A member of the country’s vaccine expert panel (VEP) is seeing President Duterte’s decision to receive the Chinese-made Sinopharm vaccine as a boon for the government’s vaccination program, saying it would encourage more people to get themselves vaccinated. Dr. Rontgene Solante, chief of the...
Congress can call for a special audit of the funds of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon said on Wednesday. Drilon on Tuesday questioned the “speedy” release of the government’s controversial anti-insurgency task...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has transported coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines from Legazpi City in Albay to the provinces of Catanduanes and Masbate as part of its efforts to assist the national government in containing the spread of the pandemic. In a statement issued on Tuesday, May 4,...
The Department of Health (DOH) said on Wednesday, May 5, that it would recommend that incoming travelers will be tested for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) seven or eight days after their arrival in the country. (JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO) Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario...
A total of 2,634 individuals have already received their first dose of Sputnik V coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Wednesday, May 5. Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine (Photo by Natalia Kolesnikova / AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) The rollout of the Russian-made vaccine...
The Pasay City Disaster Risk and Reduction Management Office (DRRMO) is seeing a marked decline in the admission of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the city’s four isolation facilities on May 4. Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano (Facebook / Pasay PIO / MANILA BULLETIN) Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano...
Many were eager to get inoculated during the pilot vaccination of the Russian coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine Sputnik V in Parañaque City on Tuesday, May 4. Most of them were left fuming after long hours of waiting without even getting the jab. In an interview with DZMM on Wednesday, May...
Senator Joel Villanueva has shared the concern that the Hong Kong government's mandatory COVID-19 vaccination for all domestic workers would be discriminatory against overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). Overseas Filipino workers who were quarantined for weeks wait for flights back to their home...
The National Kidney and Transplant Institute (NKTI) launched on Wednesday, May 5 , a new off-site modular facility for both of its patients and healthcare workers. (Photo from NKTI) The NTKI modular hemodialysis facility and dormitory will operate as a satellite unit for coronavirus disease...
A hospital in Singapore has stopped admitting patients on Tuesday (May 5) after several of its staff, including a Filipina nurse, tested positive for COVID-19. (Tan Tock Seng Hospital / MANILA BULLETIN) In a social media post, Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) said it will temporarily “cease...
Mandaluyong City Mayor Menchie Abalos received on Wednesday her second dose of China's Sinovac-Biotech vaccine making her fully vaccinated against COVID-19. IMG_20210505_110145 The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the use of Sinovac-Biotech made vaccines for senior citizens on April 7,...
Two Bukidnon priests have succumbed to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). PHOTO FROM DIOCESE OF MALAYBALAY FB The Diocese of Malaybalay on Tuesday, May 4, announced the demise of Father Pablo Merlina Salengua, parish priest of Sts. Peter and Paul Parish, Dalirig, Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon....
