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All bad things aside, COVID-19 has brought the best out of us.

Some 10,000 doses of coronarivus disease (COVID-19) vaccines, specifically the Russian-made Sputnik V, will be sent to Bohol this week for the inoculation of tourism frontliners in the province, Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat announced on Monday, June 14.

Behind enemy lines.

The delivery service riders are now a regular sight around commercial and residential areas around the country. They are the frontliners who connect people in quarantine to the essential things they need.

The Philippine National Police (PNP) said it had a simple yet meaningful and solemn rites as it simultaneously commemorated the country’s 123rd Independence Day at Camp Crame in Quezon City and in all police regional offices (PROs) nationwide on Saturday, June 12.

What normally is a gala dinner held in plush places like the front lawn of the Beaux-Arts mansion Nelly Garden in Iloilo City turns into a benefit kitchen for 1,200 frontliners in answer to the call of the times.

Senator Nancy Binay on Friday commended the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for moving to include workers in hotels operating as quarantine or isolation facilities in the A1 priority group saying this would boost the government’s efforts in the COVID-19 vaccination program.

More individuals may soon receive coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines after the government’s pandemic task force allowed the inclusion of more workers in the Priority Group A4 of the country’s COVID-19 vaccination program.

Senator Grace Poe said Thursday, May 20, that she hopes that public utility vehicle (PUV) drivers will not be bumped off when the government starts vaccinating essential workers under the A4 priority group.

BIÑAN, Laguna – The local government unit (LGU)here launched on Tuesday (May 18) an initiative providing care kits to medical frontliners residing in the city as a way of thanking them for their hard work amid the pandemic.

Metro Manila mayors will meet tomorrow to discuss plans to start the vaccination of the A4 priority group or the frontline workers in essential sectors, Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso said Monday.

The government’s pandemic task force has placed governors and mayors further up in the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination program priority list, putting them right behind medical frontliners and ahead of senior citizens.

To prevent the further spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) asked the national government to include the family and household members of healthcare and economic frontliners in its vaccination priority list.

Communications Secretary Martin Andanar recognized mothers who are also frontliners in the fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic as he wished for a safe and healthy celebration of Mother’s Day.

Communications Secretary Martin Andanar lauded media workers on Labor Day for their dedication to informing the public amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

Vice President Leni Robredo said there should be appropriate action on the different concerns of Filipino workers for their significant contributions to the nation’s economy and to the whole of society.

President Duterte honored the country’s essential workers on Labor Day for their tireless sacrifice in leading the fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic over the past 14 months.

This year’s Labor Day observance is different from last year. As the government continues to search for the right combination of health and safety protocols that would complement the measures to reopen the economy, the significant contribution of Filipino workers to the overall national welfare comes to the fore.