Malacañang said the public is still free to refuse to be vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in vaccination sites if they prefer other brands. (JUAN CARLO DE VELA / MANILA BULLETIN) Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque made the statement following the order to local government...
The city government of Makati is using a unique randomizer computer program for the brand of COVID-19 vaccine that will be given to its residents. Lawyer “Don” Camiña, Makati City spokesperson, said residents may decline the brand randomly assigned to them should they find it not to their...
The Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) and the Local Government of Manila today, May 21, signed a P10 Billion 15-year term loan agreement to fund public infrastructure projects in the capital. Specifically, the city government will use the fund to build school buildings in three districts,...
Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso signed on Monday (May 17) an agreement with the Santa Lucia International Eye Bank of Manila (SLIEB) to help promote corneas and eyes donations in the country as well as a donor card that allows for the harvest of his eyes and corneas in the event of...
DRIVING THOUGHTS Pinky Concha Colmenares Does your mind turn to the size of a bond paper when A4 is mentioned? Or to the category of the people now being registered for the next group to be vaccinated by the LGUs? Do you know what LGU means; it’s often mentioned in a conversation related to...
The Pasay City local government unit (LGU) has declared 120 barangays in the city as COVID-19-free after recording zero case on Sunday, May 9. Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano said the city has a total of 201 barangays and only Barangay 183 remains with 18 COVID-19. Rubiano had earlier placed under...
The local government of San Jose Del Monte, Bulacan is urging those who went to a resort in Caloocan City on Sunday to undergo a 14-day isolation and swab testing for possible COVID-19 infection. In a Facebook post Monday, the local government said residents who were guests of Gubat sa Ciudad...
All 17 mayors of Metro Manila or the National Capital Region (NCR) signed Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Resolution 21-09 Series of 202, which provides for a new unified curfew of 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. beginning on Saturday, May 1. (Photo courtesy of MMDA) (Photo courtesy of MMDA)...
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) is urging local government units (LGUs) in the provinces to include the agency's frontliners in their vaccination programs against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (Photo by Mufid Majnun/ Unsplash) BI Spokesperson Dana M. Sandoval explained that immigration...
Senator Risa Hontiveros, the Department of Health (DOH), and the Manila City government on Thursday (March 11) signed a covenant for the provision of medical assistance to indigent patients in the capital city. COVENANT SIGNING — Manila Mayor Francisco 'Isko Moreno' Domagoso and Sen. Risa...
The Parañaque City government created a composite task force on Tuesday to be deployed all over the city to strictly implement health protocols following a spike in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases by 20 percent in two weeks and the detection of the South African variant of the disease in...
As part of its continuing efforts to help the Filipino people combat the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) donated test booths and COVID-19 test kits to the local government of Pasay City. NGCP turned over 50 test booths and 10,000 COVID-19 antibody test...
