Surveillance and border control in the country is "working," an expert said Wednesday, Dec. 15, as the Philippines detected two imported cases of the Omicron coronavirus disease (COVID-19) variant. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) The two Omicron variant cases, detected from 48 samples sequenced on...
After four decades of public service, President Duterte has formally retired from politics by withdrawing his Certificate of Candidacy (COC) for senator before the Commission of Elections (Comelec) to spend more time with his family and enjoy the privileges of being a private citizen, a Palace...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Wednesday said he is confident that the country’s existing strategy against the COVID-19 is sufficient to fight a possible surge despite the entry of the Omicron variant, as confirmed by the Department of Health (DOH). Go, chair of the Senate Committee on...
Kevin Durant of the Brooklyn Nets dribbles as Fred VanVleet of the Toronto Raptors defends during the first half at Barclays Center on December 14, 2021 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (AFP) A Brooklyn Nets team rocked by the absence of seven players because of coronavirus clawed out an...
Cockfighting arenas are now allowed to operate in areas under alert level 2 as long as the local government units (LGUs) allow it and the events follow minimum health standards as prescribed by the government, Cabinet Secretary and acting presidential spokesman Karlo Nograles said Wednesday, Dec....
Pixabay/ MANILA BULLETIN The Department of Health (DOH) has confirmed the detection of the Philippines' first cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant, involving two travelers who recently arrived in the country. "The Department of Health, the University of the Philippines - Philippine Genome...
Walk-in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination is now available in three different sites around Marikina city as part of the second phase of the National Vaccination Days campaign on Dec. 15-17. Marikina Elementary School (MES) in Barangay Santa Elena offers first dose vaccination of...
Filipinos in the country will hold their Christmas and New Year's Eve celebrations this year under the relatively lenient protocols of alert level 2. (Mariana Rascao/ Unsplash) This, after Cabinet Secretary and Acting Presidential Spokesperson Karlo Nograles announced on Wednesday, Dec. 15 that the...
The Senate and House of Representatives on Wednesday signed the bicameral conference committee report on the proposed P5.024-trillion national budget for 2022. Senator Sonny Angara, chair of the Senate finance committee panel, said both houses of Congress agreed to increase the proposed budget of...
The country received 8,247,200 doses of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Tuesday, Dec. 14, the biggest such delivery in a single-day since it started accepting supplies of the life-saving jabs in February of this year. Most of the vaccines came from the donations of different European countries...
The Municipality of Pateros in Metro Manila is still coronavirus disease (COVID-19)-free as of Dec. 13. Dr. Guido David of OCTA Research told Manila Bulletin that as of Dec. 13, Pateros had zero COVID-19 cases. Pateros Mayor Miguel Ponce III (PESO Pateros) Two reports by OCTA Research showed that...
The Cardinal Santos Medical Center (CSMC) has zero coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients, the hospital reported Tuesday, Dec. 14. "Being the first hospital to attend to the first recorded local transmission of COVID-19 in the Philippines, we are glad to announce that we have ZERO active COVID-19...
