The government's pandemic task force has green-lit the bubble-type training of Filipino athletes participating in the upcoming Tokyo Olympics and Southeast Asian (SEA) Games later this year. Omega, the official timekeeper of Tokyo 2020 Olympics Games (File photo) In a statement, Presidential...
A total of 37 individuals, including YouTube vlogger Toni Fowler, were cited for mass gathering in a meet-and-greet event hosted by the Fowler sisters despite COVID-19 threats in Quezon City on Tuesday. Rannie Ludovica, head of the city's Task Force Disiplina (TFD), said they launched an operation...
Senators on Monday, May 17, appealed to the government to begin inoculating people who are next in the priority line and are willing to receive the vaccines against the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). A resident of Makati City receives a shot of Pfizer coronavirus vaccine from a health...
Expect more professional boxing tournaments to happen not only in the provinces but also in Metro Manila in the coming months after the Joint Administrative Order updated the supplemental guideline for sporting events. Games and Amusements (GAB) chairman Baham Mitra said that he and his counterpart...
The government's pandemic task force has placed governors and mayors further up in the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination program priority list, putting them right behind medical frontliners and ahead of senior citizens. A health worker administers a COVID-19 vaccine shot at a vaccination center in...
In a bid to stress to the public the importance of following health protocols, the government's pandemic task force is set to distribute modules to different barangays in the country, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Nograles made...
Cabinet Secretary Nograles said there should not be any premium offers for reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) tests for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in private laboratories because this allows individuals to jump the line. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles (PCOO / MANILA...
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said the government is doing its best to address the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic but pointed out that the country's success lies in the people's compliance with health protocols. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles (PCOO / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO)...
Opposition senators on Tuesday questioned the designation of six more spokespersons for the administration’s National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC). Senator Risa Hontiveros said the performance of the anti-insurgency task force should not be dependent on the number...
The Philippines has claims over Julian Felipe Reef but has never been in possession of the area where hundreds of Chinese vessels were spotted last March, according of a Palace official. Chinese vessels have been spotted at the Julian Felipe Reef located within the Philippines' exclusive economic...
The PBA is now more lukewarm to the idea of holding another bubble, especially after the government allowed the league to hold 5-on-5 scrimmages in areas under General Community Quarantine. PBA commissioner Willie Marcial said another bubble will pose more difficulty for the league, something that...
Even though there were still many days left for the present quarantine classifications this month, the government's pandemic task force said it would continue to balance health and economy in safely reopening more industries for the National Capital Region-plus (NCR-plus) bubble area come June....