More than 70 percent of tourism frontliners in Metro Manila who work at establishments accredited by the Department of Tourism (DOT) have already been vaccinated against coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the agency reported. A Manila resident receives a COVID-19 jab at the vaccination hub in SM...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) announced Friday, August 6, that it has transported medical personnel and coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines in Tawi-Tawi and Zamboanga City to inoculate residents in the far-flung areas. The medical personnel and the vaccines boarded BRP Cape Engaño...
Senator Joel Villanueva is calling on the Department of Health (DOH) to step up its hiring of health personnel by taking in nurses who recently passed the licensure exams. Senator Joel Villanueva (Senate of the Philippines) The chairman of the Senate Committee on Labor issued the appeal on Friday,...
A teachers group on Friday, July 2, urged the Department of Education (DepEd) and the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) to ensure that the vaccination for education personnel will be seamless and organized. A teacher from DepEd joins the symbolic vaccination for those under the A4 category on...
Not all heroes wear capes as the new crop of heroes we look up to are clad in white coats, scrub caps, and the ever-elusive Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs). Our heroes in the medical field have been fighting at the frontlines for over a year, as we remain mired in a global health crisis. To...
When ordinary citizens become heroes All bad things aside, COVID-19 has brought the best out of us. Many courageous and generous individuals have come out of the woodwork, joining forces, to help those in need. Manila Bulletin talks with five ordinary citizens, from an artist with terminal illness...
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. A health...
Behind enemy lines I could never imagine the sacrifice our medical frontliners are going through during this pandemic in order to save lives as they risk their own, as well as their families’ health. Supporting our frontliners’ efforts in this arduous battle are the unsung heroes and heroines...
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. During the strict lockdowns until today when restrictions have been eased, the delivery riders...
President Duterte revealed on Saturday that a wall was being built at the Libingan ng mga Bayani (Heroes' Cemetery) to honor medical frontliners who died in the line of duty due to coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (File photo / MANILA BULLETIN) Duterte made the statement as he led the commemoration...
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. Philippine National Police (PNP)...
A total of 2,000 persons under the A4 category or economic frontliners were inoculated in Pasay City’s Giga vaccination site located at the Galleon, SM Mall of Asia on Wednesday, June 9. Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano said the economic frontliners were included in the vaccination of persons under A2...
