The Pasay City government will use one of its isolation facilities as a site for the inoculation of 585 individuals using Pfizer vaccines. Pasay City Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano (Facebook / MANILA BULLETIN) Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano said the city government is expecting the arrival of 1,170 Pfizer...
La Salle St. Benilde gym In support of the country's efforts towards herd immunity, La Salle Green Hills (LSGH) opens its campus as a vaccination center to serve the residents of Barangay Wack-Wack Greenhills East. The initiative assists the Department of Health (DOH) to increase the number of...
Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto on Wednesday, May 12, backed the proposed construction of a "mega vaccination center" at the 8.5-hectare urban forest in Parañaque City, saying that there are funds, anyway, to replace the trees to be cut for the project. (Photo from Nayong Pilipino...
The country is aiming to inoculate more than 70,000 people per day next month as more coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines have arrived in the Philippines, the Department of Health (DOH) said. A health worker prepares to inject a coronavirus vaccine at a vaccination hub in Makati City (ALI VICOY...
San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora said on Tuesday that the city has already vaccinated a total of 13,085 residents against COVID-19. (Photo from Mayor Francis Zamora Facebook) Zamora said that 8,620 San Juaneños have received their first dose of Sinovac vaccines, with 3,801 of them already...
Tanay municipal government officials have been harnessing modern technology to promote the local government's vaccination program. They attributed the success of the inoculation among its target beneficiaries to the Short Messaging Service Broadcast System (SMS BS) that it has been using . (Tanay...
Mayor Abby Binay urged Makati residents to register for vaccination as the city now has more COVID vaccines than people to receive them. Makati City Mayor Abigail “Abby” Binay (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) In an interview with DZMM Teleradyo on Monday, Binay said she is facing a “good...
Has the family of former Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas ever offered their resources to boost the country's pandemic response? A health worker prepares to inject a coronavirus vaccine at a vaccination hub in Makati City (Ali Vicoy) Manila Bulletin For Presidential spokesman Harry...
Hong Kong on Tuesday withdrew its controversial plan to make the vaccination against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) mandatory for domestic workers. Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam (Photo by Anthony WALLACE / AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor on Tuesday...
Environmental group Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment (Kalikasan PNE) has sided with the Nayong Pilipino Foundation (NPF) on the issue of whether or not a mega vaccination facility should be build on the latter’s property. A healthcare worker preparing to administer a COVID-19...
Parañaque City's top official has backed the construction of a mega vaccination center at the Nayong Pilipino amid concerns on its environmental impact. Mayor Edwin Olivarez said in an interview on DZRH that the mega vaccination facility is not permanent in nature and will only be built...
DRIVING THOUGHTS Pinky Concha Colmenares Does your mind turn to the size of a bond paper when A4 is mentioned? Or to the category of the people now being registered for the next group to be vaccinated by the LGUs? Do you know what LGU means; it’s often mentioned in a conversation related to...
