A Manila resident receives a coronavirus vaccine at the vaccination hub located at SM Manila on July 6, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) The Philippines has administered more than 33 million doses of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines, the Department of Health (DOH) reported on Tuesday, Aug....
A restaurant staff cleans a table after the IATF allowed indoor dining in NCR at limited capacity on April 30, 2021 (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Department of Health (DOH) are not yet advocating, at this point, the segregation of the unvaccinated and...
(FILES) In this file photo Medical workers load syringes with the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine to be administered by nurses at a vaccination site at Kedren Community Health Center, in South Central Los Angeles, California on February 16, 2021. (AFP/MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Health (DOH)...
DOH/MB The country has recorded 13,827 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases on Tuesday, Aug. 31. The Department of Health’s (DOH) latest bulletin showed that the active cases nationwide increased to 145,562 while the country's running tally of confirmed infections rose to 1,989,857. The DOH...
Coconut seed farms will be established in all coconut-producing provinces in the country in a bid to boost local production, an Agriculture official said Tuesday, Aug. 31. Coconut Farmers in North Cotabato "Through the hybridization program, we will be establishing seed farms in all...
DOH/MB The Department of Health (DOH) said it is currently facing challenges in sourcing anti-inflammatory drug tocilizumab which is being used in treating coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients. “For tocilizumab we're having challenges sa ngayon (right now),” said DOH Undersecretary Maria...
The Department of Finance (DOF) is set to launch an online tool that aims to streamline the reporting of data pertaining to the debts and other liabilities of government-owned and -controlled corporations (GOCCs). In a report to Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III, Joan Castillo, DOF’s...
(MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO) After recording the highest single-day coronavirus disease (COVID-19) tally since the pandemic began, the Department of Health (DOH) said that COVID-19 cases in the Philippines are still expected to go higher in the coming weeks. “Cases may continue to increase in...
The government of Brunei is again seeking an exemption from the Philippines' existing deployment cap on healthcare workers due to the current demand of medical frontliners there amid the pandemic, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said. (Jansen Romero / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN)...
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has assured that it will provide assistance to the 250 distressed overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from Kuwait who will be repatriated today, Aug. 31. (Jansen Romero / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Labor Secretary Silvestre H. Bello III said the...
Deposit accounts opened through the Overseas Filipino Bank's (OFBank) digital onboarding system more than doubled in the first semester of the year, the Department of Finance (DOF) said. OFBank In a statement released by the DOF on Monday, Aug.30, the department reported that total deposit accounts...
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has issued new suggested retail prices (SRPs) allowing higher prices on basic necessities and prime commodities by as much as P2 on various categories, while some remained unchanged. Consumer group Laban Konsyumer Inc. (LKI) immediately assailed the...
