The municipal government of Binangonan in Rizal is targeting to inoculate the remaining 29 percent of its target population in the vaccination program against Covid-19. (Photo courtesy of the Pamahalaang Bayan ng Binangonan Rizal’s Facebook page / MANILA BULLETIN) The office of Mayor Cesar Ynares...
K-pop artists under Pledis Entertainment have fully recovered from Covid-19 as South Korea recorded nearly 384,000 new cases in one day. On March 12, the agency announced that K-pop boy band Seventeen’s The 8 and Seungkwan “have made full recoveries from Covid-19 and their quarantine has...
Three members of K-pop boy band BTOB and a member of girl group STAYC have tested positive for Covid-19 while members of Seventeen and Fromis 9 have recovered. Cube Entertainment announced that on March 10, “Lee Changsub, Peniel, and Yook Sungjae tested positive while Lee Minhyuk and Seo Eunkwang...
Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat expressed optimism that more foreign tourists will visit the country with the easing of travel restrictions starting next month. The DOT announced on Friday, March 11, that there will be no longer limitation on the number of...
A local study held in 2020 showed that the Covid-19 pandemic had a psychological impact on the majority of Filipino healthcare workers. At least 70.74 percent of healthcare workers in the Philippines have had anxiety symptoms, while 50.97 percent had depressive symptoms because of Covid-19, said...
SHANGHAI, March 11 (Xinhua) -- The eastern Chinese metropolis of Shanghai has carried out stringent measures to curb its latest Covid-19 outbreak after the city registered more than 100 local infections in the last 48 hours, local authorities said on Thursday. Staff members disinfect a high-speed...
HONG KONG, China – Nearly three-quarters of Hong Kong's refugees are struggling to put food on the table, according to a survey released Friday, as fears over the city's plans to control its worst-ever coronavirus outbreak spark bouts of panic-buying. Mixed messages from authorities about a...
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Friday, March 11, said that schools may adopt a “hybrid” setup when it comes to the end-of-school-year (EOSY) rites this School Year (SY) 2021-2022. (Photo courtesy of DepEd) “May mga lugar na papayagan natin na mag-physical graduation sila at may mga...
The government's pandemic task force has approved the proposal to accept and recognize the Covid-19 vaccine certificates of Croatia, Cyrpus, and Nepal as sufficient proof of vaccination for several purposes, including entry to the country. PIXABAY / MANILA BULLETIN Communications Undersecretary...
The government's pandemic task force has allowed higher education institutions (HEIs) to hold face-to-face classes up to 100 percent classroom capacity as long as only those fully vaccinated students and teaching and non-teaching personnel are allowed on the premises, Malacañang announced. File...
The government's pandemic task force has amended the criteria for the de-escalation of provinces, highly urbanized and independent component cities (HUCs and ICCs) to Alert Level 1, Malacañang said. (FILE PHOTO BY ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) In a press briefing, Communications Undersecretary...
Some 430 children aged five to 11 years old were vaccinated in the newly opened pediatric Covid-19 vaccination site at the fast food restaurant, McDonalds, on Wednesday, March 9, and Thursday, March 10. According to the Pasig City Public Information Office (PIO), 190 kids were inoculated in the...
