Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said the government is doing its best to address the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic but pointed out that the country's success lies in the people's compliance with health protocols. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles (PCOO / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO)...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE: OUR NEW ABNORMAL Philip Cu Unjieng It doesn’t take a genius to predict that several government corporations and agencies will still be suffering from downward-spiraling revenues and smaller earnings this 2021. If the COVID pandemic was hopefully seen as a flutter...
THE VIEW FROM RIZAL Dr. Jun Ynares We laud the move by the Inter-agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) to put the so-called NCR-plus bubble out of the MECQ status to the current “GCQ with heightened restrictions.” The move will now allow economic activities...
The Department of Health (DOH) reminded the different local government units (LGUs) that coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines and food items should be stored separately. DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire (Photo from PCOO/ Manila Bulletin File Photo) DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario...
Two senators on Saturday, May 15, called on the government to speed up the rollout of its vaccination program after officials disclosed that millions of COVID-19 vaccines are nearing expiry. "Bilisan na natin ang ating vaccine rollout. Huwag na sana tayo umabot sa punto na mae-expire ito...Dapat...
Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri on Saturday, May 15, appealed to the government task force handling the COVID-19 crisis to begin inoculations for economic and government frontliners under the A4 category of its priority list "as soon as possible". Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel 'Migz'...
A total of 677 residents in Muntinlupa City were inoculated with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. The Muntinlupa City government received 1,170 vials, or equivalent to 7,020 doses, of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine from the national government Thursday. Muntinlupa Mayor Jaime Fresnedi (right) on...
The Philippines logged 10 new cases of the B.1.617.2 coronavirus variant first discovered in India, the Department of Health (DOH) announced on Saturday, May 15. DOH / Manila Bulletin The DOH said that one of the new cases was a seafarer who came from Belgium. "The seafarer disembarked in Belgium...
The Cebu Pacific Air (CEB) announced the cancellation of all of its flights to and from Dubai starting May 15 to May 31 in wake of the travel ban imposed by the government to United Arab Emirates (UAE) to manage the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Cebu Pacific Air logo (Photo...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) reported that no Filipino overseas died due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Saturday, May 15. Department of Foreign Affairs logo (DFA) The total number of COVID-19 deaths among Filipinos abroad is still at 1,162. According to the DFA, the number of...
Despite closed borders and the lack of commercial flights available, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Friday night brought home 155 distressed overseas Filipinos from China, bringing the total number of Filipinos the agency has brought home from around the world since the pandemic started...
The Department of Health (DOH) reported 6,739 new cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) nationwide. DOH / Manila Bulletin The additional cases pushed the country’s active cases to 56,709, the DOH said on Saturday, May 15. The active cases comprised five percent of the country’s overall...
