(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The World Health Organization (WHO) urged the Philippines to intensify its efforts in vaccinating its elderly population against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as he described the rollout of the vaccination program for senior citizens as “unfortunate” and...
President Duterte's intention to "audit" the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) is justified, as far as his spokesman and fellow lawyer Harry Roque is concerned. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque (Screenshot from Facebook live) Roque, in a virtual press briefing Monday, Sept. 6, described the Senator...
The city government of Caloocan on Friday launched the mobile vaccination or the house-to-house vaccination for bedridden residents.
The mobile vaccination team will inoculate bedridden senior citizens and persons with disability (PWD) using Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen vaccine against...
Workers belonging to the A4 priority group are inoculated with Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccines inside a cinema-turned vaccination hub in a mall on Tuesday, June 8, 2021 (ALI VICOY/MANILA BULLETIN) Senior citizens and select immunocompromised individuals can bring one household member in their...
The House Committee on Ways and Means has approved the draft substitute bill seeking to establish the National Center for Geriatric Health and Research Institution (NCGHRI). During a virtual hearing on Monday, August 16, House ways and means committee chair, Albay Representative Joey Salceda...
Deactivated voters without biometrics data still need to personally go to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to reactivate their voter registration record. Comelec/MB The Comelec said only those deactivated voters with biometrics data can reactivate their voter registration records via email....
A 99-year-old Muntinlupa resident got his COVID-19 vaccine Thursday and said he did not experience any adverse effects. Romeo “Lolo Bob” Javier, a resident of Alabang Hills Village, was administered the Moderna brand through Muntinlupa’s drive-thru vaccination program at Festival Mall upper...
Senior citizens planning to run for public office will be allowed to physically file their certificates of candidacies (COCs) before the Commission on Elections (Comelec) this coming October. President Rodrigo Roa Duterte presides over a meeting with the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Emerging...
Manila City's elderly people will receive cans of a nutrition supplement drink as part of their aid package following the implementation of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in the National Capital Region (NCR). (Manila Public Information Office photo / MANILA BULLETIN) Manila Mayor Francisco...
Over 6,000 more senior citizens have been vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Iriga City, Camarines Sur through the Vaccine Express, an initiative jointly launched by the Office of the Vice President (OVP) and the Iriga City government. A senior citizen receives a COVID-19...
Vice President Leni Robredo’s COVID-19 vaccination initiative in Iriga City, Camarines Sur has administered vaccine doses to some 3,676 senior citizens in the city as she pushes to speed up the government’s vaccination program because of the more transmissible Delta variant. Senior citizens...
Photo courtesy: WHO Philippines Facebook page The World Health Organization (WHO) Philippines has commended the Pasig City local government after all of its eligible senior citizen residents were able to receive their first dose of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine. In a Facebook post on...
