Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Wednesday renewed his call for the government to ramp up its coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination program and increase its daily vaccination rate. Drilon said he is concerned about the high percentage of people who do not return for their second dose of...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has filed a string of criminal charges against three people who were tagged in the alleged selling of coronavirus vaccines and vaccination slot after getting enough evidence based on the joint investigation of its two units. Charged were Cyle Cedric Bonifacio,...
Over 9,000 personnel from its Central Office and in various Field Offices have already registered their intent to get vaccinated against coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) This number, DSWD on Wednesday, June 9, is...
Workers wait for their vaccination inside SM Manila cinema that has been converted into a COVID-19 vaccination site on June 8, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/ Manila Bulletin) The Philippines has already administered more than six million COVID-19 vaccine doses three months after its vaccination program...
The government is counting on the vaccination drive and the safe reopening of the economy to help stimulate job creation in the country. Essential workers get coronavirus vaccines inside the SM Manila cinema that has been converted into a vaccination hub on cinema turned vaccination hub at SM...
To be able to ensure safe reopening schools over a year after they were shut down due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, an official of the Department of Health (DOH) underscored the need for the public to get vaccinated. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) Dr. Beverly Ho, director of the...
Majority of Philippine companies are not in a rush to mandate COVID-19 vaccination among employees, citing employers’ concerns about the safety of the vaccines as one of the major reasons for it. A Mercer survey conducted in February 2021 revealed that Philippine employers are not rushing to make...
Detained Senator Leila De Lima has called on the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) to move up Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDLs) in the government’s priority list for the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination. In a letter to IATF chief implementor Secretary Carlito Galvez, De Lima reiterated the need...
Presidential spokesman Harry Roque said that work-from-home workers in “temporary work arrangement” are included under the A4 category or frontline personnel in essential sectors in the government’s COVID-19 vaccination program. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) “Pero ‘yung mga nasa work from...
The local government of Quezon City will assign vaccination sites solely for those belonging to the A-2 and A-3 categories to ensure that they will still get the COVID-19 vaccine or receive their second dose on time. Mayor Joy Belmonte made the assurance on Tuesday amid fears of lack of vaccine...
Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) The Department of Health (DOH) said that teenagers aged 16 to 17 with comorbidities can be vaccinated against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) using the...
San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora said on Tuesday that those included in the A4 (economic group) priority group must wait for their confirmatory text before proceeding to their designated vaccination site in the city. San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora Zamora posted in his Facebook account the...
