The Quezon City government has passed a measure imposing jail time and fine on those who will commit illegal acts related to the administration of the COVID-19 vaccine. Under Ordinance No. SP-3032 S-2021, penalties await people who will be caught to be behind the fraudulent sale, distribution...
The vaccination rollout of the local government of Angono, Rizal resumed on Thursday, August 5 by opening the vaccination site to essential workers or those in the A4 Category. Residents of Angono wait for their turn to get vaccinated at SM Center Angono in Rizal Province. (Photo from the Angono...
The national government has surpassed at an impressive speed its target for this month to inoculate 700,000 doses of vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). An airport employee takes a selfie while receiving a coronavirus vaccine at a vaccination site established at the Ninoy Aquino...
The Department of Education (DepEd) said Wednesday, Aug.4, that more than 90,000 public school teachers and non-teaching personnel have so far self-reported their vaccination status. (Deped Facebook page) Deped said 90,394 personnel reported that they have already been vaccinated against...
The Quezon City government’s COVID-19 vaccination drive is expected to reach the 1 million mark on Thursday, August 5 . “By tomorrow we would have hit already 1 million persons, 1 million persons in Quezon City would have already received at least one dose,” Mayor Joy Belmonte said in a...
A senior citizen in Muntinlupa poses with the sign "we got fully vaccinated" after getting the single shot johnson & Johnson's Janssen vaccine (MunCoVac) Family members of senior citizens play a huge part in convincing them to get vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), an...
More than 200 individuals have volunteered for the City of Manila's 24/7 vaccination, the local government said on Wednesday (Aug. 4). ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN Since the call for volunteers last August 2, the local government said 220 have already applied to assist in the vaccination program....
A throng of people hoping to get vaccinated before the reimposition of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Metro Manila crammed into several vaccination sites in Caloocan City Wednesday. A national government guideline stating that the issuance of quarantine passes must be "preferably to a...
To achieve Malacañang’s goal to make the reimposition of a two-week enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Metro Manila the country’s “last ever lockdown,” Vice President Leni Robredo on Wednesday, August 4, offered to help and made several recommendations. Vice President Leni Robredo...
The Department of Tourism (DOT) has started inoculating tourism workers on the island province of Palawan in order to protect them from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Puerto Princesa City Mayor Lucilo Bayron; testing czar, National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19 Deputy Chief Implementer...
It's a tall order, but it will be done. MMDA Chairman Benhur Abalos (Ali Vicoy/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Benhur Abalos gave this assurance to National Capital Region (NCR) residents Wednesday, Aug. 4 during Go Negosyo's virtual town hall...
A senior citizen receives a COVID-19 vaccine in Angono, Rizal. (Angono Public Information Office) Senior citizens are allowed to go to the COVID-19 vaccination centers even if they don’t have an appointment during the implementation of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in some areas of the...
