Walk-in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination is now available in three different sites around Marikina city as part of the second phase of the National Vaccination Days campaign on Dec. 15-17. Marikina Elementary School (MES) in Barangay Santa Elena offers first dose vaccination of...
Filipinos in the country will hold their Christmas and New Year's Eve celebrations this year under the relatively lenient protocols of alert level 2. (Mariana Rascao/ Unsplash) This, after Cabinet Secretary and Acting Presidential Spokesperson Karlo Nograles announced on Wednesday, Dec. 15 that the...
The Senate and House of Representatives on Wednesday signed the bicameral conference committee report on the proposed P5.024-trillion national budget for 2022. Senator Sonny Angara, chair of the Senate finance committee panel, said both houses of Congress agreed to increase the proposed budget of...
The country received 8,247,200 doses of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Tuesday, Dec. 14, the biggest such delivery in a single-day since it started accepting supplies of the life-saving jabs in February of this year. Most of the vaccines came from the donations of different European countries...
The Municipality of Pateros in Metro Manila is still coronavirus disease (COVID-19)-free as of Dec. 13. Dr. Guido David of OCTA Research told Manila Bulletin that as of Dec. 13, Pateros had zero COVID-19 cases. Pateros Mayor Miguel Ponce III (PESO Pateros) Two reports by OCTA Research showed that...
The Cardinal Santos Medical Center (CSMC) has zero coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients, the hospital reported Tuesday, Dec. 14. "Being the first hospital to attend to the first recorded local transmission of COVID-19 in the Philippines, we are glad to announce that we have ZERO active COVID-19...
Cabinet Secretary and Acting Presidential Spokesperson Karlo Nograles trumpeted the efforts to recruit volunteers for the second round of national vaccination days, saying it will be a great boon to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic frontliners. (Ali Vicoy/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) "For...
Philippine Red Cross Chairman (PRC) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Senator "Dick" Gordon announced on Tuesday, Dec. 14, that the PRC Logistics Multipurpose Center (PLMC) molecular laboratory received a five-star rating from the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM). Photo from the...
The Pasig City government will open six vaccination sites for the second phase of the National Vaccination Days from Dec. 15 to 17. Four of the vaccination sites -- Pasig Mega Parking II in San Nicolas, Buting Elementary School in Buting, Sagad High school in Sagad, and Arcovia township in Ugong --...
The Quezon City government has administered a total of 4,190,078 vaccine doses against COVID-19. According to the city government, the doses include first, second, and booster shots. As of Tuesday, Dec. 14, a total of 1,871,759 individuals were fully vaccinated, while 2,033,932 residents and...
Pixabay/ MANILA BULLETIN There is a possibility that the country may see a higher number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases if the Omicron variant reaches the Philippines, an official of the Department of Health (DOH) said. “That’s one possibility,” said DOH Epidemiology Bureau Director...
President Duterte will walk away from politics after June 30, 2022 after all. FULL CIRCLE--President Rodrigo Duterte (left) officially withdrew his Senate bid in the May 2022 polls on Dec. 14, 2021. (Office of the President) Malacañang, through Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles, confirmed on...
