BIÑAN CITY, Laguna – The city government launched its third pediatric vaccination site for kids aged 5–11 years at Splash Island on Wednesday (Feb. 23). Biñan City opens its third pediatric vaccination site for kids aged 5–11 years. (Carla Bauto Deña / MANILA...
K-pop boy band Tomorrow X Together (TXT) member Yeonjun has recovered from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in seven days while Pentagon’s Jinho and Oh My Girl’s Hyojung tested positive for the virus. At least 140 Korean stars, mostly K-pop idols, have tested positive for COVID-19 since Jan. 19....
Paranaque City Mayor Edwin Olivarez, also the chairman of the Metro Manila Council (MMC), confirmed that all Metro Manila mayors agreed to downgrade the National Capital Region (NCR) to Alert Level 1 starting March 1. Olivarez, in a phone interview with Manila Bulletin, said the 17 mayors...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go, chairman of the Senate Committee on Health and Demography, on Wednesday Feb. 23 echoed President Duterte’s call to the public to get their booster shots once eligible as an additional protection against COVID-19. In his ‘’Talk to the People’’ address...
Senatorial candidate and former Quezon City mayor Herbert Bautista wants to know the truth on the reported plight of Filipino domestic workers in Hong Kong who have allegedly contracted coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Senatorial candidate Herbert Bautista speaking at a BBM-Sara UniTeam rally...
The Quezon City government has vaccinated more than 2.3 million people against coronavirus disease (COVID-19), according to its data on Tuesday, Feb.22. A total of 2,325,646 adults and minors were fully vaccinated against the virus. The local government said 2,234,450 individuals have received at...
(SCREEN GRAB FROM PTV FACEBOOK PAGE) Metro Manila could be placed under a more relaxed Alert Level 1 quarantine classification by next week, according to the OCTA Research Group. "Sa amin ang tinitingnan lang naman namin iyong metrics at dahil less than 5 percent na ang positivity rate, ang...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Secretary Eduardo Año confirmed on Tuesday, Feb. 22, that the succeeding national coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) vaccination drive will focus on senior citizens. In an interview over GMA News, Año noted that the government will...
UniTeam Alliance senatorial candidate Jinggoy Estrada on Tuesday urged the government to immediately dispatch a medical team that would take care of the needs of overseas Filipino migrant workers suffering from COVID-19 in Hong Kong. A fierce advocate of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) welfare,...
The country continues to experience a steady decline in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and remains to be under low-risk case classification, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Tuesday, Feb. 22. Members of the Manila Police District (MPD) Precinct Station 2 remind bargain shoppers along Ilaya in...
Local government units (LGUs) should be able to meet their vaccination targets for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) before being allowed to be placed under Alert Level 1, vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. proposed on Monday night, Feb. 21. People flock to Ilaya in Binondo, Manila to shop on Jan. 2,...
The national government is looking to intensify the conduct of house-to-house vaccination against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as vaccination centers have now reached their “saturation point,” vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. said on Monday night, Feb. 21. Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr....
