Pateros, the smallest local government unit (LGU) in Metro Manila, has seven Delta variant cases among its rising coronavirus disease (COVID-19) tally. This was according to a report presented by Dr. Alethea de Guzman, director of the Department of Health (DOH) Epidemiology Bureau, during an online...
(ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) The enrollment in formal and informal systems of education under the Department of Education (DepEd) has reached the 10 million mark as of Friday, Aug. 27. Based on the enrollment figures released by DepEd, there are 10, 254, 650 enrollees for basic formal education...
Over 1,700 adult Filipinos have so far been enrolled in the Philippines’ yearlong “immunosurveillance” study which seeks to determine the effectiveness of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines that were granted emergency use authorization (EUA) in the country, the Department of Science and...
President Duterte has asked the public for its forgiveness after he softened his stand against gambling, particularly when it comes to gambling establishments on the world-famous Boracay island in Aklan. President Rodrigo Duterte (center) speaks during a meeting in Malacañang. (Photo from PCOO...
As the National Capital Region (NCR) inches closer to finishing the inoculation of its around 9.78 million residents against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), majority of the arriving vaccines in the fourth quarter of the year will be allocated in other Luzon provinces, the country's vaccine czar...
Undersecretary Ricardo Jalad, the administrator of the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) and executive director of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), has been infected with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), it was confirmed Friday, Aug. 27. Undersecretary Ricardo...
President Duterte has claimed to hold no ill will toward the United States of America (USA), which has become one of the biggest donors of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines to the country in the past few months. President Rodrigo Duterte and the US flag (Photos from Facebook, Unsplash) In his...
President Duterte told the public not to believe investigations of the Senate as he reiterated that the government is spending public funds properly. President Duterte (Malacañang photo) Duterte made the statement amid the Senate's investigation on the alleged mishandling of coronavirus...
The central office of the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City was forced to temporarily shut down after more than a hundred of its workers tested positive for the coronavirus. OCD spokesman Mark Timbal said that of the 380 employees of the agency, 116 of them tested...
Senators on Thursday, Aug. 26, said they are banking on the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) to ensure that COVID-19 vaccines would be distributed equally to different regions in the Philippines once the government receives the 25 million doses of jabs that will arrive beginning September. Senate...
Huge allocations of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine--enough to inoculate 10 million people--will be sent to the provinces of Region IV-A or Calabarzon in the last four months of the year. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque speaks during a virtual press briefing on Aug. 26, 2021...
The Philippines is "on its way" to conducting pilot face-to-face classes in schools within areas with low number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections, including locations under modified general community quarantine (MGCQ). (Ali Vicoy/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) Presidential Spokesperson...
