Cebu Pacific (CEB) today (June 17) transported another 1.5 million COVID-19 vaccine doses from Beijing to Manila, via flight 5J 671. June 17 2 Included in the shipment was the first batch of privately-procured vaccines to arrive in the country consisting of 500,000 Sinovac doses. To...
Tripadvisor, the world’s largest travel guidance platform, revealed that global vaccine rollouts are driving increasing demand for vacations, with vaccinated travellers more likely to stay longer and spend more on their trips than unvaccinated travellers. Across the Asia-Pacific (APAC), where the...
Cebu Pacific airlines (CEB) carried another batch of one million doses of Sinovac Biotech Ltd.-manufactured vaccines from Beijing to Manila on Sunday, June 6. (Ariel Fernandez / MANILA BULLETIN) (Ariel Fernandez / MANILA BULLETIN) The vaccines were safely flown in temperature-controlled containers...
The innovative aquaculture industry is on sight in the Mimaropa (Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon,Palawan) region as the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) continues implementing the Small Enterprise Technology Upgrading Program (SETUP) which seeks to assist micro, small and medium enterprises...
Metro Pacific Investments Corporation (MPIC) is interested in partnering with to other vaccine manufacturers globally to locally produce a COVID-19 vaccine as well as for other diseases since the Philippines has yet to produce a single vaccine of its own. “You know, if you're at it anyway, you...
The Department of Tourism (DOT) is set to host this week the annual Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) Adventure Travel Conference and Mart (ATCM) in a hybrid format, which is in line with the noton of "safely reopening" the country's tourism destinations amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19)...
Australia and the Philippines are aiming to continue the vision of maintaining an “open, inclusive, stable, prosperous and free” Indo-Pacific in the next 75 years of the bilateral relationship between the two countries, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said over the weekend. Australian...
The number of overseas Filipinos who have contracted coronavirus disease (COVID-19) rose to 18,659 as a single new case was only recorded, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Saturday, May 22. (DFA) The DFA also reported no new recovery and zero fatality on the same day. The number of...
President Duterte has reiterated his call for greater global solidarity as the world continued to grapple with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. President Duterte speaks at the 2021 Nikkei Future of Asia Conference on Friday, May 21, 2021. (RTVM Screenshot from PCOO-OGMPA) Duterte made...
Cebu Pacific (CEB) today, May 20, 2021, flew in another batch of 500,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses from Beijing to Manila. The shipment was the third to be picked up by CEB, in coordination with the Department of Health (DOH). From March 2021 to date, the airline has transported 2.5 million vaccine...
Another 500,000 doses of Sinovac Biotech Ltd.-manufactured vaccines have arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), this time aboard a Cebu Pacific (CEB) flight. (Photo by Ariel Fernandez) The anti-coronavirus disease (COVID-19) jabs touched down at NAIA Terminal 2 before 8 a.m. They...
Cebu Pacific (CEB) Wednesday, (May 19) took delivery of its ninth Airbus A321neo (New Engine Option) in a bid to make its operations more eco-friendly. The aircraft cuts fuel cost by 20 percent, translating to lower fares for passengers. Aside from being more fuel-efficient, the A321neo has a 50...
