Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. has emphasized that Cebu should be protected from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and its more transmissible variants as it is considered a "major gateway" to Luzon and Visayas. Hundreds of residents from Cebu City who are under A1, A2, A3 priority lists which...
In this file photo taken on April 21, 2020, a member of the Philippine National Police Special Action Forces uses a megaphone to remind shoppers to practice social distancing during a government imposed enhanced quarantine as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 novel coronavirus in Manila....
Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said Wednesday, June 30, that the government should give wider vaccine choices for Filipinos as more anti-coronavirus shots of different brands are being made available to the Philippines. A health worker administers a coronavirus vaccine to a Manila...
Senior members of the House of Representatives on Wednesday, June 30 lashed at government’s failure to spend over P18.4 billion in funds allocated for urgent programs in response to the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID 19) pandemic. In separate press statements, senior Deputy Minority Leader and...
Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. rejected Wednesday, June 30, the calls of some sectors to stop the procurement of Chinese-made Sinovac coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines and start prioritizing instead the purchase of Western brands that are "more effective" against the Delta variant. Vaccine...
Cagayan De Oro will be next destination of Vice President Leni Robredo’s “Vaccine Express,” a drive-through vaccination program in response to the pandemic. Tricycle, pedicab, and delivery riders get vaccinated through the Vaccine Express project in Manila on June 22, 2021. (OVP/Facebook)...
Having mixed doses of COVID vaccines for first and second shots appears to boost immune response against the virus, according to an Oxford study. A health worker prepares to administer Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine at a vaccination site in Parañaque City. (Ali Vicoy/ File/ Manila Bulletin)...
The government has extended anew the travel ban on passengers coming from seven Asian and Middle Eastern countries up to July 15 as a precautionary measure against the deadly and highly infectious Delta variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (Photo from Bureau of Immigration Facebook page)...
Malacañang said the Philippines was slowly recovering from the effects of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on the economy, noting that the government was working hard on balancing reviving the economy and preserving the public's health. Manila Bulletin/File photo Presidential Spokesman Harry...
The Manila city government resumed its mass vaccination for A1 to A5 priority groups on Wednesday, June 30. (Manila Public Information Office photo / MANILA BULLETIN) Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso said that the Certificate of Analysis (COA) for the vaccines has been received by the...
Ospital ng Tondo no longer has COVID-19 patients, Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso announced Tuesday (June 29). (Ospital ng Tondo / FACEBOOK / MANILA BULLETIN) Domagoso said all COVID-19 patients from Ospital ng Tondo have been transferred to the city’s field hospital in Rizal...
President Duterte, catapulted to office on a campaign promise to eliminate illegal drugs and corruption in 2016, is on the final stretch of his presidency. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) And the President is first to admit that addressing the problem of illegal drugs and...
