At least 67 barangays in Pasay City will be placed under granular lockdown due to the clustering of COVID-19 cases. The city government recorded a total of 245 new cases on Jan. 4, bringing the city’s total confirmed cases to 610. The City Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (CESU) team is now...
Senator Sonny Angara on Wednesday reminded Filipinos on the need to cooperate and share the responsibility in the fight against COVID-19 by continuing to observe the minimum health protocol. Angara made the call as he expressed concern on the alarming spike in new COVID cases over the past weeks....
Local government units were enjoined Wednesday, Jan 5 to allow their constituents to choose which COVID-19 booster brand they prefer. Vaccine COVID 19 Anakalusugan Rep. Mike Defensor made the appeal as he noted that the Department of Health has released guidelines on mix-and-match of primary jabs...
A total of 190 personnel of Metro Manila's rail lines tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) during a mandatory antigen testing amid a renewed surge in the number of cases in the capital region. (FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Transportation (DOTr) conducted on Monday,...
Paranaque City Mayor Edwin Olivarez signed an executive order on Tuesday (Jan. 4) regulating the movement of unvaccinated individuals in the city while the National Capital Region (NCR) is under Alert Level 3. Olivarez, in his order, stated that unvaccinated individuals must stay at home at all...
Independent research group OCTA said on Wednesday, Jan. 5, that coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Metro Manila as well as Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, Quezon) may start to go down in the middle of the month and towards the end of it if the same trajectory as South Africa would...
President Duterte has expressed a desire to go back to the provinces that were ravaged by typhoon "Odette". President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) This, despite the apparent new surge in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases that's slowly sweeping across the nation. Duterte, in his...
Presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo on Wednesday, Jan. 5, called on medical doctors and non-medical volunteers to join her free telemedicine consultation initiative called Bayanihan E-Konsulta as the number of new daily coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the country increased....
An infectious disease expert clarified on Wednesday, Jan. 5, that having influenza will not cause one to get a positive reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test result. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) During President Rodrigo Duterte's taped public address aired late Tuesday...
An official of Quiapo Church said they will comply with the National Task Force Against COVID-19 resolution suspending the "traslacion" or procession of the image of the Black Nazarene and other activities related to it. Mark Balmores/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN In an interview, Msgr. Hernando...
The office of Pateros Mayor Miguel “Ike” Ponce III was temporarily shut down on Jan. 4 after several employees tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) “Dahil po ilan sa mga empleyado ng tanggapan ng Punong Bayan ay nag positibo sa COVID-19 virus ngayong araw na ito, ang nasabing...
President Duterte has sought the understanding of the Roman Catholic faithful following the National Task Force's decision to suspend this year’s "traslacion" or the annual procession of the Black Nazarene. SUPER-SPREADER EVENT--A typical traslacion of the image of the Black Nazarene. (File...