Shoppers flock to bargain stores along Ilaya Street in Divisoria, Binondo, Manila, on Oct. 14, 2021. (Photo by Ali Vicoy) The Philippines on Wednesday, Nov 3, logged 1,591 new cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the lowest since February. The number of newly detected cases on Wednesday was the...
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Wednesday, Nov. 3, said that the list of the private schools that will be allowed to participate in the pilot implementation of limited face-to-face classes will be finalized by next week. (RIO DELUVIO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) At the Laging Handa public...
Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) The Philippines is eyeing to include children aged 5 to 11 in its coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination program by next year, an official of the Department of...
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte on Wednesday, Nov. 3, said the local government has already exceeded its target COVID-19 vaccinations for the adult population. "Actually, naabot na namin yung target natin na 1.7 million (we already reached our 1.7 million target) which is 80 percent of our adult...
The Pasay City government started the “Vacc to the Future” vaccination of minors aged 12 to 17 years old on Wednesday (Nov. 3) at the Cuneta Astrodome. Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano said around 500 to 700 students from private schools and out-of-school youths (OSYs) were scheduled to receive the...
(DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) The surge of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Lubang, Occidental Mindoro may have already reached its peak but the municipality remains under "critical risk" classification, independent research group OCTA said in its update on Wednesday, Nov. 3. Based on its...
The country officially kicked off the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination of all children and adolescents in Metro Manila aged 12 to 17 on Wednesday, Nov. 3. Sec. Carlito Galvez Jr., vaccine czar and chief implementer of the National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19, and Paranaque City...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Wednesday downplayed the filing of a sedition and perjury case against her by an employee of the beleaguered Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp. who now allegedly admits to being bribed and ordered to lie by the lawmaker. Hontiveros is referring to the complaint filed before...
The Antipolo City government has started inoculating minors aged 12 to 17 on Wednesday, Nov. 3, in various COVID-19 vaccination centers in the city. The names of the minors who have previously registered in Antipolo Bantay COVID portal, the time and date of vaccination and the venue of the...
(FILE PHOTO) The Department of Health (DOH) expressed optimism that the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases being detected daily in the country would further decline below 2,000. But to achieve that, DOH Secretary Francisco Duque III said that everyone has an important role to play. “If we...
Health Secretary Francisco Duque III (Malacañang photo) Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Francisco Duque III said he will not attend the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing on the alleged mismanagement of COVID-19 funds which is scheduled on Thursday, Nov. 4. Duque said that Malacanang...
The country has a total of 49,595,696 doses of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines that are stored in national cold storage facilities and have yet to be distributed to local government units (LGUs) due to issues on logistics. Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. attends President Duterte's "Talk to...
