Cabinet Secretary and Acting Presidential Spokesperson Karlo Nograles has underscored the effectiveness of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines amid the current surge in new cases of the dreaded illness. (Hakan Nural/ Unsplash) “Please allow us to reiterate that the protection provided by...
The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) on Wednesday, Jan. 12, clarified that the opening of limited face-to-face classes for all degree programs would still depend on the current conditions on the ground. (RIO DELUVIO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) CHED Chairman Popoy De Vera, in a TeleRadyo...
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) said on Wednesday, Jan. 12 that it will continue with its relief operations in Bohol, even with the surge of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases. (Photo from Philippine Red Cross / MANILA BULLETIN) PRC Chairman Senator Richard Gordon assured that PRC will still...
The Department of Education (DepEd) was urged to implement a one-week “academic health break” to help teachers and students to cope with the challenges brought by another surge in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases. (FILE PHOTO / DEPED / MANILA BULLETIN) “We reiterate our call to provide...
(DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) The independent research group OCTA said the mobility in Metro Manila at present is comparable to the movement of people in October 2021, based on the Google Mobility Trends. " retail and transit mobility in the NCR (National Capital Region) increased significantly...
The opening of limited face-to-face classes would depend on the individual decisions of higher education institutions (HEIs), the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) said. (ALI VICOY / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) In a Teleradyo interview on Wednesday, Jan. 12, CHED Chairman Popoy De Vera issued...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Wednesday called on the government to ensure there is sufficient supply of basic medicines in the market as the number of COVID-19 cases continue to rise. Go, who chairs the Senate Committee on Health, made the call following reports of lack of availability of...
More or less 100 million doses of vaccines against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are still in the government's stockpile and will be used to vaccinate some 28 million to 30 million Filipinos who remain unvaccinated. Sec. Carlito Galvez, Jr., vaccine czar and chief implementer of the National...
Nearly 3,000 active coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases have been recorded by the Valenzuela City Health Office’s City Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (CESU) on Tuesday, Jan. 11. The city currently has 2,996 active cases, compared to the 2,549 active cases recorded on Monday, Jan. 10. From...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Wednesday appealed to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and the banking community to suspend the collection of fees on online money transfers while COVID-19 cases continue to rise. Gatchalian said it would also be better if financial institutions and companies...
Balanga Bishop Ruperto C.Santos lamented the slow release of coronavirus tests conducted on returning Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) who are currently staying in quarantine facilities. Bishop Ruperto C. Santos (Manila Bulletin file photo) Santos, the vice chairman of the Catholic Bishops’...
The Ospital ng Malabon (OSMAL) is now accepting outpatient cases and non-COVID-19 emergency cases. According to the Facebook post of the city government, it will also accept pregnant patients for 36 weeks and more age of gestation and may walk in every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday. It...
