A mass vaccination against COVID-19 for senior citizens in Caloocan City will be conducted on Jan. 6, the local government announced on Wednesday, Jan. 5. All vaccination sites in the city will be open for first and second doses, and booster shots starting at 8 a.m. The local government said...
Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Delfin Lorenzana passed up on several relief missions for typhoon “Odette” victims after getting exposed to coronavirus disease (COVID-19)-infected individuals. Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana (Photo courtesy of Department of National Defense)...
By Cherrylin Caacbay The Marikina City government announced on Wednesday, Jan. 5, that it will now require the wearing of face shields for those who are going to the city’s vaccination centers. The Marikina Public Information (PIO) said the city is reviving the mandatory use of face shields in...
OCTA Research Fellow Fr. Nicanor Austriaco said on Wednesday, Jan. 5, that the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) variant Omicron is the beginning of the end of the pandemic. People flock to Ilaya in Binondo, Manila to shop on Jan. 2, 2022. Metro Manila will be under Alert Level 3 starting Jan. 3 until...
The Berjaya Hotel Makati appealed to the public on Wednesday, Jan. 5, to be kind and considerate to the establishment and its employees after a returning Filipino traveler from the United States, identified by the police as Gwyneth Ann Chua, allegedly skipped quarantine procedures in the hotel and...
Due to the prevailing coronavirus disease pandemic, the National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19 approved the recommendation to suspend the traditional procession of Black Nazarene or “Traslacion” this year and all other activities related to it. SUPER-SPREADER EVENT--A typical traslacion of...
At least 67 barangays in Pasay City will be placed under granular lockdown due to the clustering of COVID-19 cases. The city government recorded a total of 245 new cases on Jan. 4, bringing the city’s total confirmed cases to 610. The City Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (CESU) team is now...
Senator Sonny Angara on Wednesday reminded Filipinos on the need to cooperate and share the responsibility in the fight against COVID-19 by continuing to observe the minimum health protocol. Angara made the call as he expressed concern on the alarming spike in new COVID cases over the past weeks....
Local government units were enjoined Wednesday, Jan 5 to allow their constituents to choose which COVID-19 booster brand they prefer. Vaccine COVID 19 Anakalusugan Rep. Mike Defensor made the appeal as he noted that the Department of Health has released guidelines on mix-and-match of primary jabs...
A total of 190 personnel of Metro Manila's rail lines tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) during a mandatory antigen testing amid a renewed surge in the number of cases in the capital region. (FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Transportation (DOTr) conducted on Monday,...
Paranaque City Mayor Edwin Olivarez signed an executive order on Tuesday (Jan. 4) regulating the movement of unvaccinated individuals in the city while the National Capital Region (NCR) is under Alert Level 3. Olivarez, in his order, stated that unvaccinated individuals must stay at home at all...
Independent research group OCTA said on Wednesday, Jan. 5, that coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Metro Manila as well as Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, Quezon) may start to go down in the middle of the month and towards the end of it if the same trajectory as South Africa would...
