The National COVID-19 Vaccination Operations Center (NVOC) is looking to roll out the second booster for specific populations nationwide "as soon as possible", the Department of Health (DOH) said on Thursday, April 14. A senior citizen getting his booster shot in Muntinlupa (Muntinlupa PIO) In a...
The country will experience generally fair weather on Maundy Thursday, April 14 although some areas will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers due to the trough of Typhoon "Malakas", the state weather bureau said. (Satellite image from PAGASA / MANILA BULLETIN) According to Philippine...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved administering a second Covid-19 booster shot for select individuals, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Wednesday, April 13. Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Monday urged the government to heed the local Filipino farmers call and refrain from importing agricultural products if it would hurt them. Go, a member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, made the call after the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA)...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Sunday, April 10 reiterated his belief that President Duterte was able to fulfill most of the promises he made when he ran for the country’s top government position during the May 2016 elections. Despite the Covid-19 pandemic and other challenges, Go,...
Vaccination of children in Muntinlupa (Muntinlupa PIO) The Department of Health (DOH) said it has already sent a request to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to amend the emergency use authorization (EUA) of Covid-19 vaccines to allow the administration of booster shots for children aged 12 to...
Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri is calling on the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) to suspend another round of sugar importation which has supposedly been already scheduled despite injunction orders from the courts. Zubiri made the appeal, Thursday, saying local sugar farmers sought for his...
VALENCIA CITY, BukidnonPresidential candidate Bongbong Marcos expects the ongoing rehabilitation of this city to improve once basic works are done. Marawi City after the 2017 siege (File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) "Ginagawa na yun (It’s already being done), there's no...tinatapos na ni Pangulong...
Communications Secretary Martin Andanar said that the Duterte Administration is different from its predecessors because of how the present government helped break the cycle of neglect and exploitation Filipinos have supposedly experienced in the past. Presidential Communications Secretary Martin...
A former House leader is prodding senators to prioritize the passage of there version of the Covid-19 Unemployment Reduction Economic Stimulus or CURES bill. (Photo from Lray Villafuerte's Facebook) “Our senators could show their support for the speedy and robust recovery of our economy from the...
(UNSPLASH / MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Science and Technology's Vaccine Expert Panel (DOST-VEP) is waiting for the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) decision on their recommendation to allow a fourth Covid-19 vaccine dose for senior citizens and immunocompromised individuals. "As far as...
Presidential candidate and UniTeam member Bongbong Marcos reiterated Monday, March 21 that he views himself as being on the same side as President Duterte--the side of the administration. Presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos (left) and President Rodrigo Duterte (Photos from Lakas-CMD,...
