After Malabon and Quezon City, Marikina was the latest destination of the Office of the Vice President’s (OVP) Swab Cab initiative in Metro Manila. The OVP kickstarted the mobile swab testing on Tuesday, May 11, in the communities of Marikina in a bid to test more people and give proper...
The Metro Manila Council (MMC) will meet on Wednesday, May 12, to decide on the next quarantine status for the National Capital Region (NCR). (Photo by Jam STA ROSA / AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) “Bukas magkakaroon po ng pulong ang MMC para malaman po natin yun pong magiging consensus ng mga mayor...
Parañaque City Mayor Edwin Olivarez said on Tuesday the construction of a mega vaccination facility in Nayong Pilipino would be favorable not only for his city, but for the entire National Capital Region (NCR) as well. (Nayong Pilipino Foundation website / MANILA BULLETIN) Olivarez said the mega...
The daily average number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Metro Manila is now down to 1,900, OCTA Research fellow Dr. Guido David said on Tuesday, May 11. (ALI VICOY / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) "Several of the indicators are trending in the right direction. So the number of cases per...
Even as he touted the Philippines’ readiness last year to purchase coronavirus vaccines to end the pandemic, President Duterte admitted Monday that the country was once “at a loss” on where to get the vaccines. President Rodrigo Duterte delivers a televised address on May 10, 2021...
The WHO chief took on so-called "vaccine diplomacy" on Monday, slamming countries for using Covid-19 jabs to gain competitive advantage rather than engaging in true cooperation to end the pandemic. "Vaccine diplomacy is not cooperation," Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters from the World...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Monday authorized the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 12 to 15 years old. (FILES) In this file photo taken on March 4, 2021 vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against Covid-19 are seen as elderly people are inoculated amid...
Unsupported information is spreading Dr. Edsel Maurice T. Salvana More than one year into the COVID-19 pandemic, there is also an equally destructive and pernicious parallel epidemic of misinformation. While scientists and experts meticulously choose their words backed up with sound data, purveyors...
DRIVING THOUGHTS Pinky Concha Colmenares Does your mind turn to the size of a bond paper when A4 is mentioned? Or to the category of the people now being registered for the next group to be vaccinated by the LGUs? Do you know what LGU means; it’s often mentioned in a conversation related to...
The United States on Monday welcomed the successful delivery of 193,050 doses of the US-made Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to the Philippines. The 193,050 doses of the US-made Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines being unloaded at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport, Monday night. (U.S....
President Duterte said that China can shower the Philippines with coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines all it wants but he will never surrender the country's claim to the West Philippine Sea. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) Duterte made the statement following criticisms of his remarks...
About 193,000 doses of Pfizer vaccines arrived on Monday night, May 10 at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) via a DHL Cargo flight (LD 457) operated by Air Hong Kong. (Ariel Fernandez/ MANILA BULLETIN) Touchdown was around 9 p.m. at NAIA Terminal 2. Among the government officials...
