Facts about our ramped-up vaccination COVAX ON WHEELS A senior citizen is getting inoculated with anti-COVID-19 vaccine inside the newly launched QC ProtecTodo Bus or a vaccination bus at Bulacan St, Payatas B, Quezon City, April 26 2021 (Photo by Mark Balmores) Almost all countries have been...
Why everyone’s participation is important in this fight HOPE IN VIALS This week's Philippine Panorama deep dives into the technicalities of the COVID-19 vaccine. Cover design by Jules Vivas It has been more than a year since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the latest record-breaking...
EDITORS DESK Robert Requintina With no clear sign of the pandemic ending soon, TV networks have modified rules to continue operations as they pivot towards the digital platform. In line with the guidelines for production shoots, as approved by the Department of Health, Department of Labor and...
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) intends to donate half a million coronavirus vaccines to the Philippines, according to vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN Galvez revealed the upcoming foreign donation of vaccine doses developed by China's...
Malacañang said the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) was probably already looking into what kind of assistance the Philippines can send to India as it struggles with the deadly spike of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases. Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque (OPS/FILE PHOTO/MANILA BULLETIN)...
Malacañang said the government's pandemic task force was set to meet to finalize the list of new businesses that will be allowed to reopen under the modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ). A volunteer firefighter sprays disinfectant at the Golden Mosque in Quiapo, Manila on April 29, 2021...
The government is not backing down from its goal to vaccinate 70 million Filipinos this year in a bid to attain herd immunity against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). A woman receives a coronavirus vaccine shot from a health worker at a vaccination site in Taguig City on April 29, 2021. (Ali...
A priest from the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) shared his experience with a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) positive baby and a mother who found out her husband succumbed to the virus while she was in labor. (Photo courtesy of Fr. Marlito Ocon) Father Marlito Ocon, head chaplain of the PGH,...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has assisted the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) Region II in transporting over 1,200 personal protective equipment (PPEs) and medical supplies in Batanes on Tuesday, April 27. In a statement on Thursday, April 29, the PCG deployed the BRP Capones (MRRV-4404) to...
Operating hours should be set aside for the community pantries in barangays to avoid large crowds during the coronavirus pandemic, President Duterte proposed Wednesday. (Mark Balmores / File photo / MANILA BULLETIN) According to the President, implementing a schedule should be put in place to...
The ultimate blame of the people is on the government, “whether we are in the right or in the wrong,” President Duterte said on Wednesday, April 28, as he mulls using “police power” to “control whatever there is to control.” President Rodrigo Duterte delivers a televised address on...
President Duterte has asked for the public's understanding following his decision to extend for another two weeks the modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) in the National Capital Region-plus (NCR-plus) bubble area, saying it was necessary due to the spike of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases....
