The Philippines has administered more than 710,000 doses of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines in a single day, which is another record for the country’s inoculation campaign against the dreaded disease. (MARK BALMORES / MANILA BULLETIN) Secretary Vince Dizon, National Task Force Against...
The Quezon City government’s COVID-19 vaccination drive is expected to reach the 1 million mark on Thursday, August 5 . “By tomorrow we would have hit already 1 million persons, 1 million persons in Quezon City would have already received at least one dose,” Mayor Joy Belmonte said in a...
Senator Grace Poe is seeking to expand the coverage of COVID-19 vaccine cards to further ease mobility for fully-vaccinated individuals. An airport employee takes a selfie while receiving a coronavirus vaccine at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport on June 2, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/MANILA BULLETIN)...
A total of 167,688 individuals have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in Pasig City, Mayor Vico Sotto said on Monday (August 2). (Mayor Vico Sotto/ Pasig City PIO) The mayor made the announcement during the COVID-19 Incident Management Team meeting that tackled the preparations of the Enhanced...
Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Monday, August 2, rejected a reported plan of a local government to deny unvaccinated individuals access to certain places. Senate President Vicente 'Tito' Sotto III In a tweet, Sotto said the Interagency Task Force (IATF) on the Management of Emerging...
Senator Grace Poe on Friday, July 30, called on the government to ensure assistance for sectors that will be displaced by the upcoming reimposition of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) over the National Capital Region (NCR). Senator Grace Poe (Senate PRIB) "As we protect our people from the...
Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III on Thursday, July 29, advised the government's pandemic task force to carefully study and consider factors before pushing for a law that would prohibit unvaccinated individuals from going out. Senate President Vicente 'Tito' Sotto III (Alvin Kasiban/MANILA...
Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri on Wednesday, July 28, raised alarm over the possibility that less Filipino voters will participate in the 2022 elections due to the prevailing threat of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel 'Migz' Zubiri...
The Mandaluyong City local government announced on Wednesday, July 28, that all senior citizens in Barangay Namayan have already received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. (Photo from Mandaluyong PIO) The milestone was achieved after the city inoculated 70 percent of the barangay's total...
San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora thanked President Rodrigo Duterte for citing the city government for its superb handling of the COVID-19 situation and its vaccination program during his final State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday, July 26. (Photo from Mayor Francis Zamora's Facebook) "I...
President Duterte on Monday strongly rejected allegations that he received help from China in order to win in the 2016 presidential election saying he only talked “civilly” to President Xi Jinping right after he assumed office. “I was just being nice to them. For some people to say that I was...
A total of 17,202,421 doses of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines have already been administered as of July 25, the Department of Health (DOH) said Monday. DOH/MB Data released by the DOH showed 11,113,107 have received their first doses while 6,089,314 have already completed the two-dose...
