Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, Sinovac, AstraZeneca, Sputnik Light, and Janssen vaccines have been approved for the administration of the second booster shot, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Tuesday, April 19. People waiting for their booster shot in Muntinlupa. (File photo/Muntinlupa PIO) Health...
The Philippines’ accelerated Covid-19 vaccine deployment was hailed as among the most laudable by G20 (Group of Twenty), an influential intergovernmental forum comprised of 19 countries and the European Union (EU). Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. presents updates on the Covid-19 vaccination...
The Department of Health (DOH) is seeing a gradual increase of Covid-19 cases in 14 areas under Alert Level 1. (Jansen Romero / File photo / MANILA BULLETIN) Health Secretary Francisco Duque III made the statement at the summary of his report during the President's pre-recorded public address on...
Schools received recognition for the best implementation Pasig City’s Pinagbuhatan Elementary School and Tanjay City’s San Miguel High School were named as this year’s champions for having the best implementation of the Nestlé Wellness Campus (NWC) program. They triumphed over participating...
Paranaque City Mayor Edwin Olivarez acknowledged the hard work of the City Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (CESU) in bringing down the confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the city to nine. During the regular virtual flag raising ceremony on Monday, April 18, Dr. Darius Sebastian, CESU head, reported...
Senator Francis Tolentino said he is elated to learn the decision of the regional government of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) to intensify its Covid-19 vaccination drive saying this would not only fast track the government’s main goal of achieving herd immunity, but...
The National COVID-19 Vaccination Operations Center (NVOC) is looking to roll out the second booster for specific populations nationwide "as soon as possible", the Department of Health (DOH) said on Thursday, April 14. A senior citizen getting his booster shot in Muntinlupa (Muntinlupa PIO) In a...
Mobile application Remote Online Surveillance for Banana (ROSANNA), a project funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) allows for a more seamless means to monitor a banana plantation with its mobile agricultural disease surveillance system capable of gathering and disseminating...
The Technical Education Skills Development Authority (TESDA) launched on Thursday, April 6, the Basic Motorcycle Driving Program together with motorcycle ride-hailing company Angkas, a program that aims to capacitate motorcycle riders. Photo from TESDA TESDA Secretary Isidro Lapeña and Angkas CEO...
Eligible businesses and institutions may now take concrete steps to lower their carbon emissions by getting power from licensed Green Energy Option Program suppliers like EDC's Green Core Geothermal, Inc. There is a ‘deepening revolution’ happening in the energy sector – it’s not just a...
(Ali Vicoy / Manila Bulletin File Photo) Giving incentives and imposing certain restrictions can help encourage more people to get inoculated instead of making Covid-19 vaccination mandatory, said Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion. Concepcion made the suggestion amid the low...
Senators on Thursday lauded the Commission on Elections (Comelec) for the “timely response” of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to allow the continued distribution of fuel subsidy to the public sector. “The order to allow the resumption of fuel subsidy distribution to public utility...
