The total number of Muntinlupa residents who have been vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has reached 50,000. According to the Muntinlupa City Health Office (CHO), as of May 29, the number of residents who have received the first dose of the vaccine totaled 50,271. Some of those...
The guidelines for the arrest of violators of COVID-19 protocols are expected to be released on May 31, an official of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said Saturday, May 29. DILG Spokesperson Jonathan Malaya (Photo courtesy of DILG) DILG Undersecretary and Spokesperson...
Handwoven leather clip-on hand sanitizer bag accessory; two three-ply face masks made of Philippine cotton; leather face mask holder with Maranao beads and Philippine cotton tassel (FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Health (DOH) is not yet keen in recommending to lift the face mask...
A man initially accosted for not wearing a face mask was arrested by police after he yielded P1 million worth of shabu (methamphetamine hydrochloride) in Taguig City on Friday. The suspect and the suspected shabu and other evidence found in his possession (Taguig City Police Station / MANILA...
The US CDC announcement was bold, but disconcerting Dr. Edsel Maurice T. Salvana It came out of the blue. The US CDC announcement that vaccinated individuals were no longer required to wear masks was as bold as it was disconcerting. This followed a previous announcement that masks were not required...
The Muntinlupa police have penalized an additional 280 people for not wearing face masks and face shields in violation of health protocols. According to the police, the violators were nabbed between 5 a.m. of May 17 and 5 a.m of May 18 in the nine barangays in Muntinlupa. The Muntinlupa City...
Here's where you can buy it in the Philippines Jennifer Lopez and Kaze Origins' vibrant series While vaccines are now being rolled-out in the Philippines, lowering guard against COVID-19 is not a step anyone would like to take. Proper hygiene must still be observed, everyone should still keep their...
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. urged the public to keep on wearing their face masks as if the country has no vaccines against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) yet. Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. (AP Photo / Sakchai Lalit / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Locsin made the...
WASHINGTON, United States -- The top US health agency on Thursday said it was lifting mask-wearing guidance for people who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, a watershed moment that President Joe Biden called "a great day" in the long pandemic fight. The announcement by the Centers for Disease...
Thousands of people were apprehended and fined by personnel of the Quezon City government and police on Wednesday for violating health safety measures, including those who were not wearing face shields and those who supposedly took off their mask to wipe sweat from their face. As of noontime, the...
The chief of the Taguig City Police Station said face mask ordinance violators in the city are meted out fines, held for up to eight hours, but not charged in court. A Taguig policeman gives food packs in Tuktukan, Taguig and reminds people to wear face masks and face shields (Taguig Scadb / MANILA...
Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto on Monday, May 10 said the police should heed newly-appointed Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Guillermo Eleazar’s order not to put mask violators in jail. Recto said any rush to arrest persons for not wearing face mask without setting up...
