Quezon City residents who tested positive for COVID-19 will no longer be allowed to undergo isolation inside their homes. This came after Mayor Joy Belmonte passed a measure requiring the city's asymptomatic and symptomatic patients to be isolated in authorized facilities only. "We deem it...
Vice President Leni Robredo’s second daughter, Tricia, was among the volunteer vaccinators at her Vaccine Express initiative in Manila on Wednesday, July 21. Vice President Leni Robredo and her daughter Tricia at the Vaccine Express in Manila. (VP Robredo/Facebook) Robredo, in a Facebook post,...
DAVAO CITY – The city government of Butuan is mulling to file complaints against those responsible for the docking of a vessel from Indonesia at the port of Masao where 12 of 20 crew members tested positive for the dreaded coronavirus disease (COVID-19). In an interview on Wednesday, July...
Education Secretary Leonor Briones on Wednesday, July 21, lauded the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization Regional Center for Educational Innovation and Technology (SEAMEO INNOTECH) center for its key technological projects and contributions to learning continuity amidst the...
(Photo from DepEd Philippines Facebook page) A teacher couple in Cotabato earned praise from the Department of Education (DepEd) for finding ways to reach their students who were having difficulties in getting the printed modules needed under distance learning. (Photo from DepEd Philippines...
DOH/MB The Department of Health (DOH) recorded 6,560 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases on Wednesday, July 21 - raising the country’s running case tally to 1,524,449. Of the total, 3.1 percent or 47,996 cases are still active. The DOH said that 92.1 percent of these patients have mild...
The Philippines will have a hard time handling an Indonesia-like coronavirus cases (COVID-19) surge driven by the more transmissible Delta variant, a group of health workers warned on Wednesday, July 21. (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) In an interview with CNN Philippines, Alliance of Health Workers...
Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque said he will focus on his role as Malacañang's spokesperson before deciding if he should run in the 2022 elections. Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque (OPS / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Roque made the statement after a supposed initial list of President...
The Office of the Vice President (OVP) will bring the Vaccine Express initiative to Naga City, the hometown of Vice President Leni Robredo, to boost the local government’s COVID-19 vaccination capacity. A tricycle driver takes a photo of a woman at the Vaccine Express in Manila to record her...
The Philippines must prepare for a "worst-case scenario" against the possible spread of a more transmissible Delta variant, a physician from the University of the Philippines (UP) College of Medicine said on Wednesday, July 21. (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) In an interview with ANC, Dr. Gene Nisperos...
Malacañang said the Philippine government does not easily impose travel restrictions on its Asian neighbors but stressed that it will not hesitate to implement a ban if the coronavirus (COVID-19) situation in a certain country worsens. PIXABAY/ MANILA BULLETIN Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque...
The government has appealed to the public to complete their two-dose vaccination to thwart the threat of the more contagious Delta coronavirus variant. A senior citizen receives a single-shot Johnson & Jonhson Janssen coronavirus vaccine at the Justo Lucban Elementary School in Manila on July...
