Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello III reiterated on Monday, Aug. 9 that employers can't make vaccination against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) a condition or requirement for work. DOLE Secretary Silvestre Bello III speaks during a virtual press briefing on...
Leaders of the Senate believe that the government has enough funds this year to procure more doses of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines to include those for minors. Sinovac's COVID-19 vaccines (Keith Bacongco/MANILA BULLETIN) Following Health Secretary Francisco Duque's concurrence that...
National Task Force (NTF) Deputy Chief Implementer Vince Dizon said Monday, Aug. 9, the national government is eyeing to vaccinate one million individuals daily as Delta threat looms. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) "That's our target, it's more than the 700,000. Last week, we administered 710,000...
BEIJING, China -- Chinese President Xi Jinping called for the fair and reasonable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines across the globe which is crucial in the fight against the pandemic still raging worldwide. Chinese President Xi Jinping (Xinhua) Xi has been leading China to fulfill its...
The national government received Sunday afternoon, August 8, the third tranche of the Moderna vaccine that it procured through a tripartite agreement with the private sector represented by the International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) and owned by ports mogul Enrique Razon Jr. The...
Vice President Leni Robredo on Sunday, August 8, said that many residents in her home province of Camarines Sur have a preferred COVID-19 vaccine brand. Vice President Leni Robredo (Jansen Romero/Manila Bulletin) During her weekly radio show, “BISErbisyong Leni,” the vice president noted that...
The United States Embassy has omitted from its official press release the name of Senator Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go from among the top Philippine officials who attended the ceremony to welcome the arrival of more than three million doses of US-donated Moderna vaccine in Manila on August 3,...
The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) and Task Force Disiplina on Sunday (August 8) are monitoring the situation at the Araneta Coliseum after people without appointments swarmed the vaccination site. According to a report from DZBB, people flocked to Araneta Coliseum after news circulated online...
The Manila city government will start its 24/7 vaccination on Sunday (August 8) at 7 p.m. until 7 a.m. on Monday (August 9). (Manila Public Information Office photo / MANILA BULLETIN) The city government has allotted 2,000 doses each on the three vaccination sites for the 24/7 vaccination which...
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) lauded the continuous vaccination rollout in the cities of Caloocan, Malabon, Navotas, and Valenzuela--also known as the CAMANAVA area--amid the prevailing enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) status in the National Capital Region (NCR). MMDA...
The Pateros municipal government has reached more than 100 percent of its target population in the first dose COVID-19 vaccination. This was revealed by Pateros Mayor Miguel “Ike” Ponce III during the “Laging Handa” public briefing Saturday. Vaccination in Pateros (Pateros municipal...
Vice President Leni Robredo’s COVID-19 vaccination initiative in Iriga City, Camarines Sur has administered vaccine doses to some 3,676 senior citizens in the city as she pushes to speed up the government’s vaccination program because of the more transmissible Delta variant. Senior citizens...
