Dismissing Senator Manny Pacquiao’s statement on the government’s “mismanaged” pandemic response, Presidential spokesman Harry Roque on Tuesday, September 14, said this was nothing but politicking. Senator Manny Pacquiao and Presidential spokesman Harry Roque (FILE PHOTOS/MANILA BULLETIN)...
Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Monday, Sept. 13, appealed to the government's interagency task force for the COVID-19 pandemic to reconsider the prohibition on religious gatherings under their new quarantine classifications for Metro Manila. Senate President Vicente Sotto III (Senate PRIB)...
Actress Angel Locsin is not satisfied with Harry Roque's apology. The actress took to social media to question his actions prior when he seemingly berated medical professionals during a meeting with the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF)....
President Duterte's advisers have expressed their support for the legislation that would institutionalize the use of vaccine passports in international and domestic travel, both for essential and non-essential purposes. A health worker injects a dose COVID-19 vaccine to a woman. (Ali Vicoy/MANILA...
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- After breathing a sigh of relief from the second wave of COVID-19 transmission, Indonesia is now preparing for the transition from pandemic to endemic. Indonesian President Joko Widodo said on Friday while monitoring COVID-19 vaccination at a school for the disabled in the...
As the pandemic continues to disrupt mobility, integrated supply chain enterprise 2GO Group Inc., ensures unhindered flow of goods via its Sea Solutions. Currently, 2GO services a total of 18 ports of call nationwide. As of mid-2021, 2GO delivered 97,173 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) using its...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Saturday, September 11, pressed the government to allow as soon as possible limited face-to-face classes in the country as he cited long-term effects of school closure on children and national development. Lack of gadgets and unreliable internet connection are just...
(JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) The Philippines saw 26,303 new cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Saturday, Sept. 11—the highest number of new infections reported in a single day since the pandemic hit the country last year. The latest figure pushed the country’s running...
President Duterte has signed Proclamation No.1218, which effectively extended the State of Calamity previously declared throughout the Philippines in connection with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) The directive enforces an extension of...
To stimulate people's appetite for domestic travel, Cebu Pacific (CEB) brought back its Super Pass, allowing passengers to fly to any of its 32 local destination for P99 (one-way base fare), from September 9 to 16, 2021. CEB PH CSP 2 FB Organic FINAL 090221 The travel period for the passes is...
The Popular shock-jock, radio talk show host has had enough of what he deemed “imbecile” antics. Howard Stern derided anti-vaxxers early this week on his Sirius XM radio show saying anyone who doesn’t want to get the Covid-19 vaccine should go “f*** yourself.” The unvaccinated in the U.S....
Opposition congressmen on Friday, Sept. 11 chided presidential spokesman Harry Roque for berating doctors on the controversy surrounding government’s alleged indecisiveness on community quarantine impositions. Spokesman Harry Roque Roque was reported to have scolded medical experts for appealing...
