Manila Vice Mayor Honey Lacuna-Pangan on Monday, Oct. 25 inspected the city's five district hospitals as the city government begins its mass vaccination for minors with comorbidities aged 12 to 17 years old. (Manila PIO photo / MANILA BULLETIN) The vice mayor inspected five district hospitals in...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Monday said the government should include private schools in its plans to resume limited face-to-face classes. Gatchalian, chair of the Senate Committee on Basic Education, Arts and Culture, said private schools have the capacity to invest in health protocols and have...
BATANG MAYNILA Manila Mayor Isko Moreno As usual, it has been a very busy week for us in the city of Manila with three major activities highlighting it, among others. First off, I and Vice Mayor Honey Lacuna personally led the groundbreaking ceremony at the site of the President Corazon Aquino...
The government should decentralize and liberalize vaccination efforts in light of the logistics problem that could result to wastage or expiration of vaccine doses in the country, Vice President Leni Robredo said on Sunday, October 24. (Vice President Leni Robredo/Facebook) Speaking during her...
Elementary school children wearing face masks sit in a classroom on Natuna island in Riau islands province on 4 February, 2020. (File photo MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Health (DOH) has urged parents to have their children vaccinated against preventable diseases, particularly polio. “While...
Local government units were called upon to further intensify their COVID-19 vaccination drive amid the admission by the national government that the country’s vaccination rate has slowed down. Vaccine certificate Rizal 2nd District Rep. Fidel Nograles said that LGUs and national government...
Two private hospitals in Taguig will be vaccinating minors aged 12 to 17 with comorbidities. According to the city government’s TRACE Taguig, the vaccination of minors with comorbidities, classified by the Department of Health (DOH) under Pediatric A3 priority group, will be done by St. Luke’s...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) tasked its unit commanders to start coordinating with their respective local government units (LGUs) in securing areas that would serve as vaccination sites for minors with comorbidities amid the government's decision to expand the pediatric vaccination program....
The city-run Ospital ng Muntinlupa (OsMun) in Alabang, Muntinlupa said all minors who will be vaccinated at the facility need to present medical certificates. OsMun will start vaccinating minors 12 to 17 years old with comorbidities on Monday, Oct. 25. It was selected by the government as one of...
The government’s vaccination program against the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) for minors aged 12-17 with comorbidities has been expanded to 17 Metro Manila hospitals, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said on Saturday, Oct. 23. DILG Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya...
The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) on Friday, Oct. 22, said that the vaccination rate of college students remains low at only 27 percent. Vaccination of tertiary student-athletes (MARK BALMORES / MANILA BULLETIN) “Ang target natin ay lahat na sana ng estudyante ay mabakunahan kasi doon sa...
A Palace official has asked the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) make vaccination against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) mandatory for specific workers. (Mark Balmores/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) In his letter to DOLE Secretary Silvestre Bello III, Presidential Adviser for...
