The Department of Finance (DOF) has begun looking for funds for the inoculation program for young teens and for the probable need for a booster vaccination next year. Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III said on Thursday, May 13, that the government would need around P20 billion for...
Three people engaged in the illegal online selling of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) rapid test kits have been nabbed in an entrapment operation staged by Philippine National Police-Criminal and Investigation and Detection Group (PNP-CIDG) members, reports said Thursday, May 13....
A huge batch of Pfizer vaccines--over two million according to Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr.--is coming to the Philippines later this month. The first batch of Pfizer vaccines in the Philippines arrived on May 10, 2021. (Photo from Bureau of Customs) Galvez, National Task Force (NTF) Against...
San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora said on Thursday that the city is now seeing a very sharp decline in active COVID-19 cases. San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora (Mayor Francis Zamora Facebook) "Here in San Juan, from 1,296 on April 12, it's now down to 280 and this is really the effect of the ECQ...
Sinovac Biotech Ltd.’s vaccine is wiping out COVID-19 among health workers in Indonesia, an encouraging sign for the dozens of developing countries reliant on the controversial Chinese shot, which performed far worse than western vaccines in clinical trials. In this file photograph taken on March...
An expert panel on Wednesday blamed bad coordination as well as dithering by national governments and international organisations for the failure to tackle COVID-19 before it became a full-blown pandemic, as India's death toll topped 250,000. A man mourns as he with volunteers prepare to perform...
Norway will drop AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine from its immunisation programme due to concerns over rare side effects, and offer Johnson & Johnson's jab only to volunteers while it remains suspended, the government announced Wednesday. Prime Minister Erna Solberg told a press conference the...
The second batch of Sputnik V vaccines from Russian manufacturer Gamaleya Research Institute arrived in the Philippines on Wednesday night, May 12. (Photo from NTF) (Photo from NTF) The Qatar Airways flight that carried the jabs touched down on the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal...
Ben&Ben Ben&Ben has announced that they will release a new song for victims of COVID-19. Called "Magpahinga," the song is dedicated to people who are battling the invisible "enemy." Pao Benjamin of Ben&Ben said that the song was conceived after his sister got the disease. CLICK HERE...
Senator Grace Poe on Wednesday, May 12, urged the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the Department of Education (DepEd) to take cue from community pantries to implement its feeding programs. Senator Grace Poe (Senate of the Philippines/MANILA BULLETIN File photo) Poe said the...
The Diocese of Cabanatuan will observe a day of prayer for those who died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Thursday, May 13. Diocese of Cabanatuan In a Facebook post, the diocese urged the public to send the names of their loved ones who died from COVID-19 so they may be included in the...
The Office of the Vice President (OVP) isn’t only busy with its coronavirus disease response programs, but it also continuously supports its livelihood programs such as the one for the transport and informal sector. In a live video on Facebook on Wednesday, May 12, Vice President Leni Robredo...
