Quake drills ensure vigilance even during pandemic
The holding of this year’s first-quarter online quake drill ensures preparedness during a disaster, even with the ongoing pandemic.
The holding of this year’s first-quarter online quake drill ensures preparedness during a disaster, even with the ongoing pandemic.
The vaccine rollout should not be a reason to be complacent and the public must still adhere to minimum health standards, testing czar Secretary Vince Dizon said on Sunday.
At least 100 more front-liners of the Philippine National Police (PNP) have been inoculated with the Sinovac Biotech’s CoronaVac vaccine, PNP deputy chief for administration Lt. Gen. Guillermo Eleazar said on Sunday.
MANILA – The Philippines received another 38,400 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines on Sunday night. The delivery from Amsterdam via a KLM Asia flight arrived around 7 p.m. National Task Force Against Covid-19 chief implementer Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. said the deliveries completed the expected 525,600 doses secured by the national government that is part of … Read More
Moderna, Inc. announced on Sunday it has signed a supply agreement with the Philippines for 13 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine that will arrive by the third quarter of this year.
MANILA – Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso is alarmed as the city’s new coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases are increasing daily. “This is an alarming situation,” Domagoso said during a Covid-19 update over his Facebook page on Thursday, then reminded his constituents that the danger of contracting the virus is still highly possible. He said the … Read More
MANILA – Joint police operatives have arrested two illegal drug traders and seized around PHP16 million worth of illegal drugs during a drug buy-bust operation in Isabela on Saturday evening. Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Debold M. Sinas identified the suspects Anwar Sindatoc, 54, resident of Las Piñas City and Elson Cabunyag, 43, resident of … Read More
Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello III on Saturday announced that they will issue an advisory on the issue of vaccination in workplaces early next week.
MANILA – Filipinos overseas who have recovered from Covid-19 have reached 9,526, with the addition of 147 survivors this week, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) reported on Saturday. In the latest DFA bulletin, there were still 4,520 total active cases from 15,079 infections and 1,033 Covid-related deaths. From February 28 to March 6, DFA logged … Read More
MANILA – President Rodrigo R. Duterte on Friday assured the public that he would dedicate his remaining months in office to eradicate illegal drugs and corruption in the government. In a speech delivered at the University of Science and Technology of Southern Philippines in Cagayan de Oro City, Misamis Oriental, Duterte noted that while his government … Read More
The government has assured that the priority framework of the vaccination rollout of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) jabs will be strictly followed.
The initial batch of Moderna vaccines against coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) is expected to arrive in the Philippines by May or June 2021, Philippine Ambassador to the US Jose Romualdez said Friday.
The Philippines is scheduled to receive the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccines from United Kingdom’s (UK) AstraZeneca on Thursday, Malacañang announced on Wednesday.
A leader of the House of Representatives on Wednesday urged the Department of Health (DOH) to boost its information dissemination campaign on the national vaccination program to increase public confidence in the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine.
A Nigerian-led online scam network was busted with the arrest of its three members by the Philippine National Police (PNP) during operations in Las Piñas City on Tuesday.
Malacañang on Wednesday assured that there would be a continuous arrival of more Sinovac-made Covid-19 vaccine doses this month.