President Duterte's advisers have expressed their support for the legislation that would institutionalize the use of vaccine passports in international and domestic travel, both for essential and non-essential purposes. A health worker injects a dose COVID-19 vaccine to a woman. (Ali Vicoy/MANILA...
Amid “unaddressed” challenges under the distance learning set-up first implemented last school year, a group of education workers criticized Education Secretary Leonor Briones for declaring a “successful” opening of School Year (SY) 2021-2022. Grade 2 pupil Kesha Aranez from Atienza...
Commuters line up to board a bus along EDSA as the government enforces movement curbs against the coronavirus outbreak in this August 2021 file photo (Mark Balmores/Manila Bulletin) Another 20,000 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases were recorded by the Department of Health (DOH) on Monday,...
Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines (AFP) Two pediatric groups in the country still recommend prioritizing the adult population in the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination. The Philippine Pediatric Society (PPS) and the Pediatric Infectious Disease Society of the Philippines (PIDSP) said that the adult...
Healthcare workers (HCWs) will be the first ones to be given a booster shot for an added protection against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Sec. Carlito Galvez Jr. (Screenshot from RTVM livestream) Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. said Monday, Sept. 13, that the administration of booster shots...
Malacañang said the government's panel of vaccine experts has approved the proposal to give medical workers booster shots against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). File photo (AFP/Manila Bulletin) Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque made the statement after it was reported that five doctors who...
Former Budget Undersecretary Lloyd Christopher Lao on Monday, Sept. 13, maintained that he exercised due diligence in selecting contractors for the Department of Health's (DOH) supply requirements for COVID-19 response. Former Budget Undersecretary Lloyd Christopher Lao addresses issues related to...
Taguig City has been chosen by the Department of Education (DepEd) as one of the pilot cities in Metro Manila for face-to-face classes once the government allows them. Classes in the country opened on Sept. 13 with 24.6 million students, according to DepEd Sec. Leonor Briones. Upper Bicutan...
Herd immunity in the country may be "out of reach" due to the attributes of the coronavirus variants, a health expert said Monday, Sept. 13. "Now we know that herd immunity will be out of reach based on several factors. First, vaccines may not be transmission-blocking," said Epidemiologist and...
With almost five million students dropping out from schools, the Department of Education has nothing to celebrate about in yesterday’s opening of the 2021-22 school year. School opening image Makabayan lawmakers slammed Education Secretary Leonor Briones’ claim of success and victory as a...
Malacañang assured the public that all savings from discontinued programs went to infrastructure projects necessary in the country's fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque (Malacañang photo) Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque made the statement...
Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque said that the government's pandemic task force has discussed the possibility of filing a case against the person who leaked footage from one of their meetings, saying that person can be liable for violating the Data Privacy Act. Presidential Spokesperson Harry...
