Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) The Health and Interior departments renewed their calls for local government units (LGUs) to further double their efforts in vaccinating their eligible constituents...
Incoming Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno would seek for consensus among lawmakers and members of the executive department before pursuing the Marcos administration’s own fiscal consolidation plan. New and higher taxes are not off the table, Diokno said in an interview with Manila Bulletin,...
A high school student from the Bicol Region is set to compete in Myanmar later this year after winning the 10th ASEAN Quiz National Competition this month, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said. The winners and contestants of the 10th ASEAN Quiz National Competition with PTV General Manager...
(MANNY LLANES / MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Health (DOH) expressed its support for the conduct of face-to-face classes amid the ongoing threat of Covid-19. Attending classes physically has multiple benefits for students, the DOH said. "Face-to-face attendance in school will allow children to...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) said it is currently exploring ways to procure the necessary vaccines needed against monkeypox. Monkeypox vaccination is not yet included in the country's national immunization program, the DOH said. "Although there is a monkeypox vaccine developed already,...
(UNSPLASH / MANILA BULLETIN) Almost two million Covid-19 vaccines are estimated to expire by the end of June, an official of the Department of Health (DOH) said. “Sa ating expiring na vaccine, we will have the final numbers by end of May. But hanggang June we are expecting kung hindi ma-jab......
Instead of new and higher taxes, the incoming chief of the Department of Finance (DOF) wants to focus mainly on the government’s tax administration during the first year of President-elect Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. Incoming Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno said he is not worried about the...
(UNSPLASH / MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Health (DOH) reiterated that all Covid-19 vaccines in the country are safe and effective. "All vaccines provided by the government are proven safe and effective," the state health agency said in a statement on Thursday, May 26. "They have undergone...
Outgoing Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III said the next administration may possibly consider selling the property where the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) is built on to raise more revenues. While privatization is not included in his fiscal consolidation program proposal to...
DOH The current Covid-19 reproduction number (Rt) of Metro Manila is at 1.25, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Thursday, May 26. A reproduction number is the average number of people that can be infected by a Covid-19 positive individual. If the reproduction number is less than one, the virus...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) said it is now preparing isolation facilities amid growing concerns about the viral disease called monkeypox. "The DOH Field Implementation and Coordination Team (FICT) and the One Hospital Command Center (OHCC) are working on the specific designation of isolation...
The average yield of palay farmers during the dry season has increased since the rice tariffication law (RTL) three-year ago, the Department of Finance (DOF) reported. In a statement, the DOF said on Thursday, May 26, that the implementation of RTL has raised palay output during the dry season from...
