The Philippines will now be counting positive results from rapid antigen tests on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (Viktor Forgacs/ Unsplash) Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made the announcement Friday, Sept. 24 following a meeting by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of...
MARK BALMORES/MANILA BULLETIN The increase in the number of new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Metro Manila seemed to be slowing down, however, the public should not be complacent over this development, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Friday, Sept. 24. “We have observed over the...
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia – Cambodia has cancelled its "Festival of the Dead" -- an annual holiday where the Buddhist faithful pay respects to deceased relatives -- after a coronavirus outbreak among monks in the capital. Worshippers around Cambodia visit pagodas during the two-week Pchum Ben...
CANBERRA, Australia -- Australia's COVID-19 vaccine rollout is about to hit a milestone with half of the adult population fully inoculated. Prime Minister Scott Morrison (Xinhua) According to data released by the Department of Health, 74.1 percent of Australians aged 16 and older have received at...
A union of teachers and education workers on Friday, Sept. 24 denounced the Department of Education (DepEd) for “not fulfilling its promise to pay” overtime work rendered by public school teachers from June to October last year. Teachers sorting out printed modules to be distributed to students...
Local government units (LGUs) should not require the public to present their voter’s identification cards (ID) before providing essential services like medical assistance or cash aid nor is it needed to register for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination program, the Department of the...
The Pasig City local government on Friday ramped up its COVID-19 vaccination efforts as it aimed to inoculate more than 1,000 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) at the Pasig City Jail. (Photo from Mayor Vico Sotto's Facebook) According to Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto, the local government unit (LGU)...
(DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) The reproduction number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Metro Manila further decreased to 0.97 from 0.99, independent research group OCTA said on Friday, Sept. 24. "The NCR had a reproduction number of 0.97 and growth rate of - 22 percent," OCTA Research fellow Dr....
IMUS, Cavite - The city government opened a new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination site at Robinson's Place Imus on Wednesday (September 22). On its first day of operation, the vaccination site inoculated economic frontliners, from small business owners to workers of big enterprises. In a...
The vaccination of children aged 12 to 17 years old against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is now being pressed by the country's pandemic task force chief implementer to begin as early as October this year. Sec. Carlito Galvez Jr. speaks to the media during the arrival of 728,910 doses of...
Starting today, Sept. 24, releasing of all passports at the Office of Consular Affairs (OCA) in ASEANA Business Park will be relocated to the Ground Floor of the Double Dragon Plaza building along Macapagal Blvd. in Pasay City. Philippine passport In an advisory, the Department of Foreign Affairs...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- Biotech billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong on Thursday said he will begin transferring technology to make COVID-19 and cancer vaccines in South Africa. Patrick Soon Shiong (David Paul Morris Bloomberg) The South African-born and now United States-based doctor, provided...
