The Department of Tourism (DOT) announced that it is bringing back its 50 percent subsidy on the cost of reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) tests for qualified local tourists. DOT Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat (Ali Vicoy / File photo / MANILA BULLETIN) Tourism Secretary...
The private sector has called for greater mobility for vaccinated individuals without the need for a PCR test and doing away with different health clearances to pave the way for a return to normal economic activities. Presidential Adviser on Entrepreneurship Jose Maria “Joey” Concepcion raised...
An expired reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test prevented a Canadian national from boarding his scheduled Korean Airlines flight on Sunday night, May 30 at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 1. 'CUFF ME--Jim Robert offers to get handcuffed after creating a...
Cabinet Secretary Nograles said there should not be any premium offers for reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) tests for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in private laboratories because this allows individuals to jump the line. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles (PCOO / MANILA...
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...
More than a hundred hogs ran loose on a busy Navotas City highway prompting residents scramble out of their homes Tuesday evening to stop their escape after the truck transporting them figured in an accident. James Rumilla, one of the dozens of men who responded, said they immediately ran after...
Going viral over the weekend was 26-year-old nurse Alyssa Legaspi's Facebook post on fake negative RT-PCR results. "I needed a facility that can do home service with fast results and can be booked that day or the next day," she tells Manila Bulletin Lifestyle. "I found this facebook group called...
Travelers could have the option to take a saliva-based coronavirus test prior to domestic travel in case a local government unit (LGU) of destination decides to keep such health protocol, a Palace official said Thursday. (Photo by Jansen Romero / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Cabinet Secretary...
Everyone is itching to travel again, but a lot of people are considering reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction or RT-PCR tests to be their modern-day blockade. The reasons are valid: It takes up a huge percent of their travel expenses, and it’s literally a matter of leaving it all up to...
Filinvest Development Corporation (FDC) has donated a Real-Time PCR System and Applied Biosystem to the Molecular Laboratory of Dr. Rafael S. Tumbokon Memorial Hospital in the province of Aklan to support the reopening of Boracay. In a statement, the firm said the donation was made through...
Pre-Covid, we would all be busy planning our family travels by now. But we have to face the fact that Covid-19 is here to stay for a little longer, so precautions have to be made, including that of taking the PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) test prior to your flight. Here are some of the...
The Department of Health (DOH) and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) have signed a Joint Administrative Order (JAO) to set the price range for RTPCR COVID-19 test. (JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULLETIN) The issuance of JAO No. 2020-0001 signed on November 24, 2020, which is expected to take...
