The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) remains the country’s leading agency when it comes to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing. (JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULLETIN) “Even with the ECQ, this August, Red Cross has been testing 8,530 a day,” PRC Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Senator...
Rock royalties Brian May and Eric Clapton differ on their stance concerning the COVID-19 vaccine. The guitarist of rock band Queen calls anti-vaxxers “fruitcakes” and disagrees with Eric Clapton’s “anti-vaccination rhetoric.” In an interview with British online newspaper The Independent,...
Malacañang on Tuesday, August 10, welcomed the 11.8 percent growth in gross domestic product (GDP) in the second quarter, saying that it is proof of the government’s ability to balance saving lives and livelihoods despite the pandemic. Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque (OPS / FILE PHOTO /...
BACOOR CITY - The city government placed another residential area under lockdown due to cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19). City Government of Bacoor / Facebook / MANILA BULLETIN Zaragosa Compound in Barangay Molino II has been placed under granular lockdown from August 9 to August 22 after...
Davao Archbishop Romulo Valles has appealed to the faithful to help parish-based vaccination centers. Archbishop Romulo Valles (CBCP NEWS/ MANILA BULLETIN) "I am endorsing the noble efforts of the priests in the parishes and the parish staff to organize this parish-based vaccination center," he...
Pateros Mayor Miguel “Ike” Ponce III said the municipal government is aiming to fully vaccinate 100 percent of its target population in less than a month. “Based on my estimate, in less than one month, we will finish 100 percent of the second dose of our target population,” said the mayor...
The private sector is doing its share to ramp up the vaccination of Filipinos before they get infected with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). A Manila resident gets vaccinated a vaccination hub located at the Justo Lukban elementary school in Paco Manila on August 8, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila...
House Majority Leader Martin Romualdez on Tuesday, August 10, attribute to the "spirit of teamwork and cooperation" the Philippine economy's growth in the second quarter of this year. House majority leader and Leyte Representative Martin Romualdez (MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) “We rejoice with the...
Vice President Leni Robredo has lauded the national government’s vaccination efforts but stressed the need to administer one million COVID-19 vaccine doses per day amid the new mutations of the coronavirus. Vice President Leni Robredo (FEDERICO CRUZ / MANILA BULLETIN) "That's big. Several months,...
Seventy-one percent of coronavirus patients at the Dr. Jose N. Rodriguez Memorial Hospital and Sanitarium (Tala Hospital) in Caloocan City are not vaccinated, its medical doctor said Tuesday, Aug. 10. (Unsplash) Tala Hospital Medical Director Dr. Alfonso Famaran Jr. said that out of 252 COVID-19...
With the surge in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the country, the Emergency Field Hospital (EFH) of the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) at the National Kidney Transplant Institute (NKTI) and Lung Centre of the Philippines (LCP) is nearing its full capacity. (Photo from Philippine Red Cross)...
The Dr. Jose N. Rodriguez Memorial Hospital and Sanitarium (Tala Hospital) in Caloocan City has recorded eight pediatric patients with coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Tala Hospital (Photo from DJNRMHS / DOH) "Sa pediatric po, ang nakatala po sa amin is eight over 252 (We currently have eight...
