Pasay Mayor Emi Calixto Rubiano thanked the city department heads and employees for their hard work amid the COVID-19 pandemic as they resumed the regular flag-raising ceremony at the City Hall on Monday, Nov. 8 To recall, the city government conducted virtual flag-raising rites in the past months...
A photo of busy EDSA thoroughfare packed with vehicles and people crossing the overpass days after Metro Manila has been placed under a stricter GCQ ahead of a two-week ECQ from August 6 to 20, 2021. (Mark Balmores/Manila Bulletin) The Department of Health (DOH) logged 1,409 new coronavirus disease...
Crowd at flea market The Department of Health (DOH) has expressed alarm over circulating reports of crowding in the different public spaces, saying this could trigger a spike in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases again. "Nakakaalarma ito dahil nga pagkanagkukumpulan ang mga tao ay posible na...
Here’s why she’s urging people to get vaccinated Many of us may have heard about vaccine breakthrough infections—that is to say, a person getting infected with COVID-19 despite being fully vaccinated. Why does it happen and what does it mean for individuals both vaccinated and not? A...
What happens beyond recovery It has been 20 months since the COVID-19 pandemic began, and as other countries are beginning to accept this to be an endemic, scientists are still learning about the disease, from treatments to long-term effects such as COVID long haulers and antibody response to new...
Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso said on Tuesday, Nov. 9, that the government cannot penalize the recipients of government aid if they do not want to get vaccinated. (IM media photo / File photo / MANILA BULLETIN) “The concept of ayuda and 4Ps is to alleviate yung buhay ng tao and...
Presidential aspirant Senator Manny Pacquiao on Tuesday, Nov. 9 scored the slow rollout of the COVID-19 vaccination program in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), saying the National Task Force should inoculate more people in the region. Pacquiao noted the region has the...
The Paranaque City government conducted an orientation for 100 contact tracers on Nov. 8 as part of the city government's efforts to further curb the transmission of COVID-19 cases in the city. Mar Jimnez, Public Information Office head, said 50 contact tracers will be deployed to Districts 1 and...
The San Juan City local government said on Tuesday that it will not lift the mandatory use of face shields until the national government orders it. San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora issued the statement a day after Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso passed an ordinance on Monday, Nov....
A total of 7,763 minors aged 12 to 17 were inoculated in Pasig as of Nov. 8. Data provided by the Pasig Public Information Office reveal that as of Nov. 8, 7,844 COVID-19 doses have been deployed in the city. A total of 7,763 minors both with comorbidities (A3) and part of the general pediatric...
The Las Pinas City government has recorded a total of 45,000 registrants for the vaccination of the general pediatric population aged 12 to 17 years old. Mayor Imelda Aguilar lauded the parents and guardians of the minors for heeding the call of the city government to register their children for...
Vice presidential aspirant Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Tuesday, Nov. 9 rallied support for the upcoming joint initiative between the government and private sector’s drive to administer at least five million doses of COVID-19 vaccines over a three-day period, urging people to “be a...
