Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur P. Tugade has directed the Land Transportation Office (LTO) to put on hold the implementation of the mandatory motor vehicle inspection system until issues have been fully resolved. (FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) In a statement on Tuesday, Aug....
Answering the call of the national government, the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) gave its commitment to test thousands of specimens in a day in the Cordillera Autonomous Region (CAR). (Philippine Red Cross / MANILA BULLETIN) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Senator Richard Gordon said that...
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) on Monday, Aug. 23, urged the public to be “extra vigilant” as the country recorded the highest and second highest coronavirus disease (COVID-19) positivity rates in two consecutive days. (JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULLETIN) “We must continue our vigilant stand...
(Photo from Unsplash) With the increasing number of children getting infected with coronavirus disease (COVID-19), testing has never been more crucial at a time of a pandemic. “Testing is one of our best weapons against this virus, without testing we will be in the dark,” said Philippine Red...
Philippine Red Cross Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Senator Richard Gordon has ordered the mobilization of booking booth for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) to serve country-bound “balikbayans” and returning Overseas Filipino...
Senator Nancy Binay on Thursday urged the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) and the Department of Health (DOH) to conduct free COVID-19 testing in highly dense communities where cases of the Delta variant are predominant. Binay said a free reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test...
The Philippines has administered 29.1 million doses of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine, with over 12 million individuals already fully vaccinated against the disease, National Task Force Deputy Chief Implementer Vince Dizon said Thursday, Aug. 19. A vaccinee shed tears as she had fear of...
The country's premier humanitarian organization is nearing the four million-mark milestone when it comes to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing. Saliva test for COVID-19 (JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULLETIN) “This is what I always tell the Red Cross staff and volunteers: 'Predict, Plan, Prepare,...
More than a year after the pandemic started and the Philippine government is still not doing enough COVID-19 tests with Vice President Leni Robredo calling on the government to test more because the threat of the more transmissible Delta variant pushes the number of daily cases past 14,000. (Vice...
The Department of Science and Technology-Advanced Science and Technology Institute (DOST-ASTI) has expressed hope that the United States’ Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) “continuous recognition” of the Electronics Product Development Center’s (EPDC) testing capabilities will...
The list of "green" or low coronavirus risk countries that allows their vaccinated travelers to face shorter quarantine upon arrival in the Philippines has been further trimmed down as a precaution against the coronavirus spread. People with face masks and protective gear stand by an exit at...
The Philippine government is committed to continue to protect the people from the coronavirus disease from carrying out testing, quarantine measures to vaccination efforts. Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea (File photo/Malacañang) Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea highlighted the...
