Benchmark yields moved sideways amid expectations of higher interest rates following the US Federal Reserve’s decision to begin its stimulus tapering. At Monday's auction, Nov. 29, the 91-day Treasury bill rate, which banks use in pricing their loans, slightly went down to 1.164 percent from...
Gov’t borrows P360 billion from small investors By Chino S. Leyco The Duterte government completed its borrowing from small investors through the sale of retail Treasury bonds (RTB), the Bureau of the Treasury announced. In a statement, Monday, Nov. 29, the Treasury said the government sold...
The first day of the National Vaccination Days against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Monday, Nov. 29, went “smoothly,” according to vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. holds a virtual press briefing on Nov. 28, 2021 ahead of the launching of the "National...
Senator Richard Gordon on Monday urged the public to take all the necessary precaution against the threat of a possible transmission of Omicron—a new COVID-19 variant—which the World Health Organization (WHO) has identified as a variant of concern. “We should be really concerned about this...
The Muntinlupa City government said all vaccination sites in the city are open for the National Vaccination Days from Nov. 29 to Dec. 1. The three-day program aims to vaccinate at least nine million Filipinos or three million people per day with the first dose to increase vaccination outputs to 70...
Editorial The three-day National Vaccination Days, declared by the national government as a collective "Bayanihan, Bakuhanan" drive to further push up the number of jabs including booster shots, starts today, Nov. 29, 2021. Originally, the target vaccination output was 15 million, or at five...
House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco on Sunday called on eligible Filipinos who remain unvaccinated to get a jab during the national COVID-19 vaccination days slated on Nov. 29 to Dec. 1 and on Dec. 15 to 17, to help prevent another pandemic surge as families prepare for the holiday season. Velasco...
The Adamson University (Adu) suspended classes on Nov. 29 to Dec. 1 in support of the government's vaccination drive and to encourage its students to get vaccinated against coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Adamson University (Photo from adu.edu.ph) In a joint memorandum, AdU Vice President for...
The National Youth Commission (NYC) enjoined the youth to participate in the government's three-day national vaccination drive against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) from Nov. 29 to Dec. 1. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) In an advisory, NYC called on the members of the Youth Organization...
Everything is set for the launch of the first round of the “National Vaccination Days” on Monday, Nov. 29, which aims to inoculate nine million Filipinos against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. holds a virtual press briefing on Nov. 28, 2021 ahead of the...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) warned on Sunday, Nov. 28, aspirants for both local and national posts from turning vaccination sites for the National Vaccination Day into campaign sortie areas. DILG Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya said displaying tarpaulins bearing the...
Caritas Philippines is encouraging the public to get vaccinated against the coronavirus as it expressed support to the government’s three-day national vaccination drive on Nov. 29 to Dec. 1. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE) Kidapawan Bishop Jose Colin Bagaforo, chairman of NASSA/Caritas Philippines, said...
