61600 By middle of next month, only vaccinated individuals can ride public transport in the metropolis. There will be no more exemptions. Unvaccinated and partially vaccinated workers in industries and establishments allowed to operate in the National Capital Region (NCR) under the existing...
The government has set a deadline for unvaccinated and partially vaccinated workers in Metro Manila to complete their COVID-19 jabs to continue using public transportation under the "No Vaccination, No Ride" policy. (NOEL PABALATE / MANILA BULLETIN) In a joint statement, the Department of...
Discussions about Martial Law occupy "fairly limited" space in textbooks, an assistant professor at University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman's Department of History said Tuesday, Jan. 25. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) In a virtual conference hosted by the Far Eastern University Public Policy...
President Duterte said that many Muslims in the country, particularly in Mindanao are resisting getting vaccinated against the coronavirus (COVID-19) possibly either because of their religion or culture. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang File photo) Duterte made the statement after sharing a...
Editorial One week after the start of its implementation last Jan. 17 – and amid criticism of its adverse effects the government’s “no vax, no ride” policy is undergoing closer scrutiny. The Department of Transportation (DOTr) cited the rationale for this policy: “We are doing everything...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Lamentillo At one point in its history, the Philippines was the second richest country in Asia. We were only a little behind Japan and way ahead of China. I do not have a recollection of such time as it was long before I was born, but I hope to see in my lifetime the Philippines...
DOTR123 The Department of Transportation (DOTr) said the exemption of essential workers from the “no vaccination, no ride” policy is not a new protocol enforced after the policy’s pilot implementation. In a statement on Thursday, Jan. 20, the DOTR clarified that prior to the full...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Wednesday defended the Department of Transportation’s (DOTr) move to implement the “no vaccine, no ride” policy in Metro Manila despite the public’s uproar against it. Go, who chairs the Senate Committee on Health and Demography, also said he would...
Around 500 violators of the Department of Transportation's (DOTr) "No Vaccination, No Ride" policy have now been vaccinated against COVID-19 after being apprehended in Quezon City by members of Task Force Disiplina (TFD). In an interview with DZBB on Wednesday, Jan.19, QC TFD head Deck Pelemberto...
A Department of Transportation (DOTr) official on Tuesday, Jan. 18, clarified that unvaccinated individuals may still be exempted from the 'no vax, no ride' policy in public transportation if they are medically incapable or if they are going out for essential purposes, including going to work....
Unvaccinated people are getting their jabs in Muntinlupa as a result of the implementation of the Department of Transportation’s “no vaccination, no ride” policy. The Muntinlupa City Health Office (CHO) noted that there was an increase in the number of walk-ins at vaccination sites to get...
Two drivers were apprehended in Muntinlupa as authorities started implementing the Department of Transportation’s (DOTr) “no vaccination, no ride” policy on Monday, Jan. 17. Transportation Sec. Arthur Tugade issued Department Order 2022-001 on Jan. 11 limiting the access to public...
