As cases decline and the economy rebounds, the country is “headed into the right direction” amid the global pandemic thanks to its effective coronavirus disease (COVID-19) strategy, a task force official leading the crisis response said Wednesday night, Nov. 10. Assistant Sec. Wilben Mayor,...
More than 37,000 minors aged 12 to 17 in Manila have already received their first dose of the vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (Manila PIO photo / MANILA BULLETIN) The city government through the Manila Health Department administered a total of 37,286 doses to minors as of...
The government will use the savings from the 2021 national budget to purchase some 20 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines which would be used as booster shots. Senator Sonny Angara, who chairs the Senate finance committee, and sponsor of the proposed P5.024-trillion national budget for 2022, said...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said Wednesday, Nov. 10, that it is currently studying a proposal seeking to provide an incentive to beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) who refused to get vaccinated against coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (MANILA...
Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. has bared the details of the proposed three-day “National Vaccination Day” against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) this November with an ultimate goal of inoculating at least 15 million individuals. Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. attends President Duterte's...
The performance ratings of the provinces, cities and towns all over the country on coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination will be published next week as the government prepares for the “National Vaccination Day’’ said Department of the Interior and Local Government Secretary Eduardo Año....
Around 3.5 million beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) have yet to receive their vaccines against coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said Wednesday, Nov. 10. DSWD Assistant Secretary Glenda Relova (Screengrab from PTV4)...
In its bid to help protect more children against COVID-19, the San Juan City local government launched on Wednesday, Nov. 10, the vaccination registration of non-resident minors aged 12-17. "Sa mga magulang ng mga kabataang edad 12-17 years old na hindi taga San Juan, pwede niyo na po pabakunahan...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has recorded its lowest infection on coronavirus disease (COVID-19) with only nine cases reported on Wednesday, Nov. 10. Health experts have been saying that the pandemic situation in the country has been improving in the past few days, attributing it to the...
Local government units (LGUs) must adhere to the national government’s coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic guidelines in enforcing the face shield use in their respective areas, League of Provinces of the Philippines (LPP) president and Marinduque Governor Presbitero Velasco Jr. said on...
Filipinos who have been vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are "heroes" as far as President Duterte is concerned. 'HERO', 'UGLY'--President Rodrigo Duterte speaks his mind on vaccinated and unvaccinated Filipinos during his 'Talk to the People' public briefing on Nov. 9, 2021....
Philippine Red Cross (PRC) Chairman and CEO Sen. Dick Gordon warned the public on Tuesday, November 9 not to be complacent and to observe health protocols after the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) recently placed Metro Manila under Alert Level 2 on November 5. PRC Chairman and Senator Richard J....
