Fifteen thousand doses of Sputnik V Component II vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were transported to the country from Russia late Tuesday night, Aug. 31. Qatar Airways flight QR 928 fetched the shipment from Moscow to Terminal 3 of Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Pasay City...
The arrival of the pandemic in early 2020 brought a wave of hardship for most Filipinos. But for a security guard at a Mandalupa City radio station, it brought a career-changing opportunity, as well as a new direction for a long-running local news show. SECURITY PERSONNEL BY DAY Real-life...
Pandemic proportions MASTER OF TRANSITORY SPACE Architect Jason Buensalido (Omar Villanueva for Buensalido Architects) The pandemic has definitely changed how we define living in a home. For Jason Buensalido, noted architect, “the home before was a place where you just lived after work and during...
“The casino in Boracay was able to open. Even malls are allowed. Why are our schools still closed?” This is the sentiment of a group of education workers weeks before a new school year opens on Sept. 13 under a blended learning set-up. With schools still closed, anywhere becomes a 'classroom.'...
While there are those who are calling for the postponement of the Physicians Licensure Exam (PLE) set next month, the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) maintained that there are also those who are looking forward for the exams to push through. (Photo from Pixabay) “Iyan ay desisyon kasi iyan...
A Manila resident receives a coronavirus vaccine at the vaccination hub located at SM Manila on July 6, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) The Philippines has administered more than 33 million doses of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines, the Department of Health (DOH) reported on Tuesday, Aug....
With 202 affirmative votes and zero negative votes, the House of Representatives on Tuesday, August 31 approved on final reading a bill exempting from all taxes the importation of critical medical supplies, essential goods, inputs, raw materials and equipment urgently needed during times of public...
The travel restrictions being imposed on passengers coming from 10 countries that began as a precautionary measure against the Delta variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has been extended up to Sept. 5, 2021. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque (Screenshot from Facebook live) In a...
The Pasig City government announced on Tuesday that residents may now update their Pasig Health Monitor (PHM) records in the city's vaccination sites as it aims to further boost its profiling system. (Photo from Pasig PIO) Starting tomorrow, Sept. 1, the updating of PHM records may be done in Pasig...
A two-month prison term and a minimum fine of P100,000 will be imposed on hoarders of vaccines and persons administering unauthorized vaccine shots once a bill criminalizing said acts is passed into law. Virus vaccine Quezon City Rep. Alfred Vargas filed House Bill 10106 or the Anti-Vaccine...
Chinese manufacturer Sinovac Biotech delivered an additional three million doses of its CoronaVac vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) to the country late Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 31. Three million doses of CoronaVac vaccine made by Chinese manufacturer Sinovac Biotech arrive at Ninoy...
Doesn't the Philippines want investors over? President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) This was President Duterte's incredulous reaction to attacks against his former economic adviser Michael Yang, who is being linked to the issue of overpriced medical supplies in the middle of the coronavirus...
