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PBA PARTY-LIST BATS FOR VAXXING OF STUDE ATHLETES

“Revive sports. Inoculate student-athletes.” The Puwersa ng Bayaning Atleta (PBA) Party-list is calling for the inclusion of student-athletes in the government’s list of priority groups for vaccination against COVID-19. The government previously approved the vaccination of all national athletes if they would be joining this year’s Southeast Asian (SEA) Games and the Tokyo Olympics, with […]

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ABANTE : GIVE FRONTLINERS, SENIORS BOOSTER SHOTS

With government storage facilities now full of vaccines, Deputy Speaker Benny Abante Jr. is urging the The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) to direct local government units (LGUs) to begin administering COVID-19 vaccine booster shots to medical frontliners and senior citizens if demand for vaccines has slowed down. According […]

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COVID-19 VAX IS MOST IMPORTANT ‘AYUDA’ ––ATAYDE

With the country receiving millions of vaccines in the first part of October, Quezon City First District (QCD1) congressional candidate Arjo Atayde on Wednesday urged QCD1 residents to get vaccinated and pledged to work with community leaders and the QC local government to find ways to make the COVID-19 vaccine more accessible in QCD1. According to Atayde, […]

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COVID NOT COLORS SHOULD BE 2022 FOCUS – PANGILINAN

Solutions to address the hunger and joblessness brought by the pandemic should be the focus in the upcoming elections and not political colors, Senator Kiko Pangilinan said. “Our problem is not colors; our problem is COVID…Unless we contain COVID and manage it with interventions, everything else will remain stagnant,” Pangilinan said in response to a […]

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12 A.M. TO 4 A.M. NCR CURFEW STARTS OCT. 13 – MMC

The Metro Manila Council (MMC) shall impose shortened curfew hours from 12 midnight to 4 a.m. starting October 13, at the National Capital Region (NCR), as the region perceives a downtrend in its COVID-19 active cases. The Department of Health (DOH) reported that there is a general decrease in COVID-19 active cases in the NCR […]

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NABUNTURAN CLOSES CEMETERIES ON ‘UNDAS’ – AMATONG

Nabunturan town in Davao de Oro ordered the closure of all public and private cemeteries and memorial parks for visitors from October 29 to November 4. Mayor Chelita Amatong signed Executive Order (EO) No. 49, saying residents should follow the schedule of visitation, the use of the StaySafe App, and the Undas Pass in visiting […]

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NEA: 313 EMPLOYEES FULLY VAXXED VS COVID-19

More than 300 employees and other building occupants of the National Electrification Administration (NEA) have been fully vaccinated against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Data as of October 1, 2021, showed that a total of 352, or 86.7 percent out of the 406 personnel and other occupants of the NEA building in Quezon City were already […]

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CREATE REGULAR JOBS UNDER NERS – VILLANUEVA

Senator Joel Villanueva highlighted the importance of creating regular, sustainable jobs under the government’s National Employment Recovery Strategy (NERS), saying that data presented by the labor department recently only scratched the surface of the massive unemployment triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic. While 780,119 jobs were created from the NERS Action Agenda as reported by the […]

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CEBU CITY LAUNCHES COVID-19 VAX PORTAL FOR KIDS

The city government of Cebu launched the special online registration portal for children and adolescents aged 12 to 17 who are eligible for COVID-19 vaccination. The effort was in line with the national government’s program to inoculate the youth sector in preparation for the possible holding of limited face-to-face classes in schools. Acting Mayor Michael […]

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100% VAXXING OF CENTRAL LUZON TOURISM WORKERS EYED

The Department of Tourism (DOT) continues its vaccination drive in the country’s gastronomic epicenter helping the tourism workers under the A1 health priority group from Central Luzon achieve a 100% inoculation rate. Tourism Secretary Berna Romulo-Puyat recently returned to Pampanga to oversee the vaccination of some 518 tourism workers employed in accommodation establishments used as […]