DOH The Department of Health (DOH) recorded 21,411 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases on Sunday, Sept. 12. The DOH noted that the new cases do not include the data from five laboratories as they were not able to submit their COVID-19 data on time. The country's tally of COVID-19 cases since...
A nurse prepares a syringe of the Pfizer-BioNtech Covid-19 vaccine at a vaccination centre, in Garlan, western France, on May 31, 2021. Fred TANNEAU / AFP The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) welcomed the initiative of some local government units (LGUs) of conducting pre-registration of...
Senator Nancy Binay on Sunday, Sept. 12 renewed her appeal for the state economic managers to boost the government’s COVID-19 response by allocating a bigger budget for contact tracing in the proposed P5.024-trillion national budget for 2022. Echoing other colleagues sentiment, Binay said she is...
(JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) The Philippines saw 26,303 new cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Saturday, Sept. 11—the highest number of new infections reported in a single day since the pandemic hit the country last year. The latest figure pushed the country’s running...
Granular lockdowns and alert level restrictions should not be confused with each other as they are totally different systems aimed at slowing down the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) transmission, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Epimaco Densing III said on...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) urged Saturday, Sept. 11, local government units (LGUs) to expedite the uploading of complete and accurate data of their respective coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination data into the government's Vaccine Information Management System...
President Duterte has continued to downplay the figures that the Department of Health (DOH) is recording in connection with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) scourge. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) In his taped "Talk to the People" public briefing on Friday night, Sept. 10, which...
The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee has asked the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) to look into the financial dealings of Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation as lawmakers doubted that it can take on billions-worth of government contracts. Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation Huang Tzu Yen attends...
The Senate is now in a quandary over how to arrest former presidential adviser Michael Yang. Former presidential economic adviser Michael Yang is assisted by an interpreter as he attends on September 10, 2021 the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee's fifth hearing on the Department of Health's...
Senators could not help but ask Michael Yang, President Duterte's former economic adviser, about his supposed links to another businessman allegedly involved in the illegal drug trade. President Duterte signs a copy of his portrait for Michael Yang after a private meeting in Malacañan Palace on...
The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) has approved the creation of the "Task Force on Oxygen Supply". A pair of oxygen tanks. (Photo by Moo Shua/ Unsplash) This was bared by Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque on Friday, Sept. 10 during a virtual...
Former presidential adviser and businessman Michael Yang on Friday, September 10, was present before the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee's inquiry on the alleged overpricing in the government's procurement of medical supplies during the pandemic. Former presidential adviser and businessman Michael...
