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 Education (DepEd) issued the guidelines on the release, use, and monitoring and evaluation of Program Support Funds (PSF) for the printing and dissemination of information, education and communication materials, and conduct of learning sessions on the rights of the child in basic...
Senators on Sunday shot down a proposal of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) to exclude beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program or 4Ps who refuse to get vaccinated against COVID-19. In separate interviews on Radio DZBB, Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon...
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....
Hundreds of staff and volunteers were deployed by the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) nationwide to reinforce the vaccination drive in various local government units (LGUs), the agency said on Saturday, November 6, 2021. In a statement, PRC said that more than 2,300 people were vaccinated in one day...
The Archdiocese of Cebu has launched the 500 Legacy Trees for 500 Years of Christianity program to help promote environmental care and protection. (Archdiocese of Cebu Facebook page) The Cebu Archdiocesan Commission on Environmental Concerns (CACEC) led the recent launching in line with Pope...
The national government has achieved its goal of administering at least one million doses of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines in a single day, an official of the pandemic task force revealed Friday night, Nov. 5. (L-R) Assistant Sec. Wilben Mayor, head of the National Task Force (NTF)...
Two Bakuna Centers are being prepared by the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) for accreditation and greenlight to vaccinate children without comorbidities aged 12-17 years old against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the agency announced Friday, Nov. 5. A minor getting vaccinated at Lakeshore Hall in...
The Tingog Partylist on Friday, Nov. 5 lauded the decision of the House of Representatives to increase by P10 billion next year’s allocation for the implementation of the Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers (TUPAD) program amid the rise in unemployment in the country....
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...
A total of 142 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) were vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) by the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) as its "Bakuna Bus" returned to Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) in Kalibo, Aklan, the agency said on Thursday, November 4. In a statement, PRC...
NOVELETA, Cavite – The local government unit (LGU) here kicked off its vaccination for minors aged 12 to 17 on Wednesday (Nov. 3). Fifty minors with comorbidities were inoculated on the first day of pediatric vaccination and the municipal government is set to increase the number of vaccines...
