ONE FOR THE ROAD James Deakin Over the last couple of months, “Have you been vaccinated yet?” seems to have become the new “May-asawa/anak-ka-na-ba?” conversation starter of choice during get-togethers. And while there’s nothing inherently wrong with either, the level of awkwardness or...
The government has revised the list of more than 50 "green" countries or those with low risk of coronavirus amid moves to screen vaccinated travelers arriving in the Philippines. (Photo by Kenzo Tribouillard / AFP) The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases...
More than 4 million Filipinos have completed their two-dose vaccine regimen against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Malacañang announced Thursday, July 15. Workers belonging to the A4 priority group are inoculated with Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccines inside a cinema-turned vaccination hub in a...
HOTSPOT Tonyo Cruz Thanks to fellow city residents, health workers, and the local government for making this possible: On Friday, July 9, I got my second dose of a COVID-19 vaccine at a Quezon City public school where I also received the first dose 28 days earlier. Mayor Joy Belmonte deserves...
The Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines (ULAP) exhorted the government on Friday, July 9, to provide a unified database of vaccinated individuals against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) which will allow local government units (LGUs) to easily verify incoming tourists in their...
Following concerns from experts and local government units (LGUs), the national pandemic task force has allowed LGUs to keep requiring a negative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test result for fully vaccinated travelers but said vaccination cards were still a sufficient...
Local officials want residents and travelers entering Western Visayas region to present test results they are negative for COVID-19. (Tara Yap/Manila Bulletin/FILE PHOTO) The government’s pandemic task force has allowed local government units (LGUs) to still have an option of requiring fully...
More than 3 million people have become fully vaccinated since the government started its free inoculation drive last March. A Manila resident receives a coronavirus vaccine at the vaccination hub located at SM Manila on July 6, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) Presidential spokesman Harry Roque...
Amid another confusion on the travel protocols for fully-vaccinated individuals against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) , the Philippine National Police (PNP) instructed its men to stick on the existing travel rules, especially those being implemented by the Local Government Units (LGUs) that...
Malacañang assured local government units (LGUs) that the government's pandemic task force was not deaf to their concerns but asked them to implement its anti-coronavirus (COVID-19) resolutions first because these were adopted on behalf of President Duterte. Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque...
(Photo from Unsplash) The government’s pandemic task force is set to discuss once again the travel protocols within the Philippines for fully vaccinated individuals, the Department of Health (DOH) said. DOH Secretary Francisco Duque III said that the public need to present a negative RT-PCR test...
A Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) official said on Tuesday, July 7, that local government units (LGUs) should align their ordinances with national policies amid debates on easing of travel restrictions for coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) fully-vaccinated domestic tourists. In...
