To monitor the initial implementation of safe school reopening in the country, a multi-stakeholder group composed of education experts, teachers, parents, and students on Monday, Dec. 6 launched a back-to-school monitoring campaign. (Photo from SEQuRE Education Movement) The Movement for Safe,...
As long as conditions remain favorable, the Department of Education (DepEd) is eyeing to expand the implementation of limited face-to-face classes in basic education by next year. Pilot face-to-face classes in Taguig City, Metro Manila started on Dec. 6, 2021 (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) In a...
More than 27,000 minors aged 12 to 17 have been vaccinated in Muntinlupa. According to the Muntinlupa COVID-19 Vaccination Program (MunCoVac), as of Dec. 4, a total of 27,161 minors received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine or 49 percent of the estimated population of 55,391 for the age...
The Department of Health (DOH) recorded an additional 543 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases on Monday, Dec. 6. DOH This data from DOH brought the total country's tally since the onset of the pandemic to 2,835,154. Of the total number, 0.5 percent or 13,548 were active cases. DOH said that among...
Entry of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) variant Omicron is not completely preventable and that the efforts being conducted are to buy time to prepare in case of its detection in the country, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Monday, Dec. 6. DOH/MB During a media briefing, Health...
Private hospitals are ready in case there is a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) surge driven by the Omicron variant. (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) In an interview over TeleRadyo, Private Hospitals Association of the Philippines (PHAPI) President Dr. Jose de Grano said there are still over 13,000 active...
For Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship and Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion, the Philippines is the safest place for migrant Filipinos, including overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), to spend their Christmas in given recent victories against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (Ali Vicoy/...
As more schools join the implementation of pilot face-to-face classes amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) situation in the country, a multi-stakeholder movement urged the government to address the initial challenges experienced by schools, teachers, students and parents. Aurora A. Quezon...
Compared to three to four weeks ago, all regions have shown a decrease in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) average daily attack rates as the country is now under minimal risk case classification, the Department of Health said on Monday, Dec. 6. During a media briefing, Health Undersecretary Maria...
With COVID-19 cases in the city down to 13, Pasay City Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano said she is seeing a merry Christmas for all residents and visitors Rubiano said the city is also continuing to record zero death cases since Dec. 1 with the death toll remaining at 547. She said from the 201 barangays...
The country's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases have continued to decline over the past weeks, data from the Department of Health (DOH) showed on Monday, Dec. 6. Shoppers flock along Ylaya in Divisoria Market on Oct. 17, 2021 as the Metro Manila eases to Alert Level 3 for COVID-19. (Photo by Ali...
The Department of Education (DepEd) said that the conduct of limited face-to-face classes in the National Capital Region (NCR) has been “smooth” so far with no adverse reports coming from its schools division offices (SDOs). Students from Aurora A. Quezon Elementary School listen to their...