San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora urged the national government to allow dine-in and personal care services for at least 30 percent as an incentive to fully vaccinated individuals against COVID-19. Mayor Francis Zamora "Ang mga fully vaccinated may be given incentives. Kagaya ng sila ay papayagang...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Thursday, Sept. 2 said sees Health Secretary Francisco Duque III and former budget undersecretary Christopher Lao as the officials who are primarily culpable for the “planned plunder’ in the government’s procurement of overpriced personal protective...
The reproduction number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Metro Manila decreased to 1.39 which is below the “critical” level, the OCTA Research said Thursday, Sept. 2. OCTA Research In its latest monitoring report, OCTA said the National Capital Region (NCR) averaged 4,637 new cases per day...
AMADEO, Cavite - The local government unit (LGU) here is implementing localized granular lockdowns in several areas starting at 6 p.m. on Thursday (September 2) to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Mayor Redel John B. Dionisio / Facebook / MANILA BULLETIN Areas affected by the...
TANZA, Cavite - Mayor Yuri Pacumio announced on Wednesday (September 1) that he tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Mayor Yuri Pacumio / Facebook / MANILA BULLETIN Pacumio is currently asymptomatic and is in isolation. According to Pacumio, his family and close contacts have...
A total of 703,170 doses of Pfizer vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were successfully delivered to the country on Wednesday night, Sept. 1, and these will be distributed in areas outside the National Capital Region (NCR) as part of the government's "recalibrated" deployment...
Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno and Vice Mayor Honey Lacuna-Pangan experienced side effects after recovering from coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (Manila PIO photo / MANILA BULLETIN) Domagoso is still experiencing loss of smell and taste. "Sense of smell and taste nawala," Domagoso said when...
The Manila city government vaccine deployment reached the two million mark on Wednesday (Sept. 1). (Manila Public Information Office photo / MANILA BULLETIN) The city government through the Manila Health Department (MHD) has administered a total of 2,009,171 COVID-19 vaccines since the vaccination...
The Senate decided on Wednesday, September 1, to further trim the number of employees who would be allowed to physically report for work due to the increasing number of COVID-19 cases in their ranks. Senate of the Philippines' plenary hall (Senate PRIB) Senate President Vicente Sotto III, during...
The Manila Health Department (MHD) stopped the COVID-19 vaccination in all sites after technical problems were reported in the city government's online vaccination system on Wednesday (Sept. 1). "All vaccination sites (for both first dose and second dose) were declared closed beginning 4:00 p.m. on...
Actor Allan Padua, otherwise known as Mura, known for his work in “Darna,” “Volta” and “Wapakman,” among others, finally broke his silence following the death of his friend, Mahal. In a video circulating on Facebook as uploaded by Virgelyncares2.0, Mura shared his disbelief upon...
Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto announced on Wednesday night that some offices at the city hall have been put under lockdown after several staff members contracted COVID-19. Mayor Vico Sotto "We have locked down several offices at city hall, including the City Administrator's Office due to several...
