Four out of five or 80 percent of vaccinated adult Filipinos are willing to get a booster dose of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine, results of the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey revealed on Thursday, Jan. 27. People waiting for their booster shot in Muntinlupa. (File...
Higher education institutions (HEIs) were discouraged from using antigen tests for the screening of faculty, staff, and students once they reopened limited face-to-face classes. (Photo from Pixabay) “We do not recommend using antigen test for screening,” Department of Health (DOH)...
The government's pandemic task force has escalated six areas to Alert Level 3 due to the rising number of local coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases. El Nido is a municipality on Palawan Island. It is one of the most popular destinations in the Philippines thanks to its absolutely stunning islands...
(ALI VICOY / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) The Commission on Higher Education (CHED), as well as higher education institutions (HEIs) that will offer limited face-to-face classes, were advised to take caution against possible transmission of the Omicron variant. READ:...
Paranaque City Mayor Edwin Olivarez said the launching of “Bakuna Para Sa YO (younger ones)” for 5 to 11 years old will be held at SM Sucat on Feb. 4. Olivarez said registered minors who have been given an inoculation schedule will be accommodated at the SM Sucat vaccination site. He said...
Four experts from the Philippines, Indonesia, Taiwan, and Singapore were brought together for an in-depth discussion into the topic of making the dream of living with COVID-19 a reality recently through Zoom. The panel, which was entitled “Recalibrating Inclusive Health and Economic Recovery in...
At least 22,000 workers affected by the more stringent alert level status in Metro Manila have already applied for the latest round of the Department of Labor and Employment's (DOLE) COVID-19 Adjustment Measure Program (CAMP). (FILE PHOTO) In a virtual Laging Handa briefing on Thursday, Jan. 27,...
One step forward towards the eventual return to on-site learning, the Ateneo de Manila University (AdMU), on Thursday, Jan. 27, announced that it passed the Quezon City (QC) local government’s school health and safety inspection. Photo from Ateneo de Manila University’s Facebook page “This...
Homecare kits donated by Pitmaster Foundation to 17 local government units in the National Capital Region. Pitmaster Foundation continues its initiative to help COVID-19 patients by donating P20-Million worth of homecare kits that will benefit 17 local government units in the National Capital...
To ensure that field offices and schools prepared for the eventual expansion of the limited face-to-face classes implementation, the Department of Education (DepEd) asked for support from stakeholders. (Photo from DepEd) “During the pilot phase, we witnessed how we came together to ensure the...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) listed 18,191 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections on Thursday, Jan. 27. The majority of the cases reported were from Calabarzon, Metro Manila, and Davao Region. There were also 22,014 more recoveries and 74 fatalities recorded on Thursday. The recovery...
The aggressive implementation of infrastructure projects especially through the Build Build Build project has resulted in the employment of more than 1.6 million Filipinos, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said on Thursday, Jan. 27. DPWH Secretary Roger G. Mercado said that from...
