The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI), the largest business organization in the country, is calling on the government to allow the private sector to import and buy COVID-19 vaccines directly from accredited sources without restrictions or conditions amid surge of infections in...
By now, the Duterte government should have already moved on from asking the public to wear masks because the more pressing issue is the rollout of the coronavirus vaccines, Vice President Leni Robredo’s spokesman said on Tuesday, March 16. (Photo by MARIO TAMA / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty...
The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) has expressed full support on Tuesday, March 16, for the inclusion of governors, mayors and barangay captains in the government’s coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) vaccination program priority list. (JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA...
The national government has finally signed a supply agreement which would ensure the delivery of 30 million vaccine doses from United States biotechnology company Novavax, Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. disclosed Tuesday, March 16. (AFP / FILE PHOTO) Galvez, who was fresh from an official trip to...
The Philippines could attain a "better normal soon" as the government continued to implement its vaccination program to boost protection against the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19), according to Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles. (JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULLETIN) Nograles has expressed confidence...
The government is on track with its acquisition of sufficient supply of coronavirus vaccines in the country, according to Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles. (Photo by Phill Magakoe / AFP / FILE PHOTO) As the country marked its first year in pandemic lockdown, Nograles assured that more vaccines are...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has delivered 6,500 doses of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines for Bohol medical frontliners as the government races against time to vaccinate as many health workers amid the rising cases of infection in the past days. In a statement, the PCG said a total of...
The chief implementer of the National Task Force on COVID-19, Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. would rather see Filipinos 'learning to live with the virus' rather than live with total lockdown enforcements anew. Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., chief implementer of the National Task Force (NTF) on...
Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Sunday, March 14, expressed hope there would be no more “dropping of the ball” and that all negotiations of the government on COVID-19 vaccine procurement would push through and at a faster speed especially at this point in time. Sen. Panfilo Lacson (Albert...
The Philippine National Police will be rolling out another round of vaccination expectedly on Monday, March 15, after securing 700 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine. (Ali Vicoy / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) But Lt. Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar, Officer-In-Charge of the PNP, said only 350 of their...
Amid the rapid increase of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the country in the past days, the national government has stepped up its vaccination efforts of around 1.7 million medical frontliners in order to proceed to the next phases of the vaccination plan. (Photo by MARIO TAMA / GETTY...
The provinces of Sulu and Tawi-Tawi in the southernmost part of the country have finally received its first doses of anti-coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines for its medical frontliners, the military bared Friday, March 12. (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP / FILE PHOTO) Sulu received 208...
