Fully vaccinated individuals in PH breach 60M mark

Feb 8, 2022 | Church, Nation

FILE PHOTO The number of individuals fully vaccinated against Covid-19 in the Philippines has breached 60 million, the Palace reported on Tuesday.In his media briefing, acting Palace spokesman Karlo Nograles said 129,125,464 Covid-19 vaccine doses had been deployed by...

Vaccine certificate issuance expected in August

Jul 14, 2021 | Nation

The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) is set to develop a vaccine certificate system for vaccinated individuals by August, an official said.The vaccine certificate system follows the World Health Organization’s digital certificate...

‘We need 40,000 vaccine doses for 100% immunity in Boracay’ – town mayor

Jul 14, 2021 | Regions

Some 40,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccines were needed to ensure the immunity of tourism workers and residents in Boracay, the town mayor said on Friday.So far 1,122 tourism workers on Boracay Island had received their first doses, said Mayor Frolibar Bautista.“Sa lahat...

‘Grandes males grandes remedios’

Jun 11, 2021 | First things first, Opinion

Five hundred years of Christianity has produced a vibrant Catholic Church in the Philippines, making it (in 2021) the third largest Catholic nation in the world. Yet seventy-five years of self-styled “democracy” has produced (in the same year) a highly erratic...

Close contacts of Pinoy with UK variant of coronavirus now under isolation

Jan 14, 2021 | Top Stories

The Department of Health (DOH) announced that the five close contacts of the 29-year-old Filipino male who tested positive for the new UK variant of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) have been quarantined and are scheduled to be tested.Health Undersecretary...