The San Juan City local government continues to boost its COVID-19 vaccination efforts, particularly of its bedridden residents amid the growing threat of the more transmissible Delta variant. (Photo from Mayor Francis Zamora Facebook) "Patuloy po tayong nagsasagawa ng home vaccination para sa mga...
Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso is exhibiting mild symptoms of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) such as coughing and body pains and is confined at the Sta. Ana Hospital.. (Manila Public Information Office photo / MANILA BULLETIN) Dr. Grace Padilla, Sta. Ana Hospital director said on...
The enrollment in public schools from Kindergarten to Grade 12 officially started on Monday, Aug. 16, according to the Department of Education (DepEd). Parents who wish to enroll their children drop application forms for incoming primary students for school year 2021-2022 at the Sta. Ana Elementary...
Amid the detection of the first case of the Lambda variant in the country, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año said strict community quarantine protocols and adherence to public health standards are still the best protection against any variant of the...
Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV said on Monday, August 16, that he is holding the Duterte administration responsible for the recent death of a Magdalo member, as well as for the deaths of many others because of COVID-19. (Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV/Facebook) He said in a Facebook post...
As coronavirus disease cases (COVID-19) continue to rise, it is "still premature" to consider easing the quarantine restrictions in Metro Manila to modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ), a key government official handling the government's pandemic response has bared. Vaccine czar Carlito...
BATANG MAYNILA Manila Mayor Isko Moreno Before anything else, I would like to ask you, our dear readers, to please include Vice Mayor Honey Lacuna in your prayers so that she may recover speedily. As you probably know by now, she contracted COVID last week. It is sad that she got infected while...
OFW Forum Jun Concepcion Most of the nearly million overseas Filipinos who have gone home after losing their jobs abroad due to COVID-19 are in bad shape financially and need meaningful and sustainable aid from government, not simply dole outs. What they need most are practical and accessible aid...
(JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) A group of private hospitals appealed to some healthcare workers who threatened to go on mass resignation not to push through with their plan as the country continues its fight against the threat of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). “Sana naman...
Bureau of Customs (BOC) personnel at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) have cleared the 469,200 doses of Moderna coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines that were delivered to the country Sunday afternoon, Aug. 15. (Photo from BOC-NAIA) (Photo from BOC-NAIA) The latest vaccine shipment,...
The city-run Ospital ng Muntinlupa (OsMun) in Alabang has reached full bed capacity Sunday amid the surge in the number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the National Capital Region (NCR). As of Aug. 15, the total bed occupancy rate at OsMun has reached 115 percent with 237 patients in the...
Public school teachers are spending money from their own pocket to buy gadgets such as laptop computer, and mobile phone, and to avail internet connection services to facilitate teaching and learning, based on the results of a study conducted by the Department of Science and Technology-National...
