Outgoing Senate President Vicente Sotto III and outgoing Senator Panfilo Lacson said Tuesday, June 14 that the wearing of face masks outdoors and the placing parts of the country under alert level 2 must be based on science. This was the same position espoused by Sotto and Lacson during the...
(UNSPLASH / MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Health (DOH) reminded the different vaccination sites to only give the second Covid-19 vaccine booster shot to eligible individuals. “As of the moment, only frontline healthcare workers (A1 Priority Group), senior citizens (A2 Priority Group), and...
LONDON (AFP) - Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger on Monday said he had caught Covid, forcing the band to cancel its latest gig in Amsterdam. "I'm so sorry that we've had to postpone the Amsterdam show with such short notice tonight," the 78-year-old singer tweeted. "I have unfortunately just...
A ranking solon who is well- versed in "budgeting" has told Filipinos to get ready to tighten the belts in the coming months amid what he described as "turbulent economic times". (Towfiqu Barbhuiya/ Unsplash) “We foresee difficult times ahead...and it is up to us if we can safely ride it through...
(SCREEN GRAB FROM LAGING HANDA PUBLIC BRIEFING) Metro Manila may register 400 to 500 Covid-19 cases per day by the end of June because of the steady increase in new infections in the region, the OCTA Research Group said on Tuesday, June 14. “Ang projection namin by end of June, baka umabot na sa...
Vice President Leni Robredo may bring her Bayanihan E-Konsulta, which offered free telemedicine services during the Covid-19 pandemic, to local communities under the setup of her soon-to-be-launched Angat Buhay NGO (non-government organization) after she leaves office on June 30. Vice President...
Cavite 4th district (Dasmariñas City) Rep. Elpidio Barzaga Jr. has slammed Commission on Higher Education (CHED) chairman Prospero "Popoy" De Vera III for what the solon described as the "stonewalling" of his year-old request for the agency to lift its 11-year ban on new nursing programs in the...
Compared to the recorded number of Covid-19 cases from May 30 to June 5, the average daily rate from June 6 to 12 is 30.4 percent higher. Omicron variant of COVID-19 (MB FILE PHOTO) This was according to the weekly Covid-19 data of the country released by the Department of Health (DOH) on Monday,...
Outgoing Senate President Vicente C. Sotto III Monday, June 13 said policies on how to contain Covid-19 pandemic should be science-based and science-driven. Senate President Tito Sotto (Photo from Senate President Tito Sotto's office) Sotto stressed this as Cebu officials made a decision making...
Outgoing Vice President Leni Robredo has expressed gratitude to Swedish Ambassador to the Philippines Annika Thunborg for helping the Office of the Vice President (OVP) in its programs under her term. Vice President Leni Robredo welcomes the Ambassador of Sweden to the Philippines Annika Thunborg...
An infectious disease expert said the slight increase in Covid-19 cases is not something to be worried about. Dr. Rontgene M. Solante (Screenshot taken from the Facebook Live of ‘Laging Handa’) On Sunday, June 12, the country recorded a total of 308 new Covid-19 cases. Dr. Rontgene M. Solante,...
More than two years into the Covid-19 pandemic, the mandatory use of face masks continues to be a topic of debates among experts in the Philippines. (REUTERS / Feline Lim/ MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Face masks have long been proven effective at reducing the transmission of SARS-Cov-2, the virus...
