Malacañang denied reports that people who have not yet received their vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) will not be able to get the promised ayuda or cash assistance for Metro Manila's shift to the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ). photo: Ali Vicoy Presidential Spokesman...
Malacañang said local chief executives could be liable for dereliction of duty if they cannot ensure that minimum health standards such as physical distancing are observed in vaccination sites. People wait in line for first dose vaccination at SM Manila on Thursday, Aug. 5. (ALI VICOY)...
Would the police bar unvaccinated workers from going out during the entire Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) implementation in Metro Manila? “There’s no such order,” said Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar when asked to clarify information spreading online...
Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte has reminded her constituents that walk-ins at the city's vaccination sites are prohibited after the local government saw an increase in the number of unregistered individuals trying to be inoculated. Belmonte made the call after learning that some workers were...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) clarified on Thursday, August 5, that all individuals scheduled for the coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) vaccination are considered as authorized persons outside residence (APORs) and are permitted to pass through checkpoints upon...
Las Piñas City Mayor Imelda Aguilar appealed to city residents not to visit any vaccinations site around the city without receiving a QR Code or ID number to avoid long lines and exposure to possible virus carriers. Aguilar said vaccination sites will only serve residents who are scheduled to...
At least half of the population of Metro Manila could be fully vaccinated after the two-week strict lockdown in the capital region, Malacañang said Thursday. President Rodrigo Duterte welcomes the arrival of more than 3 million doses donated by the United States in Villamor Air Base, Pasay City on...
The first dose vaccination at a mall in Manila was cancelled on Thursday, Aug. 5, after an “unusually high” number of individuals flocked to the site in the hope of getting their COVID jab. The Manila Public Information Office (Manila City PIO) announced the cancellation of the first dose...
The Quezon City government has passed a measure imposing jail time and fine on those who will commit illegal acts related to the administration of the COVID-19 vaccine. Under Ordinance No. SP-3032 S-2021, penalties await people who will be caught to be behind the fraudulent sale, distribution...
The vaccination rollout of the local government of Angono, Rizal resumed on Thursday, August 5 by opening the vaccination site to essential workers or those in the A4 Category. Residents of Angono wait for their turn to get vaccinated at SM Center Angono in Rizal Province. (Photo from the Angono...
The national government has surpassed at an impressive speed its target for this month to inoculate 700,000 doses of vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). An airport employee takes a selfie while receiving a coronavirus vaccine at a vaccination site established at the Ninoy Aquino...
The Department of Education (DepEd) said Wednesday, Aug.4, that more than 90,000 public school teachers and non-teaching personnel have so far self-reported their vaccination status. (Deped Facebook page) Deped said 90,394 personnel reported that they have already been vaccinated against...
