The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) should consider rewarding local government units (LGUs) that have successfully vaccinated majority of their residents. Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon made the suggestion on Sunday, saying this can help quicken the pace of the...
(Keith Bacongco/MANILA BULLETIN) The government is still “far” from reaching its target of vaccinating at least 70 percent of the country’s total population against COVID-19, an official of the Department of Health (DOH) said on Sunday, June 13. “As of now, yung mga fully vaccinated nasa...
The Department of Science and Technology- Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (DOST-PCHRD) and the Department of Health (DOH) will jointly implement next month a P90-million program that seeks to advance the country’s health policy and systems research. DOST-PCHRD (MANILA...
Navotas City Mayor Toby Tiangco has expressed concern over the national government's directive to administer the reserved second doses of COVID-19 vaccines to residents who have yet to receive their first shot. Tiangco in a Twitter post said that as much as he wanted to reserve the city's existing...
The Pateros municipal government has launched an express registration through texting for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination to encourage more people to sign up. Pateros Mayor Miguel Ponce III (Pateros Facebook page / MANILA BULLETIN) Pateros Mayor Miguel Ponce III announced the additional...
The inoculation of Caloocan City residents belonging to the A-4 category or the economic frontliners will continue after the local government received on Wednesday a new supply of vaccines from the national government. The city's public information office said 19,720 doses of COVID-19 vaccine...
Philippine Olympic Committee (POCpre) President Rep. Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino and the members of the Gilas Pilipinas pool strike a pose after receiving the first dose of the vaccine last Friday. Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Bambol Tolentino announced Thursday, June 10, that...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has formally announced on Wednesday, June 9, the inclusion of the Research and Development Leadership (RDLead) Program in its innovation landscape map. The DOST Innovation Landscape Map shows the reach of the 4 component programs of the Science for...
Lawmakers on Wednesday called on the Department of Health (DOH) not to roll out the US-made Pfizer BionTech COVID-19 vaccines to children even though the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has allowed it for emergency use on minors 12 to 15 years old. 1-PACMAN party-list Representative Eric Pineda...
The National Soil Health Program (NSHP), which intends to rejuvenate the country’s degraded and “sick” soil, has received the green light from President Duterte, the Department of Agriculture (DA) bared Wednesday, June 9. (Photo courtesy of DA) The NSHP will be implemented by the DA through...
Nearly 500 locator firms representing over 42,000 workers have signed up for the Clark Development Corporation's (CDC) vaccination program against the dreaded coronavirus disease (COVID-19). A healthcare worker preparing to inject a COVID-19 vaccine (Ali Vicoy / File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN)...
The local government of Navotas City temporarily stopped Wednesday the vaccination of those belonging to the A-4 category or the economic frontliners as it ran out of COVID-19 vaccine supply. (Mayor Toby Tiangco FB page/MANILA BULLETIN) This came as the local government consumed all its Sinovac...
