Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) The Department of Health (DOH) said nearly one million doses of COVID-19 vaccines were administered during the first day of the second leg of the national...
Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) The country's Vaccine Experts Panel is expected to recommend to shorten the interval between the second COVID-19 vaccine dose and booster shot, the Department of...
Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello III has warned against bogus Facebook pages or accounts pretending to be him and asking for money. DOLE Secretary Silvestre Bello III (Photo from DOLE Facebook page) This, after Bello received reports that a Facebook account...
COVID-19 virus The Department of Health (DOH) said that imposing travel restrictions on all countries with confirmed cases of Omicron variant is “not rational.” DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that the aspect of health and economy should be balanced. “Kailangan din natin...
The Philippines has once again named as the leading dive destination in the world during the World Travel Awards 2021, the Department of Tourism (DOT) announced. A diver swims past a coral reef off the coast of Escaño Beach in Barangay Piapi, Dumaguete City in an undated photo. On Monday (Sept....
DOH Only 289 new cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were recorded by the Department of Health (DOH) on Thursday, Dec. 16. The Philippines' cumulative tally of cases rose to 2,837,016 — with 0.4 percent or 10,095 patients still receiving medical treatment. Of the active cases, 3,870 have mild...
PIXABAY / MANILA BULLETIN The Department of Health (DOH) said it already identified eight passengers— who were considered as close contacts of the country’s first two cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant. The 48-year-old returning overseas Filipino who arrived from Japan only had one close...
(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The Department of Health (DOH) said there is no reason for the public to panic over the detection of the Omicron variant in the Philippines, but reminded the people that there should be no room for complacency in following health protocols at this point in time. “We...
A group of farmers are wary of the potentially devastating impact of Typhoon Odette on agriculture production and has asked the Department of Agriculture (DA) to prepare early work to mitigate potential losses. In an advisory, the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) said the DA, together with...
President Duterte and Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur P. Tugade are set to unveil the brand new train sets from South Korea for the much-awaited Metro Rail Transit Line 7 (MRT-7). MRT-7 (FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) The first batch of trains to be deployed for the MRT-7...
Mayor Francis Zamora accepted on Tuesday the awards and certificates from the Department of Finance – Bureau of Local Government Finance (DOF – BLGF) recognizing the City of San Juan as one of the top performing local government units (LGUs) in locally sourced revenue collection in the...
Sputnik vaccines The Department of Health (DOH) said that local experts studied the data of Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine before approving its emergency use in the Philippines. Based on a report from Agence France Presse, the Sputnik V vaccine has yet to secure an approval from the World...
