The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) on Saturday, Nov. 13, formally announced that post-graduate/undergraduate interns, clinical clerks, and fourth-year medicine and nursing students can now become vaccinators and participate in the National COVID-19 Vaccine Deployment and Vaccination Program....
The Inter-agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases has decided to keep Metro Manila under its current alert level 2 status until the end of the month, while Catanduanes will be placed under alert level 4 of the country's new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic...
DepEd / MANILA BULLETIN Even before the pilot implementation of limited face-to-face classes starts next week, the Department of Education (DepEd) has urged schools nationwide to start conducting self-assessment in preparation for its expansion phase. “DepEd will implement face-to-face with...
Science for community project Publiscience has evolved from a comprehensive student-research journal to a story coloring book on coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Kids Against COVID-19, A Story Coloring Book (DOST) Behind this online publication is the Philippine Science High School in Western...
The Department of Education (DepEd) recognized the contribution of its partners as the country partially reopens its schools next week over a year after face-to-face classes were prohibited due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Tamulaya Elementary School in Polillo Island is all set...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) said that close to 2,000 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases were confirmed on Saturday, Nov. 13. Another 1,997 new people tested positive for COVID-19. These new cases pushed the country’s cumulative tally of cases to 2,815,080. Only one percent or 29,382 of...
Makati CBD skyline The Department of Health (DOH) said that Metro Manila could be under Alert Level 1 if coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases continue to decrease. DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said it is important that the risk classification of Metro Manila will remain under the...
Some people in Divisoria, Manila are no longer wearing face shield on Nov. 8, 2021, the same day the City of Manila scrapped the face shield policy except in hospital and other medical facilities. (Photo by Noel B. Pabalate) The Department of Health (DOH) reminded the parents to strictly monitor...
The national vaccination program against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is facing a new challenge as there is now a global shortage of ancillary supplies including syringes. (FILES) In this file photo taken on August 7, 2021 a syringe is filled with a first dose of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine...
The target to achieve herd immunity through a nationwide ramped-up coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) vaccination process may hit a snag with the failure to deliver the adequate number of syringes in some provinces. In a news briefing on Saturday, Nov. 13, Union of Local Authorities of the...
A "sari-sari" store owner was arrested for selling fake COVID-19 vaccination cards in Caloocan City last Sunday, the city police announced Saturday, Nov. 13. (Caloocan PIO photo / Facebook / MANILA BULLETIN) Police Col. Samuel Mina, Caloocan City police chief, identified the suspect as Benjamin...
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has aggravated already existing economic inequalities faced by women. Gina hangs the net, which their family uses for fishing, outside their home. (Jed Regala / Oxfam) According to the 2021 National Household Survey, a study commissioned by Oxfam...
