President Duterte’s late-night public briefing on Monday night, June 6, with Cabinet officials could be his last as his term will end on June 30. President Rodrigo Duterte delivers his regular “Talk to the People” public briefing on Monday, June 6. (Screenshot from RTVM via Facebook) In his...
(DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) Metro Manila’s Covid-19 reproduction number and positivity rate have increased slightly for the May 31 to June 6 monitoring period, based on the OCTA Research’s latest report. In an update shared on Twitter on Tuesday, June 7, OCTA fellow Dr. Guido David said the...
Four weeks after elections and the super spreader rallies and no Covid-19 surge has materialized. CLINICAL MATTERS Despite a slight uptick, Covid-19 cases remain under 200 new infections per day. Since we are outside the 14-day-long incubation period of Covid-19, it is safe to assume that the...
The Department of Education (DepEd) enjoined teachers to enroll in an online course to ensure the learning continuity of children who belong to the marginalized sector. (Image sourced from DepEd Facebook page) DepEd announced that the Disability-Inclusive Teaching in Emergencies or “DTeEm”...
Malacañang has welcomed the country's improvement in the Covid-19 Recovery Index reported by Tokyo-based business publication, Nikkei. "The country’s improved performance, described as “the best” by the Tokyo-based business publication, reaffirms the effective recalibration of strategies of...
Health Secretary Francisco T. Duque III believes that the Senate became unfair to him in its probe of the alleged anomalous procurement of Covid-19 medical supplies. Health Secretary Francisco T. Duque III (MB FILE PHOTO) Duque reportedly transferred DOH funds to the Procurement Service of the...
Amid calls to lift the country's state of public health emergency status in relation to Covid-19, Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion also asked on Monday, June 6, the government to now share its responsibilities to address the pandemic with the private sector and the...
Compared to the logged number of Covid-19 cases from May 23 to 29, the average daily rate from May 30 to June 5 is 1.4 percent lower. (DOH/MB) This was according to the weekly Covid-19 data of the country released by the Department of Health (DOH) on Monday, June 6, noting that the average daily...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Monday, June 6 maintained that the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee report that recommended the filing of criminal charges against Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Francisco Duque III was correct as he is also liable for the questionable Covid-19 pandemic...
Health Secretary Francisco T. Duque III on Monday, June 6, agreed with health experts calling to redefine the term “full vaccination” by adding the first booster shot as it is expected to increase the Covid-19 vaccination rate in the country. Health Secretary Francisco Duque III (Malacañang...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government-Cordillera Administrative Region (DILG-CAR) ordered on Monday, June 6, the local government units (LGUs) tin the region to implement appropriate measures against the Covid-19 Omicron variant. These include employing precautionary schemes to ward...
Muntinlupa City recorded 27 new Covid-19 cases in the last seven days, slightly up but there is no community transmission happening. Data from the City Health Office (CHO) showed that Muntinlupa tallied 27 new cases in one week with its total confirmed cases rising from 40,030 on May 30 to 40,057...
