The Senate Finance Committee, chaired by Senator Sonny Angara, has endorsed for plenary approval Committee Report No. 332 which contains the P5.024-trillion national budget for 2022. This marks the start of lengthy plenary deliberations on the budgets of various government agencies and their...
(JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Francisco Duque III believes that the use of face shields should be “risk-based” amid the threat of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). “Kung ako ang tatanungin, ito personal...pwedeng gawing voluntary under...
Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. on Tuesday, Nov. 9, appealed to local government units (LGUs) to have a sense of urgency in speeding up their immunization drive against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) instead of making alibis why they could not keep up with other areas. Vaccine czar Carlito...
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Tuesday, Nov. 9, expressed readiness to implement limited face-to-face classes in 100 public schools nationwide to start next week. Preparation for face-to-face classes in Tamulaya Elementary School in Polillo Island (Photo from DepEd) In a virtual press...
When COVID-19 started in PH When the lockdown changed lifestyles and work patterns When acronyms — ECQ, MECQ, GCQ, MGCQ — meant levels of restrictions After 20 months, the curfew is lifted on Nov. 4, 2021 For almost two years now, the Philippines has been struggling to defeat an invisible...
The country’s reopening to foreign tourists amid the persisting coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic is now under "rigorous study" by the national government. Boracay, arguably the crown jewel of Philippine tourism (Ramon Kagie/ Unsplash) Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque had this to say...
Pasay Mayor Emi Calixto Rubiano thanked the city department heads and employees for their hard work amid the COVID-19 pandemic as they resumed the regular flag-raising ceremony at the City Hall on Monday, Nov. 8 To recall, the city government conducted virtual flag-raising rites in the past months...
A photo of busy EDSA thoroughfare packed with vehicles and people crossing the overpass days after Metro Manila has been placed under a stricter GCQ ahead of a two-week ECQ from August 6 to 20, 2021. (Mark Balmores/Manila Bulletin) The Department of Health (DOH) logged 1,409 new coronavirus disease...
Crowd at flea market The Department of Health (DOH) has expressed alarm over circulating reports of crowding in the different public spaces, saying this could trigger a spike in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases again. "Nakakaalarma ito dahil nga pagkanagkukumpulan ang mga tao ay posible na...
Here’s why she’s urging people to get vaccinated Many of us may have heard about vaccine breakthrough infections—that is to say, a person getting infected with COVID-19 despite being fully vaccinated. Why does it happen and what does it mean for individuals both vaccinated and not? A...
What happens beyond recovery It has been 20 months since the COVID-19 pandemic began, and as other countries are beginning to accept this to be an endemic, scientists are still learning about the disease, from treatments to long-term effects such as COVID long haulers and antibody response to new...
Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso said on Tuesday, Nov. 9, that the government cannot penalize the recipients of government aid if they do not want to get vaccinated. (IM media photo / File photo / MANILA BULLETIN) “The concept of ayuda and 4Ps is to alleviate yung buhay ng tao and...
