Makati City Mayor Abby Binay and the city government gave due recognition to the personnel of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) for assisting the city in its COVID-19 vaccination efforts amid the ongoing pandemic. In a Facebook post, Vice Mayor Monique Lagdameo, on behalf of Binay,...
Editorial The three-day National Vaccination Days, declared by the national government as a collective "Bayanihan, Bakuhanan" drive to further push up the number of jabs including booster shots, starts today, Nov. 29, 2021. Originally, the target vaccination output was 15 million, or at five...
House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco on Sunday called on eligible Filipinos who remain unvaccinated to get a jab during the national COVID-19 vaccination days slated on Nov. 29 to Dec. 1 and on Dec. 15 to 17, to help prevent another pandemic surge as families prepare for the holiday season. Velasco...
The Adamson University (Adu) suspended classes on Nov. 29 to Dec. 1 in support of the government's vaccination drive and to encourage its students to get vaccinated against coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Adamson University (Photo from adu.edu.ph) In a joint memorandum, AdU Vice President for...
Senator Imee Marcos on Sunday urged the government to ramp up COVID-19 testing as she expressed alarm that the new Omicron variant, first detected in South Africa, could spread worldwide and spur another series of hard lockdowns and travel restrictions in the Philippines. Marcos said the governemnt...
The National Youth Commission (NYC) enjoined the youth to participate in the government's three-day national vaccination drive against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) from Nov. 29 to Dec. 1. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) In an advisory, NYC called on the members of the Youth Organization...
Everything is set for the launch of the first round of the “National Vaccination Days” on Monday, Nov. 29, which aims to inoculate nine million Filipinos against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. holds a virtual press briefing on Nov. 28, 2021 ahead of the...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) warned on Sunday, Nov. 28, aspirants for both local and national posts from turning vaccination sites for the National Vaccination Day into campaign sortie areas. DILG Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya said displaying tarpaulins bearing the...
Instead of making vaccination compulsory for employees, senatorial aspirant and labor leader Sonny Matula on Sunday, Nov. 28, asked the government to consider incentivizing vaccine recipients. Labor leader and senatorial aspirant Sonny Matula is the special guest during the radio show of Vice...
Caritas Philippines is encouraging the public to get vaccinated against the coronavirus as it expressed support to the government’s three-day national vaccination drive on Nov. 29 to Dec. 1. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE) Kidapawan Bishop Jose Colin Bagaforo, chairman of NASSA/Caritas Philippines, said...
The National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) supports the country’s declaration of the “Bayanihan, Bakunahan” National Vaccination Days, it said in an official statement on Friday, Nov. 26. (File Photo / National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) “In view of the declaration of...
The Civil Service Commission (CSC) has announced that they are currently finalizing the policy that will deal with government workers unvaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Vaccination of higher education personnel (Photo from CHED / MANILA BULLETIN) CSC Commissioner Aileen Lizada...
