With new more transmissible and deadly variants of the coronavirus disease, President Duterte said the country must be prepared with its “COVID-19 fight system.” President Rodrigo Duterte delivers a public address on May 18, 2021 (Malacañang) He praised National Task Force Against COVID-19...
The EU's drug agency on Monday approved the storage of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine in fridges for up to a month, in a move that should boost its rollout across the bloc. (FILES) In this file photo taken on March 4, 2021 vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19 are seen....
Britons hugged their loved ones and streamed into pubs, gyms and other indoor venues on Monday as the country eased pandemic restrictions, but Asia faced more misery with new variants and a cyclone disrupting the fight against the COVID-19 wave ravaging India. As the United States and Britain move...
The Palestinian enclave of Gaza's only COVID-19 laboratory is no longer able to carry out testing due to an Israeli air strike Monday on the clinic housing it, local authorities said. Smoke rises after Israeli air strikes on Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on May 17, 2021. SAID KHATIB / AFP...
Parañaque City residents flocked a mall in the city on Monday (May 17), in hopes of getting vaccinated with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, but many left the place disappointed and criticized the handling that they experienced. (Photo from Chinggay Kanapi / MANILA BULLETIN) A resident who...
While the current daily passenger arrival capacity of 2,000 at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) is an improvement from the previous cap of 1,500, the increase is negligible and doesn't translate to more inbound flights. (Photo from PAL Facebook page) This was Philippine Airlines (PAL)...
Four people who violated quarantine measures by swimming and gathering en masse at a resort in Caloocan City on Mother's Day have tested positive for COVID-19 antigen test, the local government said Monday. One of them is currently showing symptoms while the remaining is asymptomatic, it added....
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rolando Bautista said technology “greatly helped” bring families together despite the distance that separated them amid the ongoing global pandemic. DSWD Secretary Rolando Bautista (Screenshot from DSWD's online family forum) “Over...
The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)-Philippines doesn't seem to think that the planned mega vaccination center at the Nayong Pilipino Foundation (NPF)-owned property in Parañaque City is the way to go. (Photo from WWF Facebook page) "Other countries have proven that the best vaccination programs...
Unimplementable, discriminatory. That's how a Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) official described proposals to require customers to present a "vaccine pass" before they are allowed entry to a business establishment. Essentially, a vaccine pass is proof that the person holding it has received...
The Senate will work on passing soon the bills aimed at reviving the Philippine economy, such as the proposed amendments to the Public Service Act and to the Foreign Investment Act, among others. (Senate of the Philippines) Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri said senators agreed on this...
Due to “severely lacking” state support, a group of education workers warned on Monday, May 17, that the Philippines’ education system is on the “brink of collapse” if the challenges faced by schools, teachers and learners remain unaddressed. The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT)...
