DOH The Department of Health (DOH) announced that the One Health Pass (OHP) has been changed to a new electronic arrival (eArrival) card after several complaints from travelers were received. This was the decision of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) still backed the conduct of face-to-face classes amid some developments in the country’s Covid-19 situation. DOH Officer-in-Charge Maria Rosario Vergeire made this statement after she was asked about the Health department’s current position on the conduct of...
The Covid-19 cases in the Philippines could hit 18,000 per day by Nov. 15, the Department of Health (DOH) warned on Tuesday, Oct. 18. Current projections of the DOH indicate that cases may hit 2,400 cases per day to as high as 18,000 by the middle of November. “We have new projections where it...
Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) The use of the Covid-19 vaccine made by China’s Sinovac Biotech for children aged six to 17 is now allowed in the Philippines, the Department of Health (DOH) said....
Photo from Pixabay/ MANILA BULLETIN The Department of Health (DOH) reported that Omicron subvariant XBB and the XBC variant of the Covid-19 virus were already detected in the Philippines. Based on the latest genome sequencing result, 81 cases of XBB subvariant were detected and 193 cases of XBC...
The Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) will start selling sugar at P70 per kilo at its Quezon City and Bacolod City offices, the Department of Agriculture (DA) announced on Monday, Oct. 17. DTI tracks prices and supply of BNPC, Sugar in Manila In a statement, the DA said sugar will be sold at...
The Department of Finance (DOF) has assured US investors that the Philippine government is employing the necessary policies and reforms to address ongoing risks to the economy. During a series of meetings in Washington D.C., Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno expressed the country’s readiness...
A pro-farmer lawmaker has filed a House bill (HB) that seeks to sway more students to take agriculture, forestry, and fisheries degree programs so they may--with the government’s backing--become “agripreneurs” scholars. AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert Lee (Facebook) AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert...
The Department of Health (DOH)-Metro Manila Center for Health Development (MMCHD) cited the city government of Las Piñas for its high quality of health services. Vice-Mayor April Aguilar said the city government was recognized for its outstanding financial compliance in efficiently utilizing...
DOH The daily number of Covid-19 cases in the Philippines remained over 2,000 on Sunday, Oct. 16, the Department of Health (DOH) reported. Based on the DOH Covid-19 tracker, a total of 2,321 more coronavirus infections were confirmed in the past 24 hours. These cases raised the number of active...
DOH The Philippines is still seeing over 2,000 more Covid-19 cases on Saturday, Oct. 15, the Department of Health (DOH) reported. Saturday's number of cases was 2,367. This was slightly higher than the 2,459 infections logged the previous day. As of Saturday, a total of 26,404 patients across the...
DOH The Philippines has recorded an additional 2,459 Covid-19 cases on Friday, Oct. 14. Latest data from the Department of Health (DOH) showed that active cases in the country increased to 26,399. The new cases brought the country's cumulative tally of cases to 3,978,354 including 3,888,516...
