The government's pandemic task force has decided to place the province of Ifugao under Alert Level 3 from Alert Level 4 beginning February 1 until February 15, Malacañang announced. CARVED OUT OF THE MOUNTAIN-- The 4.9-kilometer Viewpoint-San Fernando farm-to-market road in Banaue, Ifugao is...
Policies limiting the movement of people in the National Capital Region (NCR) will be effectively suspended starting Tuesday as the region shifts to Alert Level 2 on February 1 to 15, 2022, Malacañang said. File photo by Ali Vicoy Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles made the statement a day before...
Now that the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases have peaked in several parts of the country, an OCTA research fellow said that “the worst is probably over in most parts of the Philippines” in terms of the COVID-19 surge. (JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) “The good news is, and...
Saying that it is already time to let children to go to school and play outside, the Pediatric Infectious Disease Society of the Philippines (PIDSP) has backed the government’s inoculation of children aged 5 to 11 which is eyed to begin on Friday, Feb. 4. (PIDSP president Dr. Mary Ann Bunyi /...
The Quezon City government is operating around 140 vaccinations sites in its six districts daily to inoculate more individuals against COVID-19. The vaccinations sites are health centers, malls, schools, community venues, churches, and special venues. The city government also conducts vaccinations...
Mayor Edwin Olivarez announced on Monday, Jan.31, that the Office of Building Official (OBO) has come up with a new system to ease the application for building permit in the city. Olivarez, during Monday's virtual flag raising ceremony, said easing the application for building permit in the city...
Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV didn’t take it badly when a supporter of presidential aspirant Ferdinand Marcos Jr. told him he had "no brains". Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Trillanes, who is gunning for a return to the Senate under opposition...
The Legal Front Atty. Arturo D. Brion, Ll.B, Ll.M. COVID-19 came unannounced as the third decade of this century opened. It first broke out in China, a new and mysterious illness that initially baffled even the medical experts. The development was scary as China is practically a next-door neighbor....
Another member of K-pop boy band The Boyz has tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The group’s agency IST Entertainment announced on Jan. 30 that Sangyeon has been confirmed to have COVID-19, the fifth member of The Boyz to catch the virus. (Clockwise from top left) The Boyz...
DOH More than 16,000 new people were found to have been infected with the virus that causes coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the Department of Health (DOH) reported on Sunday, Jan. 30. Based on the DOH’s latest case bulletin, 16,953 more individuals contracted this disease nationwide. This figure...
Presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo is hopeful that the Commission on Elections (Comelec) will recognize the importance of her COVID-19 response initiatives and grant them exemptions from the ban on publicly-funded programs during the campaign season. Vice President Leni Robredo (OVP...
Senator Nancy Binay on Sunday called on the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) to reconsider the lifting of facility-based quarantine for fully-vaccinated travelers until a comprehensice and localized surveillance system is in place. Without the medical safeguards, effective contact tracing and...
