Frontline workers of the Philippine Congress may get vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) soon as they are now part of the A4 priority group of the government's vaccination program. House of Representatives (MANILA BULLETIN File photo/Alvin Kasiban) Presidential Spokesman Harry...
The government will administer 5,000 doses of coronavirus vaccines to workers during the observance of Labor Day on May 1. (Joe Raedle / Getty Images / AFP / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) The planned vaccination of minimum wage earners and overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) has been given the green...
The Philippines will be temporarily closing its borders to travelers from India to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease. (File photo by Kenzo TRIBOUILLARD / AFP) Presidential spokesman Harry Roque announced the restrictions on travelers from India will be implemented from April 29 to May...
Malacañang is leaving the decision to the government’s counter-insurgency task force whether or not its spokesperson Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade Jr. should be sacked from his post over his controversial remarks on community pantries and senators. Noting that President Duterte “does not...
The next quarantine classification of National Capital Region Plus for the month of May may be a "difficult decision" for President Duterte, Malacañang said Tuesday as the nation's recorded cases of coronavirus soared past a million. (JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Presidential...
President Duterte will do what is best for the country even if his chosen course of action may be unpopular. Presidential spokesman Harry Roque said this on Tuesday, April 27, amid growing criticisms of the government’s seemingly passive stance against Chinese incursions in the West Philippine...
Metro Manila residents will be the recipients of the initial batch of 15,000 doses of Sputnik V coronavirus vaccines upon its arrival on Wednesday, April 28, Malacañang said. Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine (Photo by Natalia Kolesnikova / AFP / MANILA BULLETIN In his virtual press briefing, President...
The Philippine government has appealed to rich nations to avoid hoarding the coronavirus vaccines, saying these former colonial masters do not have the sole right to survive the pandemic. Presidential spokesman Harry Roque made a pitch for equitable distribution of the life-saving vaccines amid...
President Duterte is Presidential spokesman Harry Roque’s modern-day Lapulapu, who resisted against imperial Spanish colonization, as he also revealed plans by the government to make April 27 Lapulapu Day. Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque (OPS/FILE PHOTO/MANILA BULLETIN) April 27 this year...
The government is still granting hazard pay to health workers battling the coronavirus pandemic in recognition of their hard work and bravery. (JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULLETIN) Presidential spokesman Harry Roque tried to allay concerns that the government has supposedly cut the benefit for the...
A new isolation facility that will accommodate new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients opened on Monday, April 26, at the South Harbor in Port Area, Manila. Presidential spokesman Harry Roque announced the opening of the Eva Macapagal Isolation Facility that has a 250-bed capacity. “Una itong...
The arrival of some 15,000 Sputnik V coronavirus vaccines from Russia on Wednesday, April 28, will be a trial run because of the vaccines’ storage requirement, Presidential spokesman Harry Roque said. During his Monday’s virtual press briefing, the Palace official hinted that the -20 degrees...
