ZAMBOANGA CITY – The City Health Office here reported that nine students were infected with COVID-19, barely 16 days since face-to-face classes started in most schools. File photo of the first day of classes last August 22 at a Zamboanga City elementary school. (ZCPS-8 photo) City Health...
Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda thinks that "carelessness" on the part of the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) may have facilitated the annoying and worrisome spam text blasts of today. Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda According to Salceda, the IATF was...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte has enumerated what he believed were the government’s missteps in handling the Covid-19 pandemic, which struck the country in early 2020. (Martin Sanchez/ Unsplash) Villafuerte made these remarks in the context of his call for a more relaxed rule...
A health expert warned the national government and the public against premature lifting of Covid-19 health protocols, particularly the wearing of face masks. Following Cebu City’s issuance of the controversial Executive Order No. 5, lifting their mandatory face mask use outdoors, health experts...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The city government is discontinuing the first dose vaccination against Covid-19 for children aged five- to 11-years-old. Dr. Ina Grace Chiu of the City Health Office (CHO) and the National Immunization Program coordinator said Monday, Sept. 5, that the decision was made...
The Covid-19 state of calamity imposed throughout the Philippines plays a vital role in the country’s endeavors to procure vaccines, a health expert said on Monday, Sept. 5. A health worker showing Covid-19 vaccines (Ali Vicoy / Manila Bulletin) University of the Philippines Philippine General...
Gwyneth Anne Chua, known as the "Poblacion Girl," pleaded guilty for violating Covid-19 quarantine protocols when she skipped the government-mandated quarantine procedures upon returning to the country from the US last December, the Makati City Prosecutor's Office said Monday, Sept. 5. Chua,...
We have been wearing face masks for almost three years now, since the World Health Organization had declared Covid-19 as a pandemic in March 2020. With that, we had followed social distancing and hand washing as minimum health and safety protocols to prevent the spread of the virus, in compliance...
HOME OF ARTS Facade of the Cultural Center of the Philippines The Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) gives way to the long-overdue rehabilitation of its main building, closing its theaters and indoor venues starting January 2023 until December 2024. After more than 50 years, the Tanghalang...
There is no longer a need to extend the Covid-19 state of calamity imposed throughout the country, a health expert said on Saturday, Sept. 3. A passenger sits inside a tricycle covered with a reminder to wear a mask, part of the Covid-19 health protocols, in Manila on February 16, 2022. (Ted ALJIBE...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) clarified that Covid-19 vaccination in selected schools will still continue. DOH Officer-in-Charge Maria Rosario Vergeire explained that the order No. 037 issued by the Department of Education (DepEd) is only prohibiting the use of classrooms as vaccination sites....
League of the Provinces of the Philippines (LPP) National President Reynaldo Tamayo Jr. urged local chief executives (LCEs) to strictly implement the health protocols of the national government as he stressed that country is still under state of health emergency. Tamayao issued the statement while...
