recent achievements as well as the economic recovery program ahead of President Duterte's State of the Nation Address (SONA) later this month. President Rodrigo Roa Duterte presides over the 51st Cabinet meeting in Malacañang...
The 2022 national and local elections could be the "most serious and important" in the country's recent history due to the problems brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, Senator Panfilo Lacson said. Senator Panfilo Lacson (Czar Dancel/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) Lacson pointed this out as he...
IT’S THE SMALL THINGS Alex Eduque At the end of the month, President Duterte will deliver his last State of the Nation Address (SONA). I still remember watching it on television last year as if it were yesterday – a very different SONA from what we were accustomed to given the pandemic...
More than 3 million people have become fully vaccinated since the government started its free inoculation drive last March. A Manila resident receives a coronavirus vaccine at the vaccination hub located at SM Manila on July 6, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) Presidential spokesman Harry Roque...
Iloilo Representative Janette Garin refuted the claim of vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. that she was demanding for vaccine allocation from the government for her and her province. Former Department of Health secretary and incumbent Iloilo Representative Janette Garin (John Jerome...
Even after the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the country’s vulnerable sectors can expect the government’s continued implementation of its social protection services, such as the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS). (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Department of Social...
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima on Wednesday said the public should keep tabs on the Duterte administration’s “debt spree” as the Philippines reached a high record of P11-trillion in borrowings. “With a record-breaking P11.07-trillion in debt, the Duterte administraiton continues to be on...
The national government will continue to enforce quarantine restrictions amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic until at least 50 percent of the country's more than 100 million population is vaccinated. Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana attends a pre-SONA forum on July 7, 2021 ahead of...
