The Senate Finance Committee, chaired by Senator Sonny Angara, has endorsed for plenary approval Committee Report No. 332 which contains the P5.024-trillion national budget for 2022. This marks the start of lengthy plenary deliberations on the budgets of various government agencies and their...
The Muntinlupa City government said it has vaccinated more than 5,600 minors aged 12 to 17 years old. As of Nov. 8, a total of 5,648 minors with and without comorbidities have received their first dose of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine. The total is 10.2 percent of the estimated 55,391...
Presidential aspirant Senator Manny Pacquiao on Tuesday, Nov. 9 scored the slow rollout of the COVID-19 vaccination program in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), saying the National Task Force should inoculate more people in the region. Pacquiao noted the region has the...
A total of 7,763 minors aged 12 to 17 were inoculated in Pasig as of Nov. 8. Data provided by the Pasig Public Information Office reveal that as of Nov. 8, 7,844 COVID-19 doses have been deployed in the city. A total of 7,763 minors both with comorbidities (A3) and part of the general pediatric...
Vice presidential aspirant Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Tuesday, Nov. 9 rallied support for the upcoming joint initiative between the government and private sector’s drive to administer at least five million doses of COVID-19 vaccines over a three-day period, urging people to “be a...
Re-electionist Senator Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday urged the government to make sure that a majority of the population would get vaccinated against COVID-19 before Christmas. Hontiveros made the call as she expressed her support to the government and private sector’s initiative to conduct a...
BIÑAN, Laguna – The city government is no longer requiring face shields in business establishments. In a Facebook post on Monday (Nov. 8), Mayor Arman Dimaguila announced that wearing face shields is now only voluntary as per Executive Order No. 33, Series of 2021. The local government...
President Duterte appealed to the public anew to do their part in defeating the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic by getting vaccinated as more vaccines arrive in the country Monday evening, November 8. President Rodrigo Duterte (RTVM Screenshot) Duterte made the statement as he welcomed the arrival...
Active coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Pasig have been steadily decreasing in the past weeks as a result of the aggressive vaccination drive for both adults and minors. As of Nov. 7, a total of 124 active cases were recorded in Pasig. A week earlier on Oct. 31, there were 220 cases,...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) vowed Monday, Nov. 8, to carefully study the proposed mandatory vaccination of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries, even as it cited the need to amend the 4Ps Law before the recipients are required to get vaccinated...
The provision of “ayuda” or assistance and economic aid to sectors affected by the pandemic must be made mandatory, a farmers’ group said. Residents of Manila receive P4,000 cash assistance from the national government at Jose Abad Santos High School in Binondo, Manila on Aug. 11, 2021....
The Makati City local government said that over 3,900 minors aged 12-17 have already received their vaccine against COVID-19. Makati City Mayor Abby Binay said on Monday, Nov. 8, that a total of 3,932 minors were inoculated with their first dose of the Pfizer vaccine while 20,055 have already...
