House Assistant Minority Leader Rep. Arlene Brosas of Gabriela partylist slammed the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) proposal to exclude unvaccinated Filipinos from the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) saying it is a "lousy scheme to cover up the Duterte administration's...
Anakalusugan Party-list Representative Michael Defensor has called the proposal to exclude the 4.4 million household beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program or 4Ps from receiving their conditional cash grants if they do not get vaccinated against COVID-19 as “oppressive and...
DOH The country on Sunday recorded 2,605 new people who were confirmed to have contracted the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Since last year, a total of 2,803,213 COVID-19 cases have been detected in the Philippines. Of this tally, 33,526 remained as active cases. Of those who are still ill, 66...
Around 47 million doses of vaccines against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are currently stored in government storage facilities and are yet to be administered, an adviser to the National Task Force Against COVID-19 said Sunday, Nov. 7. Airport personnel unload 866,970 doses of Pfizer COVID-19...
Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. has encouraged local government units (LGUs) to craft local ordinances to ensure people will get vaccines regardless of brands, a move which will make coronavirus disease (COVID-19) immunization as mandatory. Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. attends President...
A farmers group hit the proposal of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) and Department of Health (DOH) to make vaccination mandatory for specific sectors and urged to make economic aid mandatory instead. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) In a...
More than 860,000 doses of United States-made Pfizer coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine were delivered to the country on Saturday night, Nov. 6, bringing the total jab supply to 110 million doses. The shipment carrying 866,970 doses of government-procured shots arrived at Ninoy Aquino...
More than 20,000 minors in the city of Manila have received their first dose of vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Saturday, Nov. 6. (Manila PIO photo / MANILA BULLETIN) Based on the city's bulletin, a total of 22,165 minors including those with comorbidities have received their...
Vice presidential aspirant Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Sunday reiterated his call for concerned government agencies to exert more efforts at further raising public awareness and confidence on COVID-19 vaccines, insisting that vaccination can lead toward achieving herd immunity and a return...
This contemporary artist has enough pieces to present in three separate exhibitions, but she is in no hurry. Meanwhile, she is filming a documentary on her husband Elmer Borlongan doing a mural about the Battle of Mactan EGO Self-portrait , monoprint (kitchen lithography, graphite, watercolor,...
As part of its preparations for the pilot implementation of limited face-to-face classes to start this month, the Department of Education (DepEd) held an orientation with the 100 identified school implementers and their instructional leaders on the teaching-learning component. Tamulaya Elementary...
(DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) The surge of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases driven by the highly transmissible Delta variant is slowing down in most parts of the country, including Metro Manila, but infections are spreading fast across two small towns in Apayao and Cagayan, independent...
