The Las Pinas City government received three awards from the Department of Health- Metro Manila Center for Health Development (DOH-MMCHD) for its continued fight against COVID-19 on Thursday, Dec. 9. Mayor Imelda Aguilar thanked the DOH for the three awards in recognition of the vaccination...
A total of 23 in the country have already reached population protection after vaccinating 70 percent of the population of their targeted "priority groups," Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año said Friday, Dec. 10. DILG Secretary Eduardo Año (DILG photo)...
Taguig officials led the simultaneous lighting of Christmas trees in three locations in the city on Dec. 9. Mayor Lino Cayetano, Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano, Rep. Lani Cayetano and other city officials were present to welcome the Yuletide Season in Taguig. Taguig Mayor Lino Cayetano leads the lighting...
PIXABAY/ MANILA BULLETIN The Department of Health (DOH) said that five of the seven unlocated travelers who arrived in the Philippines from South Africa have already been found. "Yes, we have already located another five, so we are just trying to locate two of these travellers," DOH Undersecretary...
The Provincial Health Office (PHO) in Bulacan on Thursday, Dec. 9, reported that COVID-19 active cases in Bulacan continue to decline. The PHO said that of the recorded 138 COVID-19 active cases, 13 are admitted in the hospitals, 28 are in a Temporary Treatment and Monitoring Facility, while 97 are...
LAGUNA – The provincial government was recognized for achieving the highest cumulative jab rate during the National Vaccination Days. The recognition was given by the Department of Health (DOH), the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), and the National Task Force (NTF) against...
More than 1.8 million students and over 239,000 personnel in higher education have been vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), data released by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) on Thursday, Dec. 9, showed. (Photo from CHED) Citing data as of Dec. 3, CHED said that based on...
Leading by example, Education Secretary Leonor Briones on Thursday, Dec. 9, received her coronavirus disease (COVID-19) booster shot and urged employees of the Department of Education (DepEd) as well as parents and other members of the community to get vaccinated as soon as possible. (Photo from...
A teachers’ group on Thursday, Dec. 9, urged the leadership of the Department of Education (DepEd) to call the attention or even “take legal actions” against field officials who allegedly violate the agency’s policy on teachers’ work arrangements. (JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA...
Citing the importance of foresight, Go Negosyo has moved to facilitate the procurement of AstraZeneca vaccines to be used as booster shots for private sector workers against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in 2022. (Ali Vicoy/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) Presidential Adviser for...
ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan has confirmed the first case of Omicron variant of COVID-19 virus in its southern Sindh province, said an official on Thursday. Media Coordinator of the Sindh Health Department Mehar Khursheed told Xinhua that the first case was detected on Wednesday after conducting genomic...
Men and those in the older age group are more likely to develop severe and critical cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), based on the initial results of the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine’s (RITM) study on the clinical characteristics and transmission patterns of COVID-19....
