The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) expressed hope Wednesday, Nov. 10, that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will soon give its go signal for the conduct of the “Mix and Match” (MnM) trial which seeks to determine the safety and immunogenicity of mixing different coronavirus...
Philippine Red Cross (PRC) Chairman and CEO Sen. Dick Gordon warned the public on Tuesday, November 9 not to be complacent and to observe health protocols after the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) recently placed Metro Manila under Alert Level 2 on November 5. PRC Chairman and Senator Richard J....
Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. has continued to suppory for the delay of the distribution of cash assistance to recipients of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) if they are not yet vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. speaks to reporters...
Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso said on Tuesday, Nov. 9, that the government cannot penalize the recipients of government aid if they do not want to get vaccinated. (IM media photo / File photo / MANILA BULLETIN) “The concept of ayuda and 4Ps is to alleviate yung buhay ng tao and...
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is set to inoculate on Wednesday, Nov. 10, another batch of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who are about to be deployed abroad. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said the government of Brunei has donated some 2,000 doses...
The Las Pinas City government has recorded a total of 45,000 registrants for the vaccination of the general pediatric population aged 12 to 17 years old. Mayor Imelda Aguilar lauded the parents and guardians of the minors for heeding the call of the city government to register their children for...
During the opening ceremony of Paranaque City LGU’s “Bida Rin ang Bata” vaccination center in SM City Sucat SM Supermalls has yet again marked a back-to-back milestone in its pursuit to help end COVID-19 in the Philippines: surpassing the five-millionth mark of COVID-19 jabs and the opening...
EDITORIAL With more vaccine jabs administered each day, and all cities in the National Capital Region (NCR) exceeding 70 percent of their target, there still remains a portion of the population who are hesitant to get the vaccine. Their reasons vary with some saying that they would want to wait for...
President Duterte appealed to the public anew to do their part in defeating the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic by getting vaccinated as more vaccines arrive in the country Monday evening, November 8. President Rodrigo Duterte (RTVM Screenshot) Duterte made the statement as he welcomed the arrival...
An infectious disease expert on Monday, Nov. 8, urged all parents to have their children vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) In a Facebook post, Dr. Edsel Salvana wrote this message for parents hesitating to get their kids vaccinated against the...
Presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo on Monday, November 8, thumbed down the proposal of an official from the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) to withhold the cash subsidy of the beneficiaries of the government’s conditional cash transfer or Pantawid Pamilyang...
(ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) Thirty-five percent of adult Filipinos or about 25 million individuals have already received at least one dose of vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19)--with Metro Manila having the highest and the Visayas having the lowest vaccination rates, based on a...
