Around 1,000 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) in the Quezon City Jail received their Covid-19 jabs on Saturday, March 12. In a GMA News report, QC Jail Supt. Michelle Bonto said that 903 PDLs got their Astrazeneca booster shots, while 219 new inmates were also vaccinated. They were given hygiene...
DUBLIN, Ireland -- The daily number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Ireland has more than tripled in less than two weeks after the country lifted the mask mandate, according to the figures released by the Irish Department of Health on Friday. Ireland reported 9,186 PCR-confirmed cases on Friday, an...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) called on the local government units (LGUs) to come up with ingenious strategies amid adversities to gain the 2022 Seal of Good Local Governance (SGLG) Awards. DILG Secretary Eduardo Año said a total of 81 provinces, 146 cities and 1,488...
The Caloocan City government recorded zero new Covid-19 cases on Friday, March 11, the first time since the pandemic began in 2020. Mayor Oscar “Oca” Malapitan said that the current record indicates the decline in the number of individuals infected with the coronavirus under the more relaxed...
Presidential Adviser on Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion expressed his support for the proposal to establish another level at the existing Covid-19 Alert Levels System that would have even more relaxed restrictions than Alert Level 1. Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion...
OCTA fellow Dr. Guido David, on Saturday, March 12, said that it will be best if the de-escalation of the Philippines under an Alert Level 0 status will only take place after the World Health Organization (WHO) declares the end of the Covid-19 pandemic. Alert Level 0, according to David, is the old...
Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. was not inclined to support the implementation of Alert Level 0 in the entire Philippines despite the improved Covid-19 situation. Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. talks to persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) at the Maximum Security Compound of the New Bilibid Prison...
For senatorial candidate Herbert Bautista, the micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) that failed to get off the ground because of the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic deserve a second chance--and fresh funding. Senatorial candidate Herbert Bautista (Lakas-CMD Media) “For example, March of...
BAGUIO CITY – For the first time since the Omicron variant surge in January, there was no Covid-19 case recorded here on Friday, March 11, 2022. Baguio Covid bulletin. (Photo from Baguio City Bulletin) “This is a welcome news and especially that the city's cases have been on the decline in the...
(ALI VICOY / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Chairman Prospero De Vera III clarified that there are no restrictions when it comes to the age of students who will be allowed to attend face-to-face classes at the tertiary level. At a Laging Handa public briefing on...
More than 300 higher education institutions (HEIs) nationwide are currently holding face-to-face classes, the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) on Saturday, March 12, said. Limited face-to-face classes for Medical Technology students in National University (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) CHED...
Reiterating that a country’s strength is in its healthcare system, a health reform advocate said that the Philippine healthcare agenda should be prioritized in the next administration. Health reform advocate and former National Task Force (NTF) against Covid-19 special adviser Dr. Anthony...
