Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagaoso said he re-allowed walk-ins in the city’s vaccination sites because the scheduling system turned out to be a failure. (MANILA CITY PIO / MANILA BULLETIN) In an interview with CNN Philippines on Tuesday, Domagoso said he only re-implemented the...
San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora announced on Tuesday that the city now only has 67 active COVID-19 cases as of June 21. (Photo from Mayor Francis Zamora's Facebook) In a Facebook post, Zamora also said that four barangays in the city have been declared COVID-19 free. "Four barangays, namely,...
The Philippines’ vaccine expert panel has underscored the need of fully vaccinating majority of the country’s population amid the threat of the more transmissible variants of coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Dr. Nina Gloriani, head of the country’s vaccine expert...
Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto urged his constituents on Monday to be patient as they wait for their turn to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto Sotto issued the call during his update to the city after a resident asked why the city's vaccination program seems too slow. "Minsan...
Metro Manila cities and its lone municipality are racing to reach the finish line when their targeted numbers of people have been vaccinated to achieve "population protection" or "herd immunity" against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Leading the cities is San Juan. As of June 19, the city, led...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Tuesday, June 22 maintained that the key to the resumption of face-to-face classes is getting teachers and students inoculated against the coronavirus disease or COVID-19. Gatchalian, who chairs the Senate Committee on Basic Education, Arts and Culture, said he sees...
Senator Nancy Binay on Tuesday, June 22 said the government should first “arrest” the problem of having sufficient coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine supply before moving to haul off to jail those who refuse to get vaccinated. “We have a problem with supply. It’s not as if our people do not...
President Duterte is still opposed to the resumption of face-to-face classes for now especially in the wake of threats from the contagious Delta coronavirus variant. President Rodrigo Duterte presides over a meeting with the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID)...
The private sector has Vice President Leni Robredo’s gratitude as she recognized on Monday, June 21, the work they did in helping the government in its COVID-19 response by shouldering the cost of vaccinating their employees in order to attain herd immunity. Vice President Leni Robredo delivers...
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima on Monday welcomed the arrival of experts from Israel who will assist in the Philippine government’s COVID-19 vaccination program. De Lima thanked the Israel’s Ministry of Health for helping out the country in rolling out the COVID-19 vaccines and hopes that...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Monday urged the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) to accelerate its current vaccination rate before the more virulent Delta variant starts wreaking havoc in the country. The IATF itself has confirmed there are already 13 cases of the Delta variant in the country, but health...
Malacañang stressed that not following health protocols was the main contributor to the spike of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in some parts of the country. Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque (OPS / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque made the statement after...
