A member of the national team receives her first dose of Sinovac vaccine at the Manila Prince Hotel Friday, May 28. (Photo by Manny Llanes) National athletes, coaches and officials bound to the Tokyo Olympics and the Vietnam Southeast Asian Games got their first dose of vaccine against COVID-19 on...
Senators do not find anything wrong with giving incentives to encourage people to get vaccinated against the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). A resident of Parañaque City gets vaccinated against COVID-19 on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/MANILA BULLETIN) This, as Las Piñas City Representative...
Malacañang said the government's pandemic task force will work on the policy about vaccinating foreign workers in the Philippines against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) once the country gets the bulk of COVID-19 vaccines it bought. A health worker prepares to administer a coronavirus vaccine...
Senator Nancy Binay on Friday commended the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for moving to include workers in hotels operating as quarantine or isolation facilities in the A1 priority group saying this would boost the government’s efforts in the COVID-19 vaccination program. The IATF’s decision,...
The government's pandemic task force has approved the recommendation refining the list of people belonging to the A4 Priority Group of the country's vaccination program against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). A health worker prepares to administer a coronavirus vaccine at a vaccination site in...
Around 700 athletes and officials of the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) were vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the Manila Prince Hotel in Manila on Friday, May 28. JABBED --Olympian Cris Nievarez was among the 700 athletes and officials of the Philippine Olympic Committee...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) reiterated Friday, May 28, that punong barangays (PBs) or barangay captains play a major part in preventing mass gathering activities amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. DILG Secretary Eduardo Año (Photo courtesy of DILG)...
Incentives in the form of grocery packs were given to Muntinlupa residents after they were vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The Muntinlupa City Masonic Lodge 414 partnered with the city-run Ospital ng Muntinlupa (OsMun) to give gifts to residents who will get inoculated....
Two more local firms added to the country’s list of potential local vaccine manufacturers, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has disclosed. (Photo by MARIO TAMA / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP) DOST Undersecretary for Research and Development Rowena Cristina L....
Vice President Leni Robredo’s spokesman did not mince words when he hit back at Presidential spokesman Harry Roque for saying that it was the vice president who pushed to do the vaccine infomercial with President Duterte. Vice President Leni Robredo’s spokesperson Barry Gutierrez (OVP photo)...
The Philippines has opposed any potential "vaccine apartheid" in international travel and called for global pact recognizing the coronavirus jabs approved by World Health Organization (WHO) sufficient for the entry of travelers. A health worker prepares to administer a coronavirus vaccine at a...
The Ateneo de Manila University (AdMU) announced on Thursday, May 27, its plan to vaccinate its employees and students against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) through its university vaccination program. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) In a memorandum released on Thursday, Ateneo President Roberto...
