Health workers batted for safe and most effective coronavirus disease (COVID-19) booster shots as fully vaccinated medical frontliners started receiving booster shots on Wednesday, Nov. 17. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) "COVID-19 booster and third doses are additional protection to health workers...
Should she win in the 2022 presidential race, Vice President Leni Robredo is targeting to earmark P216 billion worth of assistance to families badly hit by the pandemic during her first 100 days in office. Presidential aspirant and Vice President Leni Robredo speaks at the 47th Philippine Business...
Three Filipino educators are among the winners of the first Southeast Asian Educational Innovation Awards (SEA EIA). (Image from SEAMEO INNOTECH) As announced by SEAMEO INNOTECH, three out of four total winners were Filipino educators who stood out the most after undergoing through a rigorous three...
Metro Manila may be placed under Alert Level 1—the most lenient quarantine classification—by December if the number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the region continues to decline, the OCTA Research group said Thursday, Nov. 18. People flock at the Manila Bay Dolomite Beach in Manila after...
A vaccine expert from the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said Thursday, Nov. 18, that the elderly should also be urgently prioritized in the country’s administration of booster shots against coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (MANILA BULLETIN FILE) DOST’s Vaccine Expert Panel (VEP)...
Some people in Divisoria, Manila are no longer wearing face shield on Nov. 8, 2021, the same day the City of Manila scrapped the face shield policy except in hospital and other medical facilities. (Photo by Noel B. Pabalate) The Philippines may continue to see a decline in the number of coronavirus...
Former Vice President and senatorial aspirant Jejomar Binay urged the government not to concentrate its vaccination drive on the National Capital Region (NCR) and expand it instead to the provinces. In a press statement, Binay said that requests for more vaccines made by officials outside the NCR...
Food and Drug Administration The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said that some coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines may be granted a full authorization by next year. This was the prediction of FDA Director-General Rolando Enrique Domingo as several vaccine developers are expected to finish...
Mall security personnel should ensure that unvaccinated individuals are barred entry from dine-in establishments, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año insisted. Año stressed that this is necessary to prevent or at least lessen the chances of a coronavirus...
The Taguig City government said schools are ready for the implementation of the pilot face-to-face classes amid the COVID-19 pandemic. “The City of Taguig supports the position that all schools who have been capacitated to properly and safely conduct face-to-face classroom sessions should be...
People stroll near a mall in Pasay City on Nov. 7, 2021. (Photo by Ali Vicoy) Metro Manila is back in its track after its one-week growth rate for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases improved anew, the OCTA Research group said Thursday, Nov. 18. OCTA fellow Prof. Guido David said the average daily...
In its bid to help small and medium enterprises (SMEs) adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, the San Juan City local government opened on Thursday, Nov. 15, the registration for its Christmas Bazaar which will start next month. "Ang Lungsod ng San Juan ay magsasagawa ng Christmas Bazaar sa...
