Presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo on Thursday, Dec. 16, said she intends to expand her seafarer cadetship program in Bulan, Sorsogon to capacitate and provide better opportunities for some one million Filipino seafarers around the world. Vice President Leni Robredo visits the site...
While presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo agrees that more foreign investments are needed to improve public services in the country, she wants to make sure that there are safeguards for Filipino investors in the recently-passed bill that will allow foreign ownership of public...
Expect Vice President Leni Robredo to be on the ground to coordinate and facilitate disaster relief and recovery operations whenever there’s a typhoon battering the country under her presidency. Vice President Leni Robredo (OVP) “Ako (Me, I’ll) definitely very hands on ako. At hindi lang...
A day after it received 8.2 million vaccines, the country received another all-time high delivery in a single day with the arrival of 10,403,550 doses of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) shots on Wednesday, Dec. 15. However, the milestone was eclipsed by the recording of the first two cases of the...
Sputnik vaccines The Department of Health (DOH) said that local experts studied the data of Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine before approving its emergency use in the Philippines. Based on a report from Agence France Presse, the Sputnik V vaccine has yet to secure an approval from the World...
The country received 8,247,200 doses of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on Tuesday, Dec. 14, the biggest such delivery in a single-day since it started accepting supplies of the life-saving jabs in February of this year. Most of the vaccines came from the donations of different European countries...
The Quezon City government has administered a total of 4,190,078 vaccine doses against COVID-19. According to the city government, the doses include first, second, and booster shots. As of Tuesday, Dec. 14, a total of 1,871,759 individuals were fully vaccinated, while 2,033,932 residents and...
The conduct of the second leg of the national vaccination drive in some regions in the country will be postponed due to a weather disturbance that is expected to enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) on Tuesday, Dec. 14. Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a...
Philippine Red Cross (PRC) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Sen. Dick Gordon announced on Tuesday, Dec. 14 that PRC has opened its 26th Bakuna Center in the Department of Education (DepEd) - San Carlos City. (Photo from Philippine Red Cross / MANILA BULLETIN) In a statement, PRC said that...
The country is set to receive a whopping 13,688,750 doses of Johnson & Johnson (J&J), Pfizer, Moderna, and Sinovac coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines until Wednesday, Dec. 15, in time for the second round of the "Bayanihan, Bakunahan" National Vaccination Days. Two deliveries were...
BACOOR CITY – The city government is optimistic that it will achieve herd immunity against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) among adults during the second run of Bayanihan, Bakunahan from Dec. 15 to 17. Lani M. Revilla / Facebook / MANILA BULLETIN "We are confident that we will reach our...
Health Secretary Francisco Duque III along with other officials have agreed to recommend on Monday, Dec. 13 the postponement of the second round of the "Bayanihan Bakunahan" in some areas that might be affected by the tropical storm outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) which is...
