Malacañang said the public is still free to refuse to be vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in vaccination sites if they prefer other brands. (JUAN CARLO DE VELA / MANILA BULLETIN) Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque made the statement following the order to local government...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon has rejected insinuations he is delaying the passage of bills that seek to obligate the national government to fund several provincial hospitals needs. Drilon said this after a lengthy verbal exchange with Senator Christopher “Bong” Go who was frustrated...
AVANT GARDENER Yvette Natalie Tan We tend to not pay a lot of attention to salt. Perhaps it’s because we’re an archipelago in the tropics, so sun and seawater, the magic combination that creates salt, is easy to come by. And yet, despite being an archipelago with many different salt making...
The Senate committee on local government endorsed on Thursday, May 20, the approval of the bill that would postpone the first elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) to 2025. Senator Francis Tolentino (Senate of the Philippines) Senator Francis Tolentino, committee...
Some local business leaders have rallied behind the proposed issuance of vaccine passes to help the nation return to normal faster. According to Presidential Adviser on Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion, business groups recognized the these vaccine passes or proof of vaccination could help...
An official of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said that poll workers should be prioritized for COVID-19 vaccination in order to meet the poll agency's voter registration target before September. (COMELEC) "May panawagan po kami sa last meeting, na mag-request na iakyat-akyat yung...
Senator Risa Hontiveros has warned lawmakers that eliminating all restrictions to foreign ownership of the country’s domestic retail trade would not be a wise option, especially amid an economic crisis due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Hontiveros said Senate Bill No. 1840 or the...
(COMELEC) The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said it is currently studying if it should make some modifications in the campaign rules for the 2022 national and local elections considering the ongoing threat of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. “As of now, the existing campaign...
The Department of Health (DOH) urged the different local government units (LGUs) to implement granular lockdowns in their respective jurisdiction if they observe a spike in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in their areas. Department of Health Secretary Francisco Duque III (PCOO/MANILA BULLETIN...
More than three million Filipinos have filed their applications for voter registration for the general elections next year, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said on Monday, May 17. (COMELEC) The Comelec said it received a total of 3,453,196 applications from January 2020 to May 13, 2021....
Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque claimed that the opposition was actually wishing for the government's vaccination program against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) to fail so they could have a better shot at winning in the upcoming 2022 elections. Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque (File...
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. A health worker administers a COVID-19 vaccine shot at a vaccination center in...
