More than 26,500 meals were provided by the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) to individuals who are affected by the ongoing public health crisis. As of Sept. 16, PRC said that through its food trucks, a total of 26,574 have been served amid the Delta variant surge since August. (Photo from Philippine Red...
Two former secretaries of the Department of Health (DOH)--Dr. Esperanza Cabral and Dr. Manuel Dayrit--have expressed support for the business sector’s call to ramp up vaccination as a way to protect the citizenry while allowing more mobility for vaccinated individuals to sustain the economy....
Nineteen seminarians and staff at the Ateneo de Manila University (AdMU) contracted coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (Photo from Ateneo de Manila University’s Facebook page) In an interview with TeleRadyo, Executive Director of Jesuit Communications Fr. Emmanuel "Nono" Alfonso, SJ said the school...
By Aaron Dioquino The Malabon City government has started profiling minors aged 12 to 17 in preparation for their COVID-19 vaccination. The city government requires the parents of those who want to be inoculated to fill up the online pre-registration form posted on their official Facebook page....
Philippine Red Cross' 'Bakuna Bus' / FILE PHOTO As part of its efforts to support the national vaccination program of the government, the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) continues to deploy its “Bakuna” buses and opens vaccination centers in various locations nationwide. On Tuesday, Sept. 28, the...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) confirmed on Tuesday, Sept. 28, another 102 deaths related to coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The new cases brought the country's total number of COVID-19 deaths since the pandemic began to 37,596. It noted that the newly announced deaths were part of the data...
With the rollout of vaccines against COVID-19 in Metro Manila and in nearby provinces, Games and Amusements Board (GAB) chairman Baham Mitra expressed optimism on the resumption of more sports events in the country by next year. Mitra said that the continued vaccination of Filipinos serves as a...
The national government is looking forward to administer 55 million vaccine doses against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in October by including children and the general population in the national inoculation program. Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. reads a report about the national vaccination...
President Duterte has green-lit the start of the vaccination of the general population, including children, against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) starting this October. (Ali Vicoy/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) This was bared by Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque Tuesday, Sept. 28, in a...
The House of Representatives’ parallel investigation into the government’s procurement of supposed overpriced COVID-19 pandemic supplies is obviously an attempt to divert the attention away from President Duterte who has been defending his former presidential economic adviser Michael Yang,...
Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Monday night, Sept. 27, appealed to the public anew to get the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine as recent government data showed that most critical and intubated patients are unvaccinated. Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana...
Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation’s director Linconn Ong might spend the Christmas and New Year’s Eve detained if he continues to be evasive and refuse to cooperate with the Senate, Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson said on Tuesday. “If he continues to be evasive, not to cooperate, I would...
