There are 52 cases of the highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) detected in Taguig. Based on data from the Department of Health (DOH), the 52 cases of the Delta variant in Taguig were recorded as of Sept. 27. Taguig Mayor Lino Cayetano getting vaccinated (Taguig City...
The United States has donated 42 cold-storage freezers to the Philippines which will be distributed to far-flung and geographically isolated areas with little to zero capability to handle coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines, a pandemic task force leader revealed Monday night, Oct. 4. Vaccine...
One of the witnesses in the Senate blue ribbon committee’s investigation into the government’s procurement of allegedly overpriced COVID-19 pandemic supplies is now fearing for his life, Senator Risa Hontiveros said on Tuesday, Oct. 5. During the 11th hearing of the Senate panel, Hontiveros...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) urged the different local government units (LGUs) and the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) to also prioritize inmates in the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination program. DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that inmates were also...
(DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) The hospital bed occupancy rate for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients in Metro Manila has "dramatically decreased" over the past two weeks, said OCTA Research fellow Dr. Guido David. In his update on Tuesday, Oct. 5, David said that hospital occupancy in Metro...
The Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation official who earlier broke contact with the Senate after giving her testimony affirming the anomalies in the government’s procurement of COVID-19 pandemic supplies from their company showed up at the continuation of the Senate blue ribbon committee’s...
In its continuing support to the government and private sector’s fight against COVID-19, Meralco energizes a new vaccination center at the AMC Gym, Barangay San Roque, Pateros. The project involves the installation of six 15-meter concrete poles, two 50-kVA distribution transformers, 10 spans of...
If President Duterte would have his way, he wants the senators to be replaced with "ordinary Filipinos" in the May 2022 national elections. REPLACE THE SENATORS--President Rodrigo Duterte advises voters during his "Talk to the People" public briefing on Oct. 4, 2021 (Screenshot from Facebook live)...
Shares 11 helpful tips on how to get through this harrowing experience By Michael Cheng This is the story of how our family experienced and surmounted COVID-19. We hope that it can help other families who are going through the same experience or would like to better prepare themselves for having to...
Most of the country’s population is expected to be vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) by the end of the year, thanks to the expected arrival of more vaccine doses as well as the start of general public inoculation this October, President Duterte said. President Rodrigo Duterte...
The national government will purchase 90 million doses of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines beginning in the first quarter of 2022, National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19 chief implementer and vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. disclosed Monday night, Oct. 4. Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr....
President Duterte on Monday, Oct. 4, told Senator Richard Gordon to pay the government to P140 million in disallowed funds he accrued when he was still chairman of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA), saying the significant amount could be tapped to buy coronavirus disease (COVID-19)...
