The government should launch a massive information campaign to overcome hesitancy on COVID-19 vaccines, Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III said on Friday, May 21. Senate President Vicente Sotto III (Senate of the Philippines) Sotto joined his colleagues who found the Department of Health's...
Parañaque City has started implementing the “brand agnostic” policy in its COVID-19 vaccination sites. (Parañaque City PIO / MANILA BULLETIN) Mayor Edwin Olivarez said the brand of vaccines being given in specific vaccination sites in Parañaque is no longer disclosed to the public as per the...
Senator Sonny Angara on Friday urged the Department of Education (DepEd) to expedite the procurement and release of connectivity load for its teachers, as the budget for this purpose has been available for some time already under the 2021 national budget and the economic stimulus package Congress...
When the COVID-19 pandemic struck, Professor Gregory Gray at Duke University's Global Health Institute tasked a graduate student at his lab with developing a pan-species coronavirus test in order to help prevent the next catastrophe. The idea was to deploy the tool, once its accuracy was validated,...
Vice President Leni Robredo is open to appearing in an infomercial with President Duterte to encourage the public to get vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Vice President Robredo and President Duterte (FILE PHOTO / PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO) The Vice President's spokesman Atty. Barry...
Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso said it's only right for a person to choose what COVID-19 vaccine brand he/she wants to get. Manila City Mayor Francisco Isko Moreno Domagoso (Manila Public Information Office photo / MANILA BULLETIN) "Karapatan ng tao na mamili ng bakunang ituturok sa...
Taguig Mayor Lino Cayetano said the city government will follow the order of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) in not disclosing in advance the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine brand that will be used for a vaccination center. Taguig Mayor Lino Cayetano (Taguig City...
EDITORS DESK Johannes L. Chua When man disrupts the normal cycle of nature, dire consequences happen to the point that it reaches a global proportion. We all feel it as the pain of a prolonged pandemic continues to haunt us. So much has been said and written about COVID that some of us may feel...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has vowed to inform more than 4.3 million household-beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) of President Duterte’s directive to distribute the Pfizer coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines to the indigent communities....
More than half of Filipino adults have expressed confidence on the government’s evaluation of the vaccines against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), according to a survey issued Thursday, May 20. Graph courtesy of the Social Weather Stations (SWS) In a survey conducted by the Social Weather...
The World Health Organization (WHO) is further conducting studies on the use of antiviral drug Remdesivir against coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the Department of Science and Technology- Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (DOST-PCHRD) said on Thursday, May 20. (Manila Bulletin...
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte has no problem with the non-announcement of COVID-19 vaccine brands to be used in inoculation centers in her city as she said "every vaccine is the same." (QC PIO / MANILA BULLETIN) In a press conference Thursday, Belmonte assured her constituents there is nothing to...
