Pateros Mayor Miguel “Ike” Ponce III said the municipal government has started giving COVID-19 booster shots to senior citizens (A2 priority group) and persons with comorbidities (A3), and non-residents can avail of the medical service. The municipal government began administering booster shots...
Just like medical frontliners, the Department of Health started last Monday administering booster shots to senior citizens and immunocompromised individuals. The DOH also announced they can also choose to receive a booster shot of a vaccine brand different from the ones they had before. This...
The Caloocan City government started giving COVID-19 booster shots to senior citizens and persons with comorbidities on Tuesday, Nov. 23. Individuals who want to get their booster shots can visit the city’s vaccination sites from 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Both the senior citizens and persons with...
A total of 8,716 indigent senior citizens in Pasay City will receive their social pension from the Department of Social Welfare and Development- National Capital Region (DSWD-NCR). According to Marilyn Penazo, officer- in-charge of the Office of Senior Citizens Affairs (OSCA), said 8,265 senior...
The San Juan City local government started administering on Tuesday, Nov. 23, COVID-19 booster shots to senior citizens and persons with comorbidities a week after launching the booster shot program for its healthcare workers. San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora said that a total of 1,000...
The Las Pinas City government started administering booster shots against COVID-19 to the city's senior citizens on Tuesday (Nov. 23). Paul San Miguel, Public Information Office chief, said Mayor Imelda Aguilar is targeting about 4,000 senior citizens in the city to get the booster shot per day....
The national government officially rolled out the administration of booster shots of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines to senior citizens (A2 priority) and select individuals with co-morbidities (A3) on Monday, Nov. 22. Dr. Nina Gloriani (in white shirt), of the Vaccine Expert Panel, receives...
The San Juan City local government opened on Monday, Nov. 22, the registration for booster COVID-19 shots to health care workers, senior citizens, and persons with comorbidities. The Department of Health (DOH) announced on Sunday, Nov. 21, that fully vaccinated senior citizens and immunocompromised...
Pasay City Mayor Emi Calixto- Rubiano distributed on Thursday, Nov. 18, cash gifts to 328 senior citizens who celebrated their birthdays in October. Rubiano said the 328 senior citizens received financial assistance amounting to P1,500 each. She said the October birthday celebrants from Barangays...
Two Filipino karatekas started strong but fell short in the kata event of the 2021 World Karate Federation (WKF) Senior World Championships Thursday, Nov. 18 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Sarah Pangilinan, bronze medalist in the 2019 Southeast Asian Games, managed to barge in the third round but...
Jamie Lim crashed out of the bronze medal contention after losing in the repechage round of the 2021 World Karate Federation (WKF) Senior World Championships (female kumite -61kg) Thursday, Nov. 18 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Jamie Lim (left) and Junna Tsukii crash out of the 2021 World Karate...
A vaccine expert from the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said Thursday, Nov. 18, that the elderly should also be urgently prioritized in the country’s administration of booster shots against coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (MANILA BULLETIN FILE) DOST’s Vaccine Expert Panel (VEP)...
