National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19 chief implementer Carlito Galvez Jr. and Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Benhur Abalos led those who welcomed the arrival of the 500,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine on Friday morning, Aug. 20. MMDA Chairman Benhur Abalos (2nd...
A total of three million doses of the Sinovac vaccine have been cleared by members of the Bureau of Customs-Ninoy Aquino International Airport (BOC-NAIA). (Photo from BOC-NAIA) (Photo from BOC-NAIA) The huge cargo of vaccines, which provide protection against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19),...
Bureau of Customs (BOC) personnel at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) have expedited the release of 313,569 doses of the Pfizer vaccine that arrived in the country on Wednesday night, Aug. 18. (Photo from BOC-NAIA) Contained in thermal boxes, the American-made coronavirus disease...
Can we please get a reimbursement from the Philippine government? Newly-repatriated OFWs at NAIA await the buses that will transport them to their quarantine facilities. (Ariel Fernandez/ MANILA BULLETIN) This was the appeal of some returning overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), particularly those...
Bureau of Customs (BOC) personnel at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) have cleared the 469,200 doses of Moderna coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines that were delivered to the country Sunday afternoon, Aug. 15. (Photo from BOC-NAIA) (Photo from BOC-NAIA) The latest vaccine shipment,...
Another cargo of life-saving coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines--this time branded Sputnik V--have arrived in the country on Friday, Aug. 13. Photo from MIAA Photo from MIAA A total of 15,000 of the Sputnik jabs touched down at 4:50 p.m. at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3....
A total of 578,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine were delivered to the Philippines on Friday morning, Aug. 13. (Photo from MIAA) (Photo from MIAA) The British-Swedish vaccines arrived at 9:35 a.m. via a China Airlines flight at Terminal 1 of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) in Pasay...
The Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), the country's main gateway, can allow transit flights but limited for the "green" countries after the government has agreed to slightly ease the travel curbs. President Roa Duterte presides over a meeting with the Inter-Agency Task Force on the...
Another huge shipment of Sinovac vaccines--two million doses in all--has arrived in the Philippines on Thursday afternoon, Aug. 12. (Photo from MIAA) The shipment was flown in 5:50 p.m. Thursday at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 2 by Philippine Airlines (PAL) flight PR 359. The...
Vaccine czar, Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. and United States (US) Embassy Chargé d'Affaires John Law greeted each other with a fist bump as they welcomed the arrival of 813,150 doses of the Pfizer vaccine on Wednesday night, Aug. 11, at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). (Photo from...
The Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA), operator of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), provided these photos of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) government's welcome donation of 100,000 doses of Sinopharm vaccines to the Philippines. (Photo from MIAA) (Photo from MIAA) Branded...
The rest of the bemedalled Filipino athletes from the just-concluded Tokyo Olympics--all from the boxing team--have arrived home. BEMEDALLED BOXERS--Irish Magno, Carlo Paalam, Nesthy Petecio, Eumir Marcial pose with their medals upon their arrival at NAIA on Aug. 9, 2021 (Ali Vicoy/ MANILA...
