Who's really calling the shots now? Senate President Vicente Sotto III raised this question as he slammed on Friday, June 18, the Inter-agency Task Force (IATF) on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases for refusing to ease the rules on the use of face shields amid the pandemic. Senate...
Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. was elated with the recent arrival of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines that were procured by the private sector, as it will further bulk up the country's jab supply. A total of 1.5 million doses of CoronaVac-Sinovac vaccines from China arrived at NAIA in Pasay...
The Mandaluyong City local government extended its COVID-19 vaccination hours for its residents in its bid to further boost the city's vaccination program. (Photo from Mandaluyong PIO) The extension gives residents who cannot be inoculated in the morning due to their work a chance to be vaccinated...
K Brosas was firm handling an online user who asked her to express gratitude to President Duterte after she recently got jabbed. Note that a netizen commented "Wala bang Salamat Duterte dyan?" to a photo of her getting her first dose of COVID-19 vaccine. According to her, she could only thank...
The government's pandemic task force has increased the annual deployment ceiling for newly hired healthcare workers (HCWs) to 6,500 from the previous 5,000. (MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque made the announcement after the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration...
The money used by ordinary Filipinos to purchase face shields could have been used to buy food and other essential items they need during the COVID-19 pandemic, former vice president Jejomar “Jojo” Binay said on Friday (June 18). (Jojo Binay Facebook/Manila Bulletin) “Buti sana kung libre ang...
Electricity demand surge ushered in by the country’s bit-by-bit economic reopening is now wrestling with available supply – especially for Luzon grid – but news of greenfield power plant developments are still not up to expectations. The main power grid can still count on new plants coming...
EDITORS DESK We do not exactly know when this horrible pandemic would end, but one thing is sure when you talk to scientists, environmentalists, and conservationists – there is a looming pandemic that concerns the environment. More than a year of wearing face shields, donning PPEs, having food...
Coronavirus infections in Africa are surging as a third wave of the pandemic gathers pace on the continent, fuelled by the spread of more contagious variants, the World Health Organization said on Thursday. "Africa is in the midst of a full-blown third wave. The sobering trajectory of surging cases...
Vice President Leni Robredo on Thursday, June 17, bade farewell to British Ambassador to the Philippines Daniel Pruce as his four-year assignment in the Philippines is nearing end in August. Vice President Leni Robredo and British Ambassador to the Philippines Daniel Pruce (OVP/Facebook) The vice...
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination of the 100 employees of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) who belong to the A4 priority group has already started. DSWD employees belonging to A4 priority group receive their coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines on Wednesday,...
The local government of Navotas City started inoculating bedridden residents against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Thursday. Thirty bedridden senior citizens from Barangay Tangos North and South received their first dose of the vaccine at their homes. “We extended the city government’s...
