President Duterte says he's inclined to approve a proposal to make vaccination against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) mandatory among Filipinos, should the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) come up with one. President Rodrigo Duterte listens to a Cabinet member’s presentation during his ‘Talk...
President Duterte hinted on Monday night, Nov. 29 that there's a certain female undersecretary who doesn't want to get vaccinated from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). President Rodrigo Duterte listens to a Cabinet member's presentation during his 'Talk to the People" public briefing on Nov. 29,...
As part of its role to conduct genomic biosurveillance, the Philippine Genome Center (PGC) said that it will check samples from early November with the threat of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (Photo from the Philippine Genome Center website / MANILA BULLETIN) "So far we...
A firsthand experience CLINICAL MATTERS Got the booster! My primary vaccine series was Sinovac, and I was given a Pfizer booster. I was the second person to get vaccinated with Sinovac in the Philippines, right after PGH director Gerardo Legaspi. Since I got my first dose last March 1, 2021 and my...
FINDING ANSWERS Former Senator Atty. Joey D. Lina It’s a pandemic within a pandemic, and it’s an urgent issue that we ought to focus on especially because November is National Children’s Month. A recent World Bank (WB) study said that childhood under-nutrition, long considered to be a...
Ninety-five percent of Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) workers have already been vaccinated against coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) In a statement on Monday, Nov. 29, GSIS President and General Manager Rolando Ledesma Macasaet said a total of 4,361 of 4,581 GSIS...
President Duterte has left it to the government's pandemic task force to decide whether or not to make the use of face shields mandatory again as a precautionary measure against the Omicron variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) File photo of President Duterte wearing a face shield....
The government's pandemic task force has decided to retain the classification of Metro Manila or the National Capital Region (NCR) under alert level 2 amid concerns over the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (Ali Vicoy/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) "The Inter-Agency Task...
Believing that education investment is a mobilizer of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) recovery efforts and the futures of education, the Department of Education (DepEd) called for the renewal of commitment to prioritize education during an international meeting. Photo taken at Mother of Good Counsel...
The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) cited “significant increases” in the vaccination rate of faculty and employees in higher education institutions (HEIs) and students in the tertiary level. (Photo from CHED) CHED Chairman Popoy De Vera, in a statement issued Monday, Nov. 29, said that...
Workers should not be compelled to get coronavirus disease (COVID-19), rather, they should be enticed to get the jab on their own will through incentives and right information. This was the stand of senatorial aspirant Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar amid moves and suggestions to compel workers to...
The Department of Health (DOH) assured on Monday, Nov. 29 that the Philippine Genome Center (PGC) is capable of detecting the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Omicron variant. (Photo from the Philippine Genome Center website / MANILA BULLETIN) In a media briefing, Dr. Althea de Guzman, medical...
