'BAYANIHAN BAKUNAHAN'. Negros Oriental residents flock to the Lamberto Macias Sports Complex in the capital, Dumaguete City, on Tuesday (Nov. 30, 2021), to receive the Covid-19 vaccine. The province targets to vaccinate 75,000 individuals in the three-day national vaccination campaign. (Photo from the provincial government of Negros Oriental's Facebook page) DUMAGUETE CITY - Close to 50,000 individuals in Negros Oriental received jabs against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) during the first and second days of the nationwide vaccination drive, although a little short of the province's total target. Assistant Provincial Health Officer Dr. Liland Estacion, in a virtual presser Wednesday morning, said they recorded 26,647 vaccinees on November 29, which was over the daily target of 25,000. On the second day, however, the target fell short at 22,620, she added. On Tuesday, Sibulan logged the highest number of vaccinees at 3,217, followed by this capital city with 2,9
(Photo courtesy of Davao Oriental PIO) DAVAO CITY - The provincial government of Davao Oriental is eyeing to inoculate 96,744 individuals in next week's "Bayanihan Bakunahan," a nationwide three-day vaccination drive from November 29 to December 1. In an interview Tuesday, Karen Lou Deloso, the provincial information head, said the inoculation will prioritize adolescents, senior citizens, front-liners, and the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries. "We will also include the indigents because a lot of them are not yet vaccinated," she told the Philippine News Agency (PNA). Based on the latest data, out of the province's total population of 607,851, some 425,494 individuals need to get vaccinated for the province to achieve population protection. As of November 20, about 214,857 individuals have been fully vaccinated in the province. Dr. Reden Bersaldo, provincial health office and concurrent provincial task force on Covid-19 action officer,
Project Balik Buhay chairman Edmun Liu. (PNA file photo) CEBU CITY - More than a million residents in Cebu province have been vaccinated against coronavirus disease (Covid-19), a milestone which an official said would translate to a PHP390-billion full-year boost to the local economy. Visayas Vaccination Operations Center (VVOC) spokesperson, Dr. Mary Jean Loreche, said about 1.128 million individuals in the province have received their first dose while those fully vaccinated have reached a total of 1.001 million as of Monday. A VVOC report said a total of about a million doses of vaccines have been administered in the province. It also said "One Cebu", composed of the towns and component cities of the province and the three highly-urbanized cities, has between 3.5 million and 3.6 million population eligible for vaccination. Edmun Liu, Project Balik Buhay chairman, said the milestone in Cebu's vaccination since the rollout started in March this year would mean a boost to
President Biden met Tuesday with nearly a dozen vulnerable House Democrats as he and party leaders race to adopt his massive economic agenda before month’s end.
a talked to a veteran lawmaker who said they have not seen it as tense and people as biting and angry at one another. this is within their own party, as they have ever seen it. in large part from now it s because a lot of those members whose jobs are on the line, who are so-called front liners who may lose their seats, in any event, are not being kept in the dark because leadership doesn t know what s going on but there isn t a lot of communication. a lot of frustration. ymoderates are doing it too. using michael coleone to say my offer is this, nothing. progressives are saying my offer is this. nothing. we re past nothing if you don t move here. and joe manchin and kyrsten sinema are doing the same thing,