PFIZER JABS. Personnel from the Department of Health and Bureau of Customs prepare the boxes loaded with 994,500 Pfizer vaccine doses donated by the US government to the Philippines that arrived in Mactan-Cebu International Airport on Wednesday (Oct. 6, 2021). DOH-7 regional director Dr. Jaime Bernadas said the newly arrived vaccine doses will bolster inoculation of senior citizens and the most vulnerable sector in Central Visayas. (Screengrab from Radio Pilipinas Cebu video) CEBU CITY - Almost a million doses of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccine donated by the United States government arrived in Cebu before dawn on Wednesday, the Department of Health (DOH) in Region 7 (Central Visayas) said. In a virtual presser, DOH-7 regional director Dr. Jaime Bernadas said the 994,500 doses of Pfizer vaccine arranged by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) will be used to bolster inoculation of senior citizens and the most vulnerable sector in the region. Bernadas undersco
DUMAGUETE CITY, May 5 (PIA) Another historical marker commemorating the Philippines’ contribution to the first circumnavigation of the world which took place 500 years ago was unveiled yesterday in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental.
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles together with National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) Commissioner Dr. Earl Jude Cleope, Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Usec. Atty. Marvin Gatpayat, Philippine Information Agency (PIA) Director-General Usec. Ramon Cualoping III, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG-7) Regional Director Leocadio Trovela, and Dumaguete City Mayor Felipe Remollo unveiled the Panilongon Historical Marker at Rizal Boulevard.
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles delivers his keynote speech during the unveiling of the Panilongon Historical Marker held May 4, 2021 at Rizal Boulevard, Dumaguete City. (KAT/PIA7-NegOr)