ILOILO CITY—More than 4.5 million people in the Western Visayas region have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Health Secretary Francisco Duque III administers the COVID-19 vaccine during the recent launching of “Resbakuna sa Botika” program in Iloilo City. (Arnold Almacen/CMO) Based on...
67252 Next Friday, March 4, 2022, Fully-vaccinated Filipino tourists and short-term visitors can enter Singapore "quarantine-free" starting Friday, March 4, courtesy of the Vaccinated Travel Lane (VTL) program, according to the latest advisory of Philippine Airlines. To qualify, passengers must...
Malacañang reiterated its call on the public to get vaccinated against the coronavirus (COVID-19), saying the jabs are the weapon against the disease and not the enemy. (File photo by Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles as the government held its third national mass...
The total number of fully vaccinated people against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Philippines has already reached 62 million, the Department of Health (DOH) said. Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila...
The Zamboanga local government has lifted its RT-PCR requirement for incoming travelers starting February 16, Wednesday. Fully vaccinated travelers passing through the east coast border in Licomo, Zamboanga City need only to present their S-pass and vaccination card starting February 16. (Zamboanga...
President Duterte appealed to the public anew to get vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), saying it would really make him happy to see that most, if not all, Filipinos are fully vaccinated when the time comes that he has to step down. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang...
DOT log The Department of Tourism (DOT) said about 92 percent of tourism workers in the Philippines have already been vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). DOT Director for Tourism Standards and Regulation Virgilio Maguigad said that the number of vaccinated tourism workers...
"Good riddance." This is what President Duterte has to say for those who died of the coronavirus (COVID-19) because they refuse to get vaccinated against the virus as he reiterated that the country is not yet out of the woods. President Rodrigo Duterte (RTVM Screenshot) During his pre-recorded...
After pushing for the lifting of quarantine requirements for fully vaccinated inbound travelers, Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion has shifted his sights on bringing students back inside schools as a way to further push the country back to normalcy amid the coronavirus...
The Philippines will start accepting fully-vaccinated foreign leisure travelers from visa-free countries beginning Feb. 10, Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat said. (Photo from Unsplash) Puyat made the announcement on Friday, Jan. 28, after the Inter-Agency Task Force...
The government's pandemic task force has decided to allow the entry to the Philippines of fully vaccinated travelers coming from non-visa-required countries starting February 10, Malacañang announced. PIXABAY / MANILA BULLETIN In his press briefing on Friday, January 28, Cabinet Secretary Karlo...
Editorial The race to vaccinate all citizens of the world, from the oldest to the youngest, is on track. This is welcome news as the Department of Health (DOH) announced that minors, aged five to 11, will be vaccinated starting Feb. 4, 2022. The vaccine that will be used is the one manufactured by...