Most of the country’s population is expected to be vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) by the end of the year, thanks to the expected arrival of more vaccine doses as well as the start of general public inoculation this October, President Duterte said. President Rodrigo Duterte...
President Duterte on Monday, Oct. 4, told Senator Richard Gordon to pay the government to P140 million in disallowed funds he accrued when he was still chairman of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA), saying the significant amount could be tapped to buy coronavirus disease (COVID-19)...
Vice President Leni Robredo on Monday, October 4, met with Heather Variava, Chargé d’Affaires ad interim of the United States Embassy in Manila, to talk about the two countries’ COVID-19 response and the US government’s commitment to the Philippines. Vice President Leni Robredo receives...
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the province of Bulacan continue to decline and the Provincial Health Office (PHO) has administered 1,401,593 doses of COVID-19 vaccines to Bulakenyos, Governor Daniel R. Fernando said on Monday, Oct. 4. Governor Daniel R. Fernando urges Bulakenyos to get...
A total of 100 senior citizens in Pasay City received free flu and punemonia vaccines in celebration of the Filipino Elderly Week from October 1 to 7. Mayor Emi Calixto- Rubiano in recognizing the celebration elderly week with a theme of “Mahalaga sina Lolo at Lola ngayong pandemya” ordered the...
The number of administered vaccines in Manila reached 2.5 million on Thursday. In a Facebook post, the Manila Public Information Office (MPIO) announced that as of 5:00 p.m. on Sept. 30, the city has administered a total of 2,528,840 vaccines. About 1,349,079 individuals have received the first...
If it's any consolation, the Philippines isn't technically the worst in the world when it comes to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) resilience. Social realism artists Sim Tolentino, Bryan Barrios, and Moks--collectively known as the Simbbmoks--render a mural on the wall of the Columban Mission in the...
The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Solidarity Vaccines Trial (SVT) has yet to start in the country, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has disclosed. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) DOST Undersecretary for Research and Development (R&D) Dr. Rowena Cristina L. Guevara, who heads...
President Duterte has "given the cue" for legislators to create a law that would allow the executive to exercise its so-called police power over those who do not want to get vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). President Rodrigo Duterte listens to a presentation during the "Talk...
The national government has vowed to appropriate a more balanced coronavirus disease-2019 ((COVID-19) vaccine distribution to the local government units (LGUs) as the country targets to achieve herd immunity, Quirino Governor Dakila Cua disclosed on Tuesday, Sept. 28. Previously, the National Task...
(Not just the Western ones) CLINICAL MATTERS Dr. Edsel Maurice T. Salvana Despite record numbers of cases across the world as a result of the Delta variant rampage, death rates from COVID-19 in countries with high vaccination rates have been dropping dramatically. Along with decreasing death rates...
The Las Piñas City government announced Saturday that a total of 370,835 individuals or 82.9% of its target population were fully vaccinated under the “Ligtas na Las Pinero, Lahat Bakunado” program. Mayor Imelda Aguilar said the city has already inoculated a total of 781,690 individuals --...
