Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Saturday expressed support for the establishment of a vaccine institute that would enable the country to manufacture or even develop vaccines against future pandemics.
“Suportado ko po ang kagustuhan ni Pangulong Duterte na magkaroon tayo ng vaccine institute sa Pilipinas …
Read MoreThe overall recoveries among Filipinos with coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) reached 604,905 or 77.2 percent of the total confirmed cases after 599 new survivors were recorded on Saturday.
A total of 12,576 new infections were also logged by the Department of Health (DOH), jacking up …
Read MoreThe Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Saturday tallied 10,060 recoveries among overseas Filipinos infected with the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) after 323 new survivors were recorded this week.
In its latest bulletin, the DFA said active cases are at 5,296 while the death toll …
Read MoreThe Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), together with its attached agencies, said it is one with the Christian community in observing the Lenten season amid the pandemic.
“There is no greater love than the sacrifice of Jesus Christ for all of humanity …
Read MoreThe Department of Health (DOH) is eyeing the expansion of the ONE Hospital Command Center to ONE COVID Referral Network in order to cater to more patients nationwide.
DOH Secretary Francisco Duque III on Friday said the upgrade will integrate the healthcare system – from …
Read MoreThe average new daily Covid-19 infections in NCR Plus dropped following the implementation of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ), OCTA Research said on Friday.
OCTA Research, a group of independent researchers from the University of the Philippines, noted that the average number of daily Covid-19 …
Read MoreAuthorities are hot on the trail of the alleged killer of John Michael Decano, a massage therapist and beautician who was killed more than a year ago and erroneously referred to as a broadcaster.
Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS), through its Executive Director, …
Read MoreZAMBOANGA CITY--Police killed an alleged crime group member in a shootout Saturday afternoon was killed in Zamboanga Sibugay province, a police official said.
Col. Albert Larubis, Zamboanga Sibugay police director, said Jay-ar Nalica Rufin, a member of a local crime group headed by a certain …
Read MoreBUTUAN CITY – The city government here said at least 1,009 Barangay Health Workers and members of Barangay Health Emergency Response Teams (BHERTS) have received their first shots of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccines.
In a press statement Saturday, the city government said the vaccination …
Read MoreMANILA – Some 10,189 healthcare workers (HCWs) in Pasig City have been vaccinated against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) as of Friday.
In a Facebook post, the city government said HCWs from various hospitals, Covid-19 referral centers, Centralized Quarantine Facility, and village health centers received …
Read MoreZAMBOANGA CITY – The l government is looking into subsidizing the Zamboanga City Water District (ZCWD) to cushion the impact of an impending water rate hike on the residents.
Mayor Maria Isabelle Climaco-Salazar said Saturday she has directed the creation of a technical working group …
Read MoreMANILA – The Pasay City General Hospital (PCGH) has announced that it would temporarily suspend admissions of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) patients to its emergency room (ER), intensive care unit (ICU), and Covid-19 ward as the beds dedicated to them are fully occupied.
In a …
Read MoreMANILA – Almost all Filipinos are aware of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccines developed in select countries, particularly those coming from China and the United States (US), according to the latest survey released by the private polling firm Pulse Asia.
The Pulse Asia’s Feb. …
Read MoreThe second batch of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccines arrived in this southern port city Wednesday.
Dr. Joshua Brillantes, DOH-9 director, said the shipment consisted of 11,000 vials –10,000 Sinovac and 1,000 Astrazeneca vaccines.
A vial of Sinovac is equivalent to one dose while a …
Read MoreThe local government of Hinatuan in Surigao del Sur reported zero cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases recorded in the town since Tuesday (March 9).
“Back to zero. At this point, the Municipality of Hinatuan has zero Covid-19 positive cases,” the local government said …
Read MoreThe Quezon City government has recorded 18 coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases of different variants that may have been contributing to the increasing number of new infections in the city.
In a press conference on Monday, QC Mayor Joy Belmonte said latest data from the Department …
Read MoreFour provincial government-run hospitals in Negros Occidental are gearing up for the vaccination program against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) with the deployment of Sinovac’s CoronaVac vaccines this week.
On Wednesday, a total of 1,600 doses of CoronaVac arrived for storage at the Provincial Health …
Read MoreThe city government will start the vaccination of health care workers in eight private hospitals here Thursday.
