Hannah Santos
IATF yet to decide on Covid-19 booster shots
The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) has yet to decide on the proposal to give medical front-liners a booster shot for an added protection against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), Malacañang said in a report by Philippine News ...
ARTA defends equal SRA for healthcare workers
Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) Director General Jeremiah Belgica believes that there should be no discrimination in the disbursement of the Special Risk Allowance (SRA) for healthcare workers, according to a report by Philippine News Agency. Belgica said all healthcare workers, whether directl...
House passes anti-child marriage bill
The House of Representatives on Monday approved on final reading a measure seeking to end child marriages in the country, according to a report by Philippine News Agency. With 197 affirmative votes, 0 negative votes, and 2 abstentions, the chamber passed on third and final reading House Bill 9943, ...
Gov't wants payments to Red Cross audited
Insofar as the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) receives government support, Malacañang said Monday that the non-government organization must be audited by state auditors, according to a report by CNN Philippines. “Hindi naman lahat ng pondo ng PRC ay galing sa gobyerno, hindi talaga da...
Mandaluyong administers over 700,000 Covid vaccines
The Mandaluyong City local government announced on Saturday that it has already deployed more than 700,000 vaccines to its residents and non-residents, according to a report by Manila Bulletin. The City Health Office (CHO) reported that the local government unit (LGU) has deployed 719,061 vaccines ...
PNP to intensify campaign against sale of vaccination cards
Philippine National Police (PNP) chief, Gen. Guillermo Eleazar, on Friday ordered the Anti-Cybercrime Group (ACG) to intensify its operations against individuals or groups selling fake entry permits for foreigners and coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccination cards, according to a report ...
San Juan completes aid distribution
The San Juan City local government announced on Wednesday the completion of the distribution of the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) cash assistance or “ayuda” to its residents, according to a report by Manila Bulletin. San Juan, together with other cities in Metro Manila, started th...
Gov't expects 10 million Pfizer vaccine doses until December
The National Task Force (NTF) against Covid-19 will be allocating United States (US)-made Pfizer BioNTech coronavirus jabs to more areas nationwide with an increase of shipments set to arrive until year-end, according to a report by Philippine News Agency. In a statement Thursday, NTF chief im...
26 million Filipinos complete nat’l ID registration
The registration pace of the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) project continues to progress despite quarantine protocols in some areas. The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), the lead implementing agency of the PhilSys, said 26,322,999 Filipinos from the National Capital Region (NCR) ...
DOTr retains public transport capacity under MECQ
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) said there will be no changes in the supply and capacity of public transportation as the National Capital Region (NCR), Laguna, and Bataan were downgraded from enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) to the less restrictive modified enhanced community quarantine (...
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