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President Duterte hinted on Monday night, Nov. 29 that there’s a certain female undersecretary who doesn’t want to get vaccinated from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

President Duterte has asked local government units (LGUs) to create ordinances that would prohibit minors of a certain age from entering shopping malls amid the ongoing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.

Filipinos who have been vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are “heroes” as far as President Duterte is concerned.

President Duterte thinks that it’s legal for employers not to hire job applicants on the basis of their not being vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship and Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion is brimming with optimism following the Inter-Agency Task Force’s (IATF) sudden but welcome decision to de-escalate the National Capital Region (NCR) to alert level 2 in connection with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.

Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship and Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion is prodding the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) to do away with the lengthy facility-based quarantine requirement for arriving Filipinos from North America who are fully vaccinated.

Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III reiterated that employers cannot terminate their workers who refuse to get vaccinated but are allowed to order them not to report to work.

Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) Spokesperson Harry Roque reiterated on Tuesday, Oct. 19 that vaccinated seniors citizens can go outdoors and visit malls.

The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) has tweaked the rules for the so-called “green lanes” for passengers arriving from abroad effective Oct. 14, 2021.

Over 15,000 tourism workers of member hotels and resorts of the Hotel Sales and Marketing Association (HSMA) have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in a bid to further boost travel confidence among local tourists amid the pandemic.

More than 50 percent of tourism workers in Cebu have already received their jabs against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) with the continued rollout of the Department of Tourism’s (DOT) vaccination program in the province.

Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship and Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion defended the “Bakuna Bubble” concept Saturday, Sept. 18 from claims that it would only lead to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections among vaccinated individuals.

For this year’s National Heroes Day, Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corporation (Shell) honored the everyday Filipino — from vaccinated citizens to its station attendants known as Service Champions — as today’s heroes for their contributions in keeping communities safe and the economy running during the pandemic.

The Department of Health (DOH) said that the proposal to ease coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions for fully vaccinated individuals can result to “discrimination.”

Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship and Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion will lead a press briefing next week on the proposed “bakuna (vaccine) bubble” for the National Capital Region (NCR).

Beneficiaries of the government’s free train ride program for vaccinated Authorized Persons Outside Residence (APORs) have already breached the one million mark, the Department of Transportation (DoTr) disclosed on Tuesday, Aug. 24.

Ninety-five percent of tourism industry workers in the National Capital Region (NCR) have received their vaccines against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat said.

The Department of Health (DOH) said that policies concerning those people vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as well as the unvaccinated must not be discriminatory at this point.