Health Secretary Francisco Duque III should consider the House of Representatives’ public hearing as an opportunity to explain the deficiencies highlighted by the Commission on Audit (COA) on the Department of Health’s (DOH) use of the P67.32-billion COVID-19 response funds. House Deputy...
A 'full capacity' signage hangs at the gate of the Far Eastern University-Nicanor Reyes Medical Foundation (FEU-NRMF) in Novaliches, Quezon City on Sunday, August, 15, 2021. (Ali Vicoy) Independent research group OCTA has observed a "rapid" growth in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in nine...
Malacañang said that 29.31 percent of the P11.25 billion allotted for the financial assistance or ayuda for families in the National Capital Region (NCR) has been distributed to qualified recipients. Residents in Manila received the P4,000 cash assistance from the national government at the...
A pediatric infectious disease expert on Monday, Aug. 16, said children getting who contracted coronavirus disease (COVID-19) account for less than 10 percent of the country's total cases. (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) "Because the Delta variant cases are on the rise now, the number of children who will...
Are mom and baby safe? Aside from the Delta variant, the Philippines has already confirmed the very first case of the Lambda variant in the country, as reported by the Philippines News Agency . The Department of Health (DOH) also confirmed this Monday morning that the the infected person of this...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) is set to step up its border control operations as the first case of the Lambda variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was detected in the country. PCG Spokesperson Commodore Armand Balilo said all their units have been placed on full alert since the reported...
Health workers on Monday, Aug. 16, urged the government to implement strict health measures to ensure the safety of Filipinos, instead of blaming the public for the rising coronavirus cases. (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) In a virtual forum, Jao Clumia, head of the St. Lukes Medical Center Employees...
IMUS, Cavite - Mayor Emmanuel L. Maliksi announced on Monday (August 16) that he tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Emmanuel L. Maliksi / Facebook / MANILA BULLETIN In a Facebook post, Maliksi said he is currently isolated in South Imus Specialist Hospital. He assured his...
The reimposition of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Metro Manila was "barely felt" by "exhausted" health workers overwhelmed by the surge in cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) needing hospital care. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) Nurse Cristy Donguines, president of the Alliance of...
A third dose or booster shot of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine is preferrable to have in 2022 than right now, according to the country's vaccine czar. A vaccinator administers a Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to a passenger inside their vehicle during the opening of the Nayong Pilipino...
The Pateros municipal government has reached 99.5 percent of the newly adjusted target population for COVID-19 first dose vaccination. In a live broadcast Sunday, Mayor Miguel “Ike” Ponce III said that as of Aug. 14, the first dose vaccination in Pateros totaled 55,720 individuals, or 99.5...
(PIXABAY) The Philippines may reach 16,000 daily new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases next week as infections continue to rise in most parts of the country, an expert of the OCTA Research said on Monday, Aug. 16. "Although nakapag-14,000 na tayo in two straight days, 'yung daily average natin...
