Malacañang has reminded the public to be responsible mallgoers to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) now that age restrictions are lifted in the said establishments. Young people enjoy the claw machines at a gaming center at the Lucky Chinatown Mall in Binondo, Manila after...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) vowed Monday, Nov. 8, to carefully study the proposed mandatory vaccination of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries, even as it cited the need to amend the 4Ps Law before the recipients are required to get vaccinated...
An infectious disease expert on Monday, Nov. 8, urged all parents to have their children vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) In a Facebook post, Dr. Edsel Salvana wrote this message for parents hesitating to get their kids vaccinated against the...
Presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo on Monday, November 8, thumbed down the proposal of an official from the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) to withhold the cash subsidy of the beneficiaries of the government’s conditional cash transfer or Pantawid Pamilyang...
Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque thought that Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso's order to limit the areas that require the use of face shields is either not effective or null and void because of an existing order that required the use of the supposed anti-coronavirus (COVID-19)...
Malacañang has asked local chief executives to continue implementing the face shield policy until the government's pandemic task force has decided to no longer make the wearing of the supposed anti-coronavirus (COVID-19) equipment mandatory. (JANSEN ROMERO/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) Presidential...
As several cities and provinces in the country eased their COVID-19 restrictions with kids being allowed in indoor spaces such as malls, Vice President Leni Robredo on Monday, November 8, emphasized the need for more open spaces, public parks, and bike lanes for better leisurely activities for...
The provision of “ayuda” or assistance and economic aid to sectors affected by the pandemic must be made mandatory, a farmers’ group said. Residents of Manila receive P4,000 cash assistance from the national government at Jose Abad Santos High School in Binondo, Manila on Aug. 11, 2021....
The Makati City local government said that over 3,900 minors aged 12-17 have already received their vaccine against COVID-19. Makati City Mayor Abby Binay said on Monday, Nov. 8, that a total of 3,932 minors were inoculated with their first dose of the Pfizer vaccine while 20,055 have already...
If it only were up to him, vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. would make the vaccination program against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) a must for everybody despite certain sectors opposing such move as it could supposedly be an anti-poor policy. “Sa akin pong palagay at ng DILG , napapanahon na...
Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque said that requiring beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) to get vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) first before receiving subsidies is reasonable but said the law may be amended before this can happen. 44405 Roque made...
The country’s COVID-19 response results would have been different if the Executive Department listened to the senators’ request as early as April 2020 to let embattled Health Secretary Francisco Duque III resign, Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan on Monday, November 8 said. Senator Francis...
