The central bank’s Monetary Board as of May 7 has reviewed and approved $15.5 billion worth of foreign borrowings for the government’s anti-pandemic projects and programs. Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Benjamin E. Diokno reiterated on Thursday that despite the increasing debt...
Speaker Lord Allan Velasco lauded the decision of the Professional Regulations Commission to push through with the 2021 Nursing Licensure Examination in July, saying that the move will help address the shortage of health care workers faced by medical facilities and health centers as a result of the...
(DOH / MANILA BULLETIN) More than 6,000 people have tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the Department of Health (DOH) said on Thursday, May 20. This pushed the country’s total number of cases since last year to 1,165,155, wherein 4.5 percent or 51,912 cases are still active....
The Quezon City government on Thursday inked a deal with the Anti-Crime and Terrorism Community Involvement and Support (ACT-CIS) Partylist to help boost the city’s vaccination program. The ACT-CIS will provide medical teams that will be deployed in vaccination centers. “Since last year, we...
Pateros Mayor Miguel Ponce III said the public should accept any available COVID-19 vaccine as all brands are safe and effective. Vaccination in Pateros (Pateros municipal government / MANILA BULLETIN) He said it has become a common observation in all places that people choose the brand of vaccine...
Marikina City Mayor Marcelino "Marcy" Teodoro said on Thursday that the city will open an additional vaccination facility to further boost Marikina's vaccination efforts. Mayor Marcy Teodoro oversees the administering of Pfizer vaccine during the first day of its rollout in the city on Thursday,...
Some doctors aired their opposition to the Department of Health's (DOH) "brand agnostic" policy, saying it will cause more vaccine hesitancy. (KEITH BACONGCO / MANILA BULLETIN) On Wednesday, May 19, DOH Undersecretary Myrna Cabotaje announced that the DOH will implement a policy in which the local...
Senator Nancy Binay on Thursday joined other lawmakers in crticizing the Department of Health's (DOH) "brand agnostic" policy, saying the public should not be blamed over its decision not to inform patients of the brand of COVID-19 vaccines that would be used on them. In the first place, Binay said...
ILOILO CITY – Mayor Edgardo Arancillo of Dumarao, Capiz has been infected by COVID-19. “While I have been careful and have been taking extra precaution, I was not spared from COVID-19,” said Arancillo in a statement confirming that he was infected. According Arancillo, he started feeling the...
Vice President Leni Robredo did not experience side effects from her COVID-19 jab from the United Kingdom’s AstraZeneca vaccine, she said on Thursday, May 20. Robredo posted an update about her vaccine experience on Facebook a day after receiving her first dose at a vaccination site in Quezon...
‘Bakit ka nag-iingat?’ GET YOUR COVID-19 VACCINE Private companies and organizations come together to encourage Filipinos to get vaccinated With the goal to educate the public and eradicate the Filipinos’ doubts toward COVID-19 vaccine, the biggest companies in the country joined forces to...
Senator Grace Poe said Thursday, May 20, that she hopes that public utility vehicle (PUV) drivers will not be bumped off when the government starts vaccinating essential workers under the A4 priority group. Jeepney driver Ricardo Legaspi now lives in his jeepney with his family after the lockdown...
