Despite her office having no supply of coronavirus vaccines, Vice President Leni Robredo continues to expand the scope of her Vaccine Express, this time bringing the initiative to San Pedro, Laguna. Vice President Leni Robredo visits the Vaccine Express site at Manggahan High School in Pasig City...
(ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) The protection brought by vaccines is starting to be seen in the reduced hospitalization and serious illness among patients with coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Metro Manila, based on the initial findings of independent research group OCTA. "My computation of...
Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), ordered all police commanders to coordinate with their respective Local Government Units (LGUs) for the preparations of protocols that would be enforced for the possible implementation of the granular lockdown. While the...
The health workers of Tondo Medical Center (TMC) held a snake rally and noise barrage inside the hospital premises to air their disappointment at the Department of Health (DOH) and the government over lack of concern and gross negligence for the well-being of healthcare personnel. (Photo from AHW)...
Vice President Leni Robredo bemoaned the lack of available hospital beds for COVID-19 patients as her Bayanihan E-Konsulta team struggles to find vacant beds amid the surge of cases in the country, particularly in the National Capital Region Plus (NCR Plus) bubble. (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) Robredo...
Multiple studies have found that during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, women have been disproportionately affected by job loss, burnout, and were at greater risk of domestic violence. (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) The pandemic has proven to be a major challenge for gender equality across...
The National Capital Region, Bataan, and Laguna will remain under the modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) from September 1 to 7, 2021, with the same additional restrictions, Malacañang announced. File photo (Mark Balmores) In a statement, Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque said the...
Paris, France The Delta variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 doubles the risk of hospitalization compared to the Alpha variant it has supplanted as the dominant strain worldwide, researchers reported Saturday in The Lancet. Only 1.8 percent of the more than 43,000 COVID cases assessed in...
Chinese President Xi Jinping has vowed that China will continue to support the Duterte administration's flagship infrastructure modernization program and, perhaps more urgently, its aim to locally produce vaccines against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). President Xi Jinping of China and...
The Manila city government has set up a refrigerated container van which will be used to temporarily store the bodies of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) victims. (Manila Public Information Office photo / MANILA BULLETIN) Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso said on Friday (Aug. 27) that they set...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has poured in P9.7 million to fund the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine’s (RITM) study on the transmission patterns of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in confirmed cases to help prevent its further spread, and support the Department of Health...
Three colleges in Mimaropa (Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, Palawan) were allowed by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) to resume face-to-face classes on a limited basis. Institute of Business, Science, and Medical Arts, Inc.; Luna Gaco Colleges, Inc.; and Occidental Mindoro State College....
