EDITORS DESK Robert R. Requintina With still no clear sign of the pandemic ending soon, TV networks have modified rules to continue operations as they pivot towards the digital platform. But are audiences rallying behind streaming as the “new normal”? When the government imposed the first of...
Now that a more substantial number of vaccines is set to arrive in the country this month – about 9.95 million as per vaccine czar Calito Galvez Jr. – expect the country’s vaccination rollout to shift to high gear in the third quarter of 2021. As of Wednesday, June 9, 2021, a total of...
Vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. (Luis Acosta / File photo / AFP ) The Philippines received on Thursday night, June 10, a total of 2.28 million doses of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine through the World Health Organization (WHO)-led COVAX facility. The vaccines will be administered to those...
The compliance with minimum public health standards against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has decreased in the Visayas and Mindanao, according to a latest survey of the Social Weather Stations (SWS). (JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) In a nationwide poll conducted from April 28 to May...
A huge portion of Filipinos have indicated that they continue to observe minimum public health standards amid the ongoing threat of the coronavirus pandemic, a survey from the Social Weather Stations (SWS) showed. Photo from SWS In a nationwide poll conducted from April 28 to May 2, the SWS asked...
The inoculation of Caloocan City residents belonging to the A-4 category or the economic frontliners will continue after the local government received on Wednesday a new supply of vaccines from the national government. The city's public information office said 19,720 doses of COVID-19 vaccine...
More coronavirus vaccines are on the way to the country, Malacañang assured the public Thursday after some vaccination hubs reportedly ran out of the life-saving jabs. A Makati resident receives a first dose of the coronavirus vaccine at a newly opened vaccination hub located at Glorietta 5 in...
The Manila Health Department (MHD) is in urgent need of registered doctors, nurses, and radiologic technologists to man the city’s COVID-19 Field Hospital. In a Facebook post, the Manila City Public Information Office (PIO) said those who wish to apply for a post can submit their requests on or...
DOH/MB Another 7,485 more people nationwide caught the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the Department of Health (DOH) said on Thursday, June 10. The country's COVID-19 tally climbed to 1,293,687 wherein 4.4 percent or 56,921 cases are still active. Of the currently ill patients, 92.6 percent...
The Quezon City government will have special lanes for individuals under the A1 (frontliners), A2 (senior citizens) and A3 (persons with comorbidities) categories at the city’s vaccination sites. Mayor Joy Belmonte said they will have the special lanes for the A1-A3 groups to give way to the A4...
The local government of Quezon City will start inoculating the A4 priority group or the economic frontliners against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Friday, June 11. This was announced by Mayor Joy Belmonte in an interview with CNN on Thursday. “We will be having about 43,800 (doses) which will...
COTABATO Regional and Medical Center (Photo courtesy of Dr. John Maligad) DAVAO CITY – The Cotabato Regional and Medical Center (CRMC) in Cotabato City has expressed alarm over dwindling resources due to the increasing number of COVID-19 cases. In a public advisory Tuesday, the CRMC said its...