In an interview on Tuesday, Mayor Marc Brian Lim said the City Health Office would vaccinate health workers in seven hospitals, while one hospital opted to administer the …
Read MoreChief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo on Wednesday advised his fellow Filipinos to keep themselves “busy and productive” to avoid emotional and mental health problems amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic.
Panelo gave the advice after results of the Tugon ng Masa survey conducted …
Read MoreThe inoculation of medical front-liners in this province that began Monday has been running smoothly and no vaccinee has experienced any adverse effects.
Dr. Roberto Luneta, chief of professional staff at the government-run Bataan General Hospital and Medical Center (BGHMC) here, said Wednesday health workers …
Read MoreThe provincial government here on Wednesday reiterated its call for the public to observe health protocols to prevent the surge of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases.
In a memorandum dated March 10, Iloilo Governor Arthur Defensor Jr. enjoined the Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO), …
Read MoreThe Department of Agrarian Reform Negros Occidental-I awarded and distributed certificates of land ownership award (CLOAs) to 2,022 agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) in the northern part of the province during the calendar year 2020.
The recipients received registered land titles for a total of 1,843.89 …
Read MorePhilippine Red Cross (PRC) chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) Richard Gordon, along with government officials and health experts, reminded the public to exercise “extraordinary diligence” in getting tested for Covid-19.
Gordon made the advice after Dr. Michael Tee from the University of the Philippines-Manila …
Read MoreThe Bureau of Customs at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (BOC-NAIA) processed the clearance of the second tranche of AstraZeneca vaccines with 38,400 vials donated by the COVAX Facility on Sunday night aboard a Royal Dutch KLM airlines from Amsterdam.
Similar to the first tranche …
Read MoreSingapore, 2 March 2021-– Despite the challenges posed by the Covid-19 outbreak, year 2020 proved to be a productive year for the Philippine Embassy in Singapore.
This was the message of Philippine Ambassador to Singapore, Joseph del Mar Yap, in his report to the leaders …
Read MoreThe government will procure 1 million doses of CoronaVac, produced by China’s Sinovac Biotech pharmaceutical company, this March, National Task Force (NTF) Against Covid-19 chief implementer Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. said Monday.
Galvez, who is also the country's vaccine czar, said there is an "acute …
Read MoreFilipino pharmaceutical firm Glovax Biotech has partnered with a Korean vaccine manufacturer to produce the EuCorVac-19 in the Philippines, should the government purchase 40 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine.
In a statement, Glovax said it is in talks with the Department of Trade and …
Read MoreDepartment of Health (DOH) Secretary Francisco Duque III on Monday administered the CoronaVac vaccine to a physician of the Lung Center of the Philippines (LCP) in Quezon City.
Pulmonologist Dr. Eileen Aniceto, head of the hospital's emergency room, was among the 20 medical workers that …
Read MoreThe Philippines kicked off its Covid-19 vaccination campaign on Monday morning, with shots to be administered to some frontline healthcare workers at the University of the Philippines-Philippine General Hospital (UP-PGH) and top government officials, an effort meant to boost public confidence in vaccination.
The first …
Read MoreManila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso is encouraging medical front-liners to avail themselves of the opportunity to have themselves vaccinated against the dreaded coronavirus disease (Covid-19) now that the Sinovac jabs are in the country.
“Sa mga hindi pa desidido na medical front-liners, paalala ko …
Read MoreTrade Secretary Ramon Lopez said the country will not be stagnant in the current economic situation even if President Rodrigo Duterte expects the way of living before the pandemic will be back by 2023.
Lopez said as Filipinos learn how to deal with the virus, …
Read MoreDue to high global demand, National Task Force Against Covid-19 chief implementer Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. on Monday said 170,000 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines from the COVAX facility may finally arrive in the country by the second quarter of this year.
The initial batch was …
Read MoreThe top official of state hospital Veterans Memorial Medical Center (VMMC) in Quezon City urged the public to heed the government's call to trust vaccine experts.
Dr. Dominador Chiong Jr. said hesitations must be cast aside because it is more important to lessen the chances …
Read MoreThe Universal Health Care (UHC) law never intended to give the Health Technology Assessment Council (HTAC) advisory board the same function as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the Philippines, Malacañang said Monday.
