Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto announced on Wednesday that the city has already deployed a total of 255,343 vaccines against COVID-19 as of July 5. (Photo from Mayor Vico Sotto's Facebook) "GOOD NEWS: We have hit the quarter-million jab mark! 75K have received their 2nd dose," Sotto said in his...
Nearly 7,000 fully-vaccinated senior citizens in Makati City have claimed their P1,000 gift certificates (GCs) from the city government. This was announced by Makati City Mayor Abigail “Abby” Binay on Twitter, Tuesday night (July 6). “Umabot na sa 6,586 fully-vaccinated senior citizens ang...
The Makati City government postponed on Monday its COVID-19 vaccination due to its limited number of vaccines. (Photo from Makati PIO) In an announcement on Facebook, the LGU said the vaccination of the A4 (economic frontliners) priority group scheduled to receive their first dose today has been...
San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora announced on Thursday that the city is now getting close to achieving herd immunity against COVID-19 after vaccinating over 70,000 of its target population against the coronavirus disease. (Photo from Mayor Francis Zamora's Facebook) "As of yesterday, we have...
Another botched case of vaccination was reported in the city of Mandaluyong on Tuesday. (Manila Bulletin File Photo) In a viral video circulating online, another nurse/volunteer failed to administer the contents of the syringe during a vaccination. The incident reportedly happened last June 11 in...
Deputy Minority Leader Janette Garin on Wednesday criticized the “chaotic” distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, noting how the government is allegedly unfairly prioritizing local government units (LGUs) that are experiencing an outbreak or pandemic surges. “Why is our vaccine czar acting like a...
Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said Wednesday, June 30, that the government should give wider vaccine choices for Filipinos as more anti-coronavirus shots of different brands are being made available to the Philippines. A health worker administers a coronavirus vaccine to a Manila...
A few days after the arrival of Moderna vaccines in the country, San Juan City started on Wednesday the use of the said vaccines in its COVID-19 vaccination program. San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora (Photo by Patrick Garcia) The launch was held at the FilOil Flying V Centre, San Juan's main...
Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Tuesday, June 29, called on the government's pandemic task force to impose sanctions on health workers and other vaccinators involved in the misadministration of coronavirus vaccines to the public, which he said, also happens in Quezon City and "all over" the...
The emergence and spread of the Delta and Delta Plus variants of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) could hamper the Philippines' economic recovery if not prevented, Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion said on Monday, June 28. Presidential Adviser on Entrepreneurship...
More than 200,000 individuals have been vaccinated against COVID-19 in Pasig City, Mayor Vico Sotto announced on Monday (June 28). "Good news, lampas na tayo doon sa (we have breached the) 200,000 jab mark, nasa 205,000 na tayo ngayon (we are now at 205,000). Karamihan niyan ay first dose,...
The government should start considering buying more effective and cheaper vaccines to inject to the Filipino population to ensure better protection against the COVID-19, Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon said on Saturday, June 26. Sinovac's COVID-19 vaccine (AFP/MANILA BULLETIN) In a radio...