The Department of Health (DOH) reported on Tuesday that six 6 cases of South African coronavirus variant were detected in the Philippines. “The DOH, the UP-Philippine Genome Center (UP-PGC), and …
The IATF’s new “standardized” travel protocol aimed at making domestic flight requirements consistent is effective this Monday. The change includes removing the COVID-19 test before traveling. Passengers are also not …
Contrary to the government’s promise, more than 525,000 doses of AstraZeneca from the COVAX facility did not arrive in the country this Monday. Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez said “supply problems” …
Some groups of experts are now concerned about the continuing increase in COVID-19 cases in some parts of Metro Manila. These include the OCTA Research Group, which is a group …
Health Secretary Francisco Duque III on Monday appealed to health workers to get vaccinated using CoronaVac, China’s Sinovac vaccine, despite doubts about its quality. The first shipment of such vaccine …
After nearly a year of closure, the National Museum of the Philippines, or the Museo Pambansa in Manila, will open this Tuesday. Included in those that would be reopened is …
Experts of the UP-OCTA Research Group expect that the country’s COVID-19 cases will hit 2,500 a day in the country if the trend continues to increase, which has already started …
Surigao del Norte Representative Robert “Ace” Barbers said Monday that the use of body cameras could have prevented the bloody misencounter between Quezon City cops and the Philippine Drug Enforcement …
Jeremy Lin said he would not identify the person who allegedly called him “coronavirus” on the basketball court. “I know this will disappoint some of you but I’m not naming …
Health Secretary Francisco Duque III administered the first shot of the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine to an official of the Lung Center of the Philippines. Dra. Eileen Aniceto, a pulmonologist and …
Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez said Monday that there is no exact date yet for the arrival of 3.5 million doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines. At a press conference after the …
ABS-CBN Entertainment is the leading YouTube channel in the whole of Southeast Asia after it recorded the most subscribers and the most views on all channels in the region. The …
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) said foreigners with valid visas and whose reentry permits have expired may now re-enter the Philippines upon payment of the required fees at the airport. …
Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. said Monday the government aims to vaccinate at least 1.4 million health workers in one month. “Pipilitin po natin na matapos [ang pagbabakuna sa] lahat …
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Sunday renewed his calls to raise the age of sexual consent in the Philippines amid the increase of teenage pregnancy in the country. Gactchalian reiterated his …
A group of workers has urged President Rodrigo Duterte to bring back the holidays he previously declared as working holidays. Last week, Duterte declared Nov. 2, All Souls’ Day, Dec, …
The director University of the Philippines-Philippine General Hospital (UP-PGH) receives the first official COVID-19 vaccine in the Philippines. Dr. Gerardo Legaspi on Monday was injected with the Chinese vaccine CoronaVac …
Up to 40,000 doses of the Sinovac vaccine are expected to arrive in Boracay, according to acting Malay Mayor Floribar Bautista. According to Bautista, the Aklan Provincial Health Office met …
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) agent who died in a “misencounter” in the parking lot of a fast-food restaurant in Quezon City on Wednesday was given recognition. Rankin Gano …
The scheduled start of the COVID-19 vaccination on Monday morning at the Lung Center of the Philippines in Quezon City is set. The Lung Center is one of the referral …
The local government of Taytay, Rizal is now investigating its distribution of allegedly expired juice, which is considered to be the possible cause of food poisoning of at least 12 …
Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. announced that over 500,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines were supposed to arrive on March 1 but it would be delayed. This is the second vaccine …
The start of vaccination of health care workers at COVID-19 referral hospitals in Metro Manila begins Monday. The ceremonial vaccination will be held on Monday at the Philippine General Hospital …
The first batch of COVID-19 vaccines in the Philippines, CoronaVac from the Chinese company Sinovac, arrived this Sunday. At around 4:10 pm, a Chinese military cargo plane landed at Villamor …
The National Immunization Technical Advisory Group (NITAG) and the Health Technology Assessment Council, an independent advisory body in the Department of Health, have agreed that the Sinovac vaccine could be …
Preparations are underway for the arrival of the Sinovac vaccine in the Philippines this Sunday, where President Rodrigo Duterte himself will attend. This Friday, the simulation of the Philippine Air …