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The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) responded anew to the demands of the times with the completion and turn-over of new hospital facilities in Quezon City and Mandaluyong City. DPWH Secretary Roger Mercado, citing a report from Undersecretary Emil Sadain, said that a combined total of 178 beds were added to available healthcare […]
Unvaccinated individuals have found an ally in Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte over a proposal to restrict them from entering the city and availing of some government services. Earlier, Duterte announced that she was not keen on imposing restrictions for unvaccinated people in Davao City similar to those now being implemented in Metro Manila following […]
A lawmaker is urging the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) to roll out a new round of vaccination drive to protect Filipinos against COVID-19 and the highly transmissible Omicron variant of the virus. Cavite Representative Elpidio Barzaga Jr. said the government’s pandemic response task force should consider giving additional […]
Vaccines do work, regardless of brand, and being vaccinated will help protect against severe forms of COVID-19, whatever variant it is. This was the message stressed by Acting Presidential Spokesperson and Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles in a press briefing on January 11, 2022, amid reports of increasing Omicron detection and rising COVID-19 cases in the […]
Quezon City District 2 Councilor Winnie Castelo is urging the city government to allocate P1 billion as additional “ayuda” or financial aid for the city’s poor families. Castelo said COVID-19 cases have shot up more than 100 times from about 300 before the Christmas holidays to 33,169 on Monday due to the spread of the […]
With the country tallying a record-high 33,169 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, Quezon City District 1 (QCD1) congressional candidate Arjo Atayde on Tuesday urged his supporters to focus on providing assistance for QCD1 households in lieu of holding meetings and activities meant to rally support for his campaign. “As of January 9, there are already […]
Metro Manila mayors have unanimously agreed to keep the region under COVID-19 Alert Level 3 amid the uptick in virus infection cases. In a press briefing, Metropolitan Manila Development Authority and concurrent Metro Manila Council Chairman Benhur Abalos noted that the healthcare utilization rate (HCUR) in the metropolis between January 8 and January 9 only […]
At least P122 million were spent in the coronavirus diseases 2019 (COVID-19) response in 2021 in the province of Camiguin.During the State of the Province Address, Governor Jurdin Jesus Romualdo said the amount was pooled through the combined efforts of the provincial government and the Office of Camiguin Representative Xavier Jesus Romualdo. “Our pandemic response […]
There will no longer be hard lockdowns amid the spike in cases of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), made worse by the more transmissible Omicron variant. The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) said they were assured by Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) officials that the government will not implement massive lockdowns anymore. […]
Senator Kiko Pangilinan reiterated his earlier call to have a free mass testing in the wake of the ongoing upsurge of COVID-19 cases in the country. Pangilinan believes that the spike can be a result of the national government’s decision to loosen restrictions in the past months, which resulted in increased mobility of people. “To […]