President Duterte thanked health workers and other frontliners, the private sector, and the local government units (LGU) who helped in the country’s fight against COVID-19 during his sixth and final State of the Nation Address (SONA) at the Batasang Pambansa in Quezon City on Monday, July 26....
Iloilo 1st District Representative Janette Garin on Monday, July 26 expressed hope President Duterte will move to make COVID-19 testing free or at least affordable for the people. Garin, a former health secretary, aired her expectation as Duterte addresses the nation in his last State of the Nation...
Cagayan de Oro and Mariveles, Bataan are still considered as “critical risk” areas for new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections, according to independent research group OCTA. Table from OCTA Research In its latest monitoring report issued Monday, July 26, OCTA said that the average number...
The Department of Health (DOH) is monitoring eight regions with increasing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases. DOH/MB Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said these are Regions 2 (Cagayan Valley), 3 (Central Luzon), 4A (Calabarzon), 7 (Central Visayas), 10 (Northern Mindanao), National...
With combined uptrend in energy sales and expanding customer base, the core net income of power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) had risen 8.0-percent to P11.399 billion in the first half of 2021 from the year-ago level of P10.588 billion. On the company’s reported net income, that...
The Department of Health (DOH) on Monday, July 26, reported 6,664 new cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). DOH/MB The additional new cases brought the total number of cases in the country to 1,555,396. The case bulletin of the DOH also showed 5,766 new recoveries and 23 new deaths. Total...
The Philippines has proposed five critical areas for urgent global action that can help countries recover from COVID-19 during the recent high-level meeting to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). NEDA Undersecretary for Policy and Planning...
A total of 17,202,421 doses of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines have already been administered as of July 25, the Department of Health (DOH) said Monday. DOH/MB Data released by the DOH showed 11,113,107 have received their first doses while 6,089,314 have already completed the two-dose...
President Duterte may have been given with the "wrong" information when he was chiding lawmakers for calling out the underspending of COVID-19 response funds. President Duterte and Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III (Malacañang) Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III gave this assumption...
Two lawmakers on Monday, July 26 vowed to pursue a legislation that would strengthen the capacity of the country's lone genome center to help detect new coronavirus (COVID-19) variants and improve the government's response capabilities during a pandemic. Senator Sonny Angara, who earlier filed...
Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso inspected the University of Sto. Tomas Practice Gym which was launched as the city’s newest vaccination site on Monday, July 26. (MANILA CITY PIO) Domagoso was joined by Vice Mayor Honey Lacuna-Pangan during his visit. The local officials were...
The Department of Health (DOH) on Monday, July 26, said 24 of the Delta variant cases in the country were not vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). DOH/MB Data from the DOH also showed that of the 119 Delta variant cases, nine were vaccinated, while the vaccination status of the 86...
