Vice President Leni Robredo is “very much willing” to extend her newest initiative, the Vaccine Express, to Visayas and Mindanao in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Vice President Leni Robredo and Manila Mayor Isko Moreno (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) Robredo said this in response to the...
Members of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) elite Special Operations Force conducted firearm familiarization exercises in Southern Mindanao on Monday, June 21. Personnel of the BRP Gabriela Silang (OPV-8301) have also joined the activity as part of the Task Force “Pagsasanay,” a unit formed by...
As the country receives more coronavirus vaccines from suppliers, President Duterte has ordered authorities to "move faster" with the distribution of life-saving jabs to the people, especially in Mindanao. President Duterte delivers a public address from Davao City on June 21, 2021 (Ali...
Personnel of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) have started on Monday, June 21, the third phase of their maritime drills, which zero in on anti-piracy and anti-terrorism in Mindanao to strengthen the maritime law enforcement within the region. PCG spokesperson Commodore Armand Balilo said the third...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) is set to conduct anti-terrorism and anti-piracy exercises in the Zamboanga Peninsula, Basilan, Sulu, and Tawi – Tawi waters to strengthen the country’s maritime law enforcement. In a statement on Sunday, June 20, the PCG said four capital ships will be deployed...
"Relax ka lang (Just relax)." A health worker administers a coronavirus vaccine to a resident in Manila on June 16, 2021 as the inoculation program expanded to cover people belonging to the A5 priority group in the city. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) This was the message of Chief Presidential Legal...
The government has dispelled allegations that it had neglected Mindanao in terms of responding to the pandemic, including the distribution of coronavirus vaccines. Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque (File photo/Malacañang) Presidential spokesman Harry Roque explained that the rise in cases of...
With many of his constituents and even relatives dying of and currently afflicted with the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Deputy Speaker and Cagayan de Oro City Rep. Rufus Rodriguez slammed national government officials for their alleged slow response to the immediate needs of Mindanao to...
The World Health Organization (WHO) solidarity vaccine trials could possibly include barangays in Visayas and Mindanao with high cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), an official of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said on Friday night, June 11. (Photo by Orlando SIERRA / AFP /...
DOH/MB Hospitals in Visayas and Mindanao were asked to increase their bed capacity for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients amid the spike in virus infections, an official of the Department of Health (DOH) said on Friday, June 11. DOH Undersecretary Abdullah Dumama said public hospitals were...
The increase in the number of infections in Mindanao has decelerated, according to experts studying the coronavirus pandemic in the country. (MANILA BULLETIN/ FILE PHOTO) In its monitoring report issued on Friday, June 11, the OCTA Research Group reported that the rise in coronavirus disease...
DOH/MB The country recorded 6,955 new confirmed cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), pushing the nationwide tally to 1,262,273, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Saturday, June 5. The active cases stood at 59,543. Of these, 93.5 percent were mild cases, 2.4 percent were asymptomatic, 1.3...