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made this remark after Vice President Leni …
Read MoreThe provincial government here has allocated some PHP130 million as standby fund for the purchase of vaccines against coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).
In an interview on Monday, Governor Daniel Fernando said the provincial government has decided to prepare the standby fund to ensure that the …
Read MoreVaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. assured on Monday that frontline healthcare workers across the country will have equitable access to the China-donated Sinovac’s CoronaVac vaccines with the expected transport of vaccine doses to Cebu and Davao this week.
“Pagkakaalam ko (What I know is) this …
Read MoreChinese state-owned pharmaceutical company Sinopharm has filed an application for emergency use authorization (EUA) for its Covid-19 vaccines before the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the Philippines.
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said the EUA means the approval of Sinopharm vaccines can be issued in …
Read MoreDespite doubts on the legitimacy of the first batch of Covid-19 vaccines in the country, medical front-liners welcomed the government's initiative as they are eager to gain protection from the virus.
"I am setting myself as an example as a department manager for the Covid …
Read MoreAround 200 medical personnel, including three ranking officials of the Philippine National Police (PNP) took their first dose of China-donated CoronaVac vaccines on Monday at Camp Crame.
Brig. Gen. Luisito Magnaye, PNP director of health service; Lt. Col. Cleto Manongas, PNP General Hospital (PNPGH) chief, …
Read MoreThe Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) in Region 12 (Soccsksargen) has launched an investigation into the alleged fraudulent practices of several hospitals in the area involving benefit claims for the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).
Dr. Hector Zenon Leonardo Malate, acting regional vice president of PhilHealth-12, …
Read MoreThe Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) ended Monday higher while the peso finished unchanged against the US dollar partly on optimism on the start of the government vaccination program against coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).
The main equities gauge rose by 1.15 percent, or 78.11 points, …
Read MoreThe national vaccination program that kickstarted simultaneously in different hospitals and facilities on Monday is a "firm testament" of the government's commitment to protecting Filipinos, according to Armed Forces of the Philippines chief-of-staff Lt. Gen. Cirilito Sobejana.
Sobejana witnessed the start of the immunization campaign …
Read MoreThe country sustained its 52.5 manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI) for February 2021, the IHS Markit reported Monday.
IHS Markit said the country’s manufacturing score last month signaled a solid operating condition as growth rate matched January 2021 level.
The solid manufacturing condition last month …
Read MoreMedical front-liners, about 200 of them, will be first in line when Manila starts its vaccine rollout on Tuesday.
The national government delivered about 3,000 doses, good for two doses for 1,500 individuals, of Sinovac vaccines to the city’s Covid-19 Vaccine Storage Facility at the …
Read MoreMANILA – A total of 9,379 overseas Filipinos have so far recovered from the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), including the additional 78 reported this week, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Saturday.
In its latest bulletin, the total confirmed cases since March 2020 are …
Read MoreMANILA – The 600,000 doses of Sinovac-made vaccines finally arrived in Manila on Sunday as part of China's commitment to supporting the Philippines' vaccination rollout.
The Chinese military plane carrying the donated vials called CoronaVac landed at the Villamor Airbase in Pasay City past 4 …
Read MoreMANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte said he intends to visit China before the end of the year to personally thank Chinese President Xi Jinping for the initial 600,000 doses of “CoronaVac” Covid-19 vaccines they donated to the Philippines on Sunday.
Addressing Chinese Ambassador to Manila …
Read MoreCITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga – Archbishop Florentino Lavarias, head of the Archdiocese of San Fernando, Pampanga, was tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) on Sunday.
A circular letter issued by Pampanga Archdiocese Vicar General Rev. Fr. Francis Dizon and Chancellor Fr. Danny Nacpil …
Read MoreMANILA – Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Sunday said he will get vaccinated at the same as President Rodrigo Duterte.
While Duterte will have to listen to the advice of his physician as to which vaccine brand to get, Go said all he has to …
Read MoreCEBU CITY -- The Office of the Presidential Assistant for the Visayas (OPAV) has enjoined social media influencers to join the government’s massive campaign to increase the Covid-19 vaccination confidence among Filipinos.
During his online show “Sikwatea,” OPAV Assistant Secretary Anthony Gerard ‘Jonji’ Gonzales underscored …
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