The San Juan City local government said on Tuesday that it will not lift the mandatory use of face shields until the national government orders it. San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora issued the statement a day after Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso passed an ordinance on Monday, Nov....
A total of 7,763 minors aged 12 to 17 were inoculated in Pasig as of Nov. 8. Data provided by the Pasig Public Information Office reveal that as of Nov. 8, 7,844 COVID-19 doses have been deployed in the city. A total of 7,763 minors both with comorbidities (A3) and part of the general pediatric...
The Las Pinas City government has recorded a total of 45,000 registrants for the vaccination of the general pediatric population aged 12 to 17 years old. Mayor Imelda Aguilar lauded the parents and guardians of the minors for heeding the call of the city government to register their children for...
Vice presidential aspirant Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Tuesday, Nov. 9 rallied support for the upcoming joint initiative between the government and private sector’s drive to administer at least five million doses of COVID-19 vaccines over a three-day period, urging people to “be a...
Re-electionist Senator Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday urged the government to make sure that a majority of the population would get vaccinated against COVID-19 before Christmas. Hontiveros made the call as she expressed her support to the government and private sector’s initiative to conduct a...
To cater to its employees who have contracted coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has opened an isolation facility for them. DSWD Secretary Rolando Joselito D. Bautista leads the ribbon cutting ceremony and inspection of the DSWD Isolation...
BIÑAN, Laguna – The city government is no longer requiring face shields in business establishments. In a Facebook post on Monday (Nov. 8), Mayor Arman Dimaguila announced that wearing face shields is now only voluntary as per Executive Order No. 33, Series of 2021. The local government...
Joel Embiid (AFP) Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid has tested positive for Covid-19 and is expected to miss several games, US media reports said Monday. ESPN and The Athletic website said the Cameroon international returned a positive Covid-19 test early Monday and had entered the league's...
The Mandaluyong City local government announced on Monday that the management of basketball and Zumba events in the barangay level will be delegated to the respective barangay officials. Metro Manila was placed under the more relaxed Alert Level 2 quarantine classification last Nov. 5 due to the...
ONE FOR THE ROAD James Deakin Yesterday, Presidential candidate, Mayor Isko Moreno Domagoso announced that the City of Manila would be the latest city, following Davao, Ormoc and Iloilo, to turn their back on the highly divisive face shield for public use. Over a year after the IATF made them...
(DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) As the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) situation in Metro Manila steadily improves, independent research group OCTA projected that the average number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the region could further decrease to less than 200 by the end of November....
President Duterte appealed to the public anew to do their part in defeating the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic by getting vaccinated as more vaccines arrive in the country Monday evening, November 8. President Rodrigo Duterte (RTVM Screenshot) Duterte made the statement as he welcomed the arrival...
