The supply of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine in Taguig is running out due to high demand. Currently, the vaccines being used by local government units (LGUs) come from the national government. Other cities have decided to decrease their daily vaccination target due to insufficient vaccine...
More than 100,000 individuals have received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine in Pasig City, the local government announced on Wednesday (June 16). (Photo courtesy of Pasig City Public Information Office/Manila Bulletin) Based on the data of the city government, a total of 104,231 individuals have...
The national government will soon replenish vaccine stocks of local government units that are currently running low on supply, National Task Force Deputy Chief Implementer Vince Dizon assured on Wednesday, June 16. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) This after some cities in the National Capital Region...
A total of 190 officials and employees of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) have so far been vaccinated against coronavirus disease (COVID-19). DOST employees receive their coronavirus disease (COVID-19) jab at the Lakeshore Mega Vaccination Hub in Taguig City. (Photos from DOST...
Around 19 percent of the 180,000-strong Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) have already been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). A Philippine Army personnel looks away while he is being inoculated with a COVID-19 vaccine at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City on June 14, 2021....
Senator Sonny Angara on Wednesday, June 16 said the Senate Committee on Finance will start deliberations on the proposed Bayanihan 3 bill once Congress resumes sessions in July. Angara, chairman of the Senate finance panel, said July would be the best time to tackle the measure as the Bayanihan to...
The House Committee on Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) on Wednesday, June 16 approved in principle the distribution of P750 monthly health grant to all PWDs to augment their daily subsistence as they face the devastating effects of the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID 19) crisis. Approval came...
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) hospitalizations in the National Capital Region (NCR) is decreasing, the Private Hospitals Association of the Philippines (PHAPI) said Wednesday, June 16. (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) In an interview with TeleRadyo, PHAPI President Dr. Rene Jose de Grano said the number of...
Senate President Vicente Sotto III said on Wednesday, June 16, that he does not see the need to call Cabinet officials for an executive session on specific prices of COVID-19 vaccines. A health worker shows Sputnik V coronavirus vaccines at a vaccination hub in Taguig City on May 4, 2021. (Ali...
The next administration is going to face a hefty debt burden plus a shrinking economy and a rising unemployment rate and hunger due to the mismanagement of the COVID-19 pandemic, Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon said on Wednesday. Drilon blamed this mismanagement on the Department of Health...
Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso on Wednesday (June 16) signed the contracts of the 127 newly hired personnel for the city's COVID-19 Field Hospital. (Manila Mayor Isko Moreno / MANILA BULLETIN) The city hired 20 doctors, 53 nurses, 20 job order workers, 10 admin personnel, eight...
A total of 1.5 million doses of CoronaVac vaccines will be delivered on Thursday morning, June 17 -- the 10th shipment to be made by Chinese manufacturer Sinovac Biotech to the Philippines since they started giving vaccines in February. Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. attends President Duterte's "Talk...
