A month before Vice President Leni Robredo embarks on one of the biggest challenges of her political career—the official campaign period for the 2022 presidential race— she looked back at the accomplishments of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) in the past five-and-a-half years. Vice...
The City of Manila has recorded over 400 active coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases on the first day of 2022. As of Jan. 1, a total of 435 COVID-19 cases were recorded in Manila, the highest number seen since the start of November where about 430 cases were recorded on Nov. 2. People flock to...
The Muntinlupa City government will intensify efforts as the number of active coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the city reached more than 100. Data from the Muntinlupa City Health Office (CHO) showed that as of Jan. 1, the active COVID-19 cases in the city rose to 131, an increase of 59...
The National Shrine of St. Jude Thaddeus in Manila will temporarily be closed to the public until January 14. Photo National Shrine of St. Jude Thaddeus FB The Shrine announced the temporary closure after a priest and three of its personnel tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19)....
(DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) Independent research group OCTA expressed concern over the increasing number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) positive individuals admitted into the hospitals, which has almost doubled over the past week. "The number of occupied hospital beds for COVID-19 in the NCR...
The head of a doctor’s group said on Sunday, Jan 2, that the rise in the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) cases was due to the sudden downgrading of the alert level in the country. Dr. Maricar Limpin, head of the Philippine College of Physicians (PCP), stated her position on the issue after...
Independent research group OCTA said on Saturday, Jan. 1, that the National Capital Region's (NCR) reproduction number has increased to 4.05. Crowd at flea market. OCTA research fellow Dr. Guido David said in a tweet that this is the highest since April 2020 which was the onset of the coronavirus...
The Department of Health (DOH) recorded 3,617 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases on New Year's Day on Saturday, Jan. 1. Crowd at flea market. Saturday's tally already surpassed Friday, Dec. 31, 2021's numbers of 2,961 COVID-19 cases. The last time the country recorded more than 3,000 cases...
The increase in the number of new daily COVID-19 cases and the confirmation of at least three local cases of the highly transmissible Omicron variant pushed the Inter-agency Task Force on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) to place the National Capital Region (NCR) under the...
British Ambassador to the Philippines Laure Beaufils has contracted the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), making her among those infected during the holiday season. British Ambassador to the Philippines Laure Beaufils (Photo from UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) In a Twitter post on...
Independent research group OCTA said that new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the country may swell to 4,000 on Saturday, Jan. 1. People watch fireworks display that light up the night sky over Quezon Memorial Circle on New Year's celebration, Jan. 1, 2022. Unlike last year where the city's...
The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) announced on Saturday, Jan. 1, that there were no untoward incidents and zero COVID-19 cases in its jail facilities as the agency welcomes the New Year. “We do not have any untoward incident in any of our district, city and municipal jails across...
