The Navotas City government has cancelled the vaccination against COVID-19 in all vaccination sites due to inclement weather and flooding caused by severe tropical storm “Jolina.” According to the LGU’s Facebook post, it will only accommodate individuals who are already on the site before the...
The Taguig City government has administered one million coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines to reach a milestone in its vaccination program. On Sept. 7, Taguig’s vaccination jabs totaled 1,015,029 to become the fourth city in the country to reach the one millionth mark after Quezon City,...
The week started with an alarming news – 22,415 new cases of COVID-19 infection, a new high. Then another news arrived and was more alarming – there is a projected 30,000 plus cases per day in the coming days. These news are a cause of much concern and anxiety, and pain especially for those who...
file photo: Ali Vicoy The World Health Organization (WHO) said it is supporting the implementation of granular lockdowns but it should be coupled with “accurate” and “up-to-date” data to make it work. “For us to do effective granular lockdowns- that needs to be based on very good...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday, Sept. 7 questioned President Duterte on his supposed “direct engagement” with an official of Pharmally International, the head agency of Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp. which is now being investigated by the Senate blue ribbon committee. Hontiveros noted there...
Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Tuesday, Sept. 7 asked the National Task Force for COVID-19 why it used C-130 planes to transport the personal protective equipment (PPEs) the government supposedly purchased from Pharmally, a private firm. At the continuation of the Senate blue ribbon...
Presidential spokesman Harry Roque on Tuesday, September 7, trumpeted the country’s “A-“ rating from the Japan Credit Rating Agency (JCRA) and the drop in the unemployment rate to 6.9 percent. Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque (OPS / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) During a virtual press...
Medicines (File Photo) The Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Association of the Philippines (PHAP) said it is currently working to “secure” more supplies of medicines that are being used in treating the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). “As we have done since the beginning of the pandemic, PHAP and...
As new coronavirus variants continue to emerge, President Duterte’s economic team believes that the COVID-19 illness may become a persistent infection that Filipinos should learn how to live with. Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez The economic managers, composed of heads of the Department of...
The national government is ready to respond to Filipino citizens' plight should typhoon "Jolina" cause them problems, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said Tuesday, Sept. 7. (Photo by Inge Maria/ Unsplash) "Nandyan po lahat ng tulong, naka pre-position na (All assistance is available, they've...
A local manufacturer of medical-grade face masks on Tuesday, September 7, admitted incurring financial losses from its contract with Department of Budget and Management's Procurement Service (DBM-PS), after it was told to trim their prices from what was agreed in their award. (Jansen Romero / FILE...
DOH/MB The Department of Health (DOH) confirmed 18,012 more individuals who tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The country's total case count reached 2,121,308, of which 158,637 are active cases as of Tuesday, Sept. 7. Ninety-two percent of the active cases have mild symptoms, 3.4...
