The Department of Health (DOH) strictly requires that collection of swab specimens necessary for COVID-19 testing should be done by officially designated healthcare providers. Self-collection is not allowed. Ever. Robin Padilla couldn't be bothered. The actor recently posted on social media a video...
The sudden increase of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Palawan may have been attributed to the mass gathering events that were not monitored and the lack of testing by the local government unit (LGU), an official of the National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19 disclosed Wednesday, May 26....
Total vaccine doses administered (Photo courtesy: Department of Health) More than four million coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine doses have been administered nationwide, the Department of Health (DOH) said Wednesday, May 26. DOH Undersecretary Myrna Cabotaje said the total number of...
Independent research group OCTA said the average number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases per day in the National Capital Region (NCR) is now only 1,099, which is 80 percent lower than the numbers reported during the peak of the surge in late March to early April. During a virtual press...
pinterest.com I am certain that actors will agree with me if I say that doing films and television series is fulfilling. (siyempre may talent fee!) Most of them have made acting their career and source of income for so many years. (yung iba nga mga 100 years na!) But the new normal brought by the...
Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo T. Eleazar ordered all police commanders to launch a crackdown on all the illegal cockfighting operations, popularly known as tupada, in the country amid reports of the prevalence of the illegal gambling game despite the threat of the...
Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo T. Eleazar, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), said on Wednesday, May 26, that he is going to use his subpoena power on those involved in the sale of vaccine and vaccination slots in order to expedite the ongoing investigation of the police. This, as investigators...
The Department of Health-Metro Manila Center for Health Development (DOH-MMCHD) approved a parking area of an Alabang mall as an additional coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination site for Pfizer-BioNTech and Sputnik V in Muntinlupa. The new vaccination site at Festival Mall covered parking area...
The House of Representatives on Tuesday, May 25, approved on second reading the "Bayanihan to Arise as One" or Bayanihan 3 bill, a revised version that trimmed the proposed allocation for COVID-19 stimulus to P401 billion. House of Representatives (MANILA BULLETIN File photo/Alvin Kasiban)...
Around 3,000 Filipino adults are expected to participate in a local study on the safety and efficacy of mixing and matching China’s Sinovac vaccine with other coronavirus disease (COVID-19) jabs, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has disclosed. (Photo by Phill Magakoe / AFP / FILE...
Vice President Leni Robredo’s office will be bringing its pandemic response programs to Puerto Princesa City in Palawan. OVP staff and volunteers pack medical supplies for their COVID-19 response project in Palawan (Photo from Vice President Leni Robredo’s Facebook page) Robredo said a team...
The barangays are the ‘weakest link’’ in the strict enforcement of mass gathering regulations amid the threat of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), an official of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) admitted Tuesday night, May 25. In an interview over CNN Philippines, DILG...
