Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque said he would have to have a serious talk with his doctors about his health before he decides if he will run in the 2022 elections. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque (OPS / MANILA BULLETIN) In an interview with ANC, Roque said he did not want to experience the...
A group of health workers hailed the reversal of a circular by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM), which raised the salary of entry-level nurses but consequently demoted long-serving senior nurses. (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) While the DBM Circular No. 2020-4 issued on July 17, 2020,...
(DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH) The country logged 4,777 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases on Tuesday, June 8, raising the total tally to 1,280,773, the Department of Health (DOH) said. Of the total cases, 4.4 percent or 56,452 are active cases with 93.2 percent experiencing mild symptoms, 2.5...
A vaccine passport may just be the Filipinos' ticket to a return to normal life. Workers wait for their vaccination inside SM Manila cinema that has been converted into a COVID-19 vaccination site on June 8, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/ Manila Bulletin) The government has started working on the issuance of...
In this file photo taken on March 4, 2021 vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19 are seen. (Luis ACOSTA / AFP / FILE PHOTO) The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in children aged 12 to 15, the Department of Health (DOH)...
Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) The Department of Health (DOH) said that teenagers aged 16 to 17 with comorbidities can be vaccinated against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) using the...
Getting vaccinated is still not a guarantee a person will not get infected with the coronavirus disease, President Duterte said Monday. President Duterte delivers a public address from Davao City on June 7, 2021. (Malacañang) The President explained the vaccination will just provide a layer of...
How did Sinovac become the first vaccine to be available in the Philippines? Dr. Edsel Maurice T. Salvana On June 1, 2021 the World Health Organization (WHO) approved the inclusion of Sinovac (Coronavac) in its COVID-19 vaccine Emergency Use Listing (EUL). The EUL is a list of vaccines reviewed by...
The actress gave birth to her and husband Pancho Magno's baby last year but she now looks very much trim. How did she do it? No, it wasn't due to her breastfeeding Baby Skye day in, day out. According to Max, it is the result of hard work. View this post on Instagram "I have been doing a lot of...
A suicide attempt of a police trainee in Cavite has further encouraged the Philippine National Police (PNP) leadership to implement a regular neuro-psychiatric tests on all its police personnel. PNP chief Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo T Eleazar the incident shows why the mental health of PNP personnel...
Becoming fully vaccinated against the coronavirus does not yet mean the person can start ignoring the health protocols. A health worker prepares to administer a coronavirus vaccine to an airport employee at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport on June 2, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin)...
The Commission on Audit has commended the Veterans Memorial Medical Center for being “relentless in its efforts” in the country’s fight against the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. The VMMC is among the few government instrumentalities and agencies that received commendation from...
