CAVITE - Governor Jonvic Remulla confirmed that four employees from his office have tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Cavite Governor Jonvic Remulla In a Facebook post on Monday (July 19), Remulla said two of the patients are fully vaccinated and are experiencing mild...
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- The COVID-19 cases in Indonesia rose by 44,721 within one day to 2,877,476, with the death toll adding by 1,093 to 73,582, the health ministry said on Sunday. The daily caseload was slightly down from 51,952 the previous day, but the number of deaths stayed almost the same....
Vice President Leni Robredo’s “Vaccine Express” program would be brought to Quezon City for the inoculation of jeepney drivers after the pilot project kicked off in Manila last month. A man gets his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at the Vaccine Express drive-through site on June 22, 2021....
The number of vaccines deployed by the local government of Manila reached one million on July 19, Monday. (Manila City PIO / MANILA BULLETIN) In a Facebook post, Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso said that as of 9:04 a.m. on July 19, the city has hit the one million mark for total...
JERUSALEM, Israel -- Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Sunday that "verified coronavirus patients who knowingly violate quarantine" will be criminally indicted and "dealt with to the fullest extent of the law." Bennett made the instructions during a cabinet meeting, according to a...
OFW Forum Jun Concepcion Janice de la Cruz, 36, a single mother, is getting set to leave the Philippines again for overseas work even if COVID-19 remains very much a health crisis across the world. After two consecutive “tours of duty” over six years as a domestic helper in Hong Kong, Janice is...
Neil Etheridge Birmingham City and Philippine Azkals goalkeeper Neil Etheridge has been discharged from the hospital after undergoing treatment for COVID-19. Lee Bowyer, Birmingham City’s manager, confirmed that Etheridge is now resting at home following his hospitalization where he also posted a...
DOH/MB The Philippines recorded more than 5,000 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases, the Department of Health (DOH) reported on Sunday, July 18. The DOH said it found 5,411 more people who contracted the viral disease. This brought the country's running tally of confirmed cases, since the...
A women's group has urged the national government to ensure enough jobs and coronavirus disease (COVID-19) jabs for women to help stimulate the economy. (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) This after the Philippine Stocks Exchange reported that while foreign investments have been steadily low at 21 percent,...
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) has so far conducted 3.5 million coronavirus disease (COVID-19) tests nationwide. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) PRC Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Senator Richard Gordon said they have already conducted a total of 3,548,583 tests —both reverse...
Vice President Leni Robredo has called for stricter border control in the National Capital Region and four neighboring provinces, also called the NCR Plus bubble, to fight against the entry of the Delta variant in the country’s center of commerce and economic activities. Vice President Leni...
A number of people are not following the minimum public health safety protocol amid the confirmation of the Delta variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the country. The Delta variant, described as more transmissible and more deadly, was tagged as the culprit behind the sudden upsurge of...