President Duterte has left it to the government's pandemic task force to decide whether or not to make the use of face shields mandatory again as a precautionary measure against the Omicron variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) File photo of President Duterte wearing a face shield....
The government's pandemic task force has decided to retain the classification of Metro Manila or the National Capital Region (NCR) under alert level 2 amid concerns over the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (Ali Vicoy/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) "The Inter-Agency Task...
Believing that education investment is a mobilizer of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) recovery efforts and the futures of education, the Department of Education (DepEd) called for the renewal of commitment to prioritize education during an international meeting. Photo taken at Mother of Good Counsel...
The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) cited “significant increases” in the vaccination rate of faculty and employees in higher education institutions (HEIs) and students in the tertiary level. (Photo from CHED) CHED Chairman Popoy De Vera, in a statement issued Monday, Nov. 29, said that...
Workers should not be compelled to get coronavirus disease (COVID-19), rather, they should be enticed to get the jab on their own will through incentives and right information. This was the stand of senatorial aspirant Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar amid moves and suggestions to compel workers to...
The Department of Health (DOH) assured on Monday, Nov. 29 that the Philippine Genome Center (PGC) is capable of detecting the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Omicron variant. (Photo from the Philippine Genome Center website / MANILA BULLETIN) In a media briefing, Dr. Althea de Guzman, medical...
The Department of Health (DOH) has recorded 665 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases on Monday, Nov. 29, the lowest single-day count since July 2020. Scenes along the street going to the densely-populated area of Baranagy 23C in Davao City, a village that was previously placed under 14-day...
Malacañang assured the public Monday, Nov. 29 that it was acting "with a sense of urgency" on the threat of the Omicron variant despite the government's decision not to place Hong Kong on the red list. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles speaks during the Nov. 29, 2021 press conference. (Screenshot...
President Duterte expressed confidence that the Philippines will be able to overcome the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and come out as a stronger nation despite the threat of the new highly mutated Omicron variant. President Duterte kicks off 'Bayanihan Bakunahan" in Antipolo City, Rizal on...
The country remains under low-risk case classification for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as the Department of Health (DOH) emphasized the need to sustain this trend on Monday, Nov. 29. (Keith Bacongco / MANILA BULLETIN) In a media briefing, Dr. Althea de Guzman, medical specialist at the DOH...
Senator Richard J. Gordon, chairman of the Senate Blue Ribbon committee, on Monday, Nov. 29, said the Senate is preserving and protecting the Senate as an institution when it ordered the transfer this afternoon of Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation executives Mohit Dargani and Linconn Ong from...
The Pasay City government will be accepting walk-in residents who want to get the vaccinated against COVID-19 during the Bayanihan, Bakunahan National Vaccination Days for adults and the general pediatric population from Nov. 29 to Dec.1. Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano said residents who are still...
