An infectious disease expert prodded the public to avoid crowded places amid the threat of the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) variant Omicron. (NOEL PABALATE / MANILA BULLETIN) In a Facebook post, Dr. Edsel Salvana reiterated that maintaining minimum public health standards and COVID-19...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Monday reiterated that the financial documents they have been asking from Mohit Dargani and Linconn Ong are relevant for the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee’s probe into the procurement of overpriced COVID-19 pandemic supplies. Drilon said these documents...
Senator Richard Gordon on Monday urged the public to take all the necessary precaution against the threat of a possible transmission of Omicron—a new COVID-19 variant—which the World Health Organization (WHO) has identified as a variant of concern. “We should be really concerned about this...
A Palace official hailed on Monday, Nov. 29 the unrelenting efforts of health frontliners in the face of the ongoing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. (Mark Balmores/ File photo/ Manila Bulletin) Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Martin Andanar praised the...
Amid the growing threat of the Omicron (B1.1.529) variant, the government is targeting to start vaccinating children age five- to 11-years-old against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in January 2022 while the booster vaccination of economic frontliners (A4) and indigent population (A5) may begin...
The Marikina City government joined Monday’s (Nov. 29) kickoff of the nationwide Bayanihan, Bakunahan national vaccination campaign which aims to inoculate nine million Filipinos until Dec. 1 to protect them from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Mayor Marcy Teodoro and Health Secretary...
Makati City Mayor Abby Binay and the city government gave due recognition to the personnel of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) for assisting the city in its COVID-19 vaccination efforts amid the ongoing pandemic. In a Facebook post, Vice Mayor Monique Lagdameo, on behalf of Binay,...
The Antipolo City local government announced on Monday that all business taxes and other regulatory fees of some small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are still waived amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. "Bilang patuloy na pagtulong sa mga small & medium enterprises (SMEs) tulad ng mga sari-sari...
BATANG MAYNILA Manila Mayor Isko Moreno It is so fortunate that this past week finally saw the arrival of the two new kinds of medicines that I and Vice Mayor Honey Lacuna have ordered months ago for the purpose of saving more lives as COVID-19 continues to be in our midst. First to arrive were the...
DOH A total of P15,719,085,923 worth of benefits for healthcare workers has been released as of Nov. 26, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Sunday, Nov. 28. In a statement, the DOH said that the disbursed amount was “based on the latest, reconciled figures reflected in the Statement of...
(DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) Independent research group OCTA said the number of active cases in the country should be much lower by about 48 percent once old cases, from March 2020 to September 2021, are resolved. "As of Nov. 27, 2021, the DOH bulletin reported 17,052 active cases, of which only...
House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco on Sunday called on eligible Filipinos who remain unvaccinated to get a jab during the national COVID-19 vaccination days slated on Nov. 29 to Dec. 1 and on Dec. 15 to 17, to help prevent another pandemic surge as families prepare for the holiday season. Velasco...
