Former President Fidel V. Ramos and Muntinlupa Mayor Jaime Fresnedi received their second dose of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine. Former Philippine President Fidel V. Ramos (left) and Muntinlupa Mayor Jaime Fresnedi getting their second dose of COVID-19 vaccine in Muntinlupa (Muntinlupa...
The Quezon City government has launched a new vaccine registration portal to accommodate more individuals. QC Vax Easy will be a city-assisted registration system to expand the current registration processes of the city’s “QCProtektodo” vaccination program. Individuals who want to register...
The government is committed to look after the welfare of the country's health workers, and provide them with supplies needed to combat the pandemic, President Duterte said Thursday. President Rodrigo Duterte deliver a speech during the ceremonial signing of several laws in Malacañang on June 24,...
The Presidential Security Group (PSG) is considering allowing only individuals who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) to be present in President Duterte's State of the Nation Address (SONA). Presidential Security Group (PSG) commander Brigadier General Jesus Durante III...
The results of the saliva-based reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) tests conducted by the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) are now included in all official laboratory results done in the Philippines. The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) is the 'only organization' approved by the DOH to...
The British School Manila (BSM), a private international school in Bonifacio Global City (BGC) in Taguig, has become a host for the city's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination on Friday. “As a school, we are so pleased that we have an incredibly positive and collaborative support of...
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima on Friday said President Duterte should follow Vice President Leni Robredo's lead in encouraging Filipinos to get vaccinated against COVID-19 without threatening of putting them to jail. "VP Leni is encouraging a lot of people to be inoculated without threatening...
Senator Grace Poe on Friday, June 25, pressed the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) to immediately settle its unpaid claims to hospitals. Senator Grace Poe (Senate of the Philippines/MANILA BULLETIN File photo) Poe reiterated her call as she cited reports that claims of hospitals...
The Philippines is expecting the arrival of its first shipment of Moderna vaccines against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on June 27, the country’s testing czar said Friday, June 25. This file photo taken on November 18, 2020 shows a syringe and a bottle reading “Vaccine Covid-19” next to the...
As the government aims to achieve herd immunity by year-end, the Department of Interior and the Local Government (DILG) said Friday, June 25, that the immunization campaign against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) will be hastened if the focus of the vaccination is on individuals who are willing...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has transported 3,000 vials of Chinese-made Sinovac vaccines in the far-flung town of Mapun, Tawi-Tawi to inoculate the residents against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), it said Friday, June 25. Hundreds of residents in Mapun, Tawi-Tawi have received their first...
Medical experts from Israel were all praises for Manila City’s COVID-19 Field Hospital. (Mayor Isko Moreno / MANILA BULLETIN) Dafna Segal, one of the three experts from Israel’s Ministry of Health who visited the facility on June 23, said her team was “really impressed” with the facility....
