A passenger (C) sits inside a tricycle covered with a reminder to wear a mask, part of the Covid-19 health protocols, in Manila on February 16, 2022. Ted ALJIBE / AFP The Department of Health (DOH) reported another below 2,000 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases on Saturday, Feb. 26. Based on...
Sputnik vaccines The Philippines has no plans to buy additional doses of the Russian Sputnik V vaccines as the country still has enough supply of COVID-19 vaccines, an official of the Department of Health (DOH) said. “As of now, alam ko walang balak na bumili ng Sputnik V vaccine. We have enough...
John Mayer postponed a handful of upcoming shows from his current "Sob Rock" tour after he and some members of his touring entourage contracted COVID-19. This is the second time Mayer tested positive for the virus. In early January, the “Last Train Home” singer cancelled shows with Dead and...
Vaccination in Pateros (Pateros municipal government) Sixty-three million Filipinos are now fully vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) almost one year since the Philippine government started the vaccination program, an official of the Department of Health (DOH) said. “As of Feb....
The Philippines should post a seven to eight percent gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate per year in the next administration to recover from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic losses, according to economists from the University of the Philippines. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) "For...
The San Juan City local government was recognized by the Department of Health (DOH) for its COVID-19 information and enforcement campaigns as the country continues to fight the dreaded disease and its more transmissible Omicron and Delta variants. San Juan, together with other cities and...
Taguig Mayor Lino Cayetano said downgrading the status of the National Capital Region (NCR) to Alert Level 1 will normalize life and spur the economy. Mayors including Cayetano under the Metro Manila Council signed Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Resolution 22-06 recommending to...
Aurora and Quezon are now classified as “very low risk” for coronavirus disease (COVID-19), an OCTA Research fellow said on Saturday, Feb. 26. OCTA Research fellow Dr. Guido David, in a tweet, said that with its improved COVID-19 indicators, Aurora and Quezon are now under the “very low risk...
'OMJ' hosts (from left) Bea Binene, Arnell Ignacio and Tuesday Niu In the “Oh Isyu” segment of "Oh My Job!", Labor Attache Melchor Dizon of the Philippine Overseas Labor Office of Hong Kong will lead the discussion on the plight of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in that country. The...
The Quezon City government will start to conduct area-based COVID-19 vaccination to cater to more residents in the city. According to the city government on Friday, Feb. 25, it will temporarily close down all regular vaccination sites in the city on Feb. 26. The QC Task Force Vax to Normal will set...
ULAN BATOR, Mongolia -- Mongolia registered 517 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, bringing the national tally to 464,394, the country's health ministry said Friday. Meanwhile, four more people aged over 60 died from the viral disease in the past day, raising the...
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Pakistan recorded 1,122 new COVID-19 cases over the last 24 hours, the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) said on Friday. With the new infections, the overall number of confirmed COVID-19 cases has risen to 1,506,450 in the Asian country, said the NCOC, a department...
