BUTUAN CITY – After several years in the communist movement, a New People’s Army commander voluntarily surrendered to the Army’s 16th Infantry (Maglilingkod) Battalion somewhere in Kiabo area, Malitbog, Bukidnon province, the military reported Sunday night. Civil Military Operations (CMO) Officer o
(JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN)
“Xenophobia and racism, not lack of Science, are causing distrust to the vaccine rollout,” Alyansa ng mga Grupong Haligi ng Agham at Teknolohiya Para sa Mamamayan (AGHAM) President Angelo Palmones told the Manila Bulletin Sunday, March 7.
“Unfortunately, even some medical frontliners appear to have similar mindset,” noted the former Congress.
A China-made vaccine, CoronaVac by pharmaceutical firm Sinovac Biotech Ltd., was the first COVID-19 vaccine to reach the Philippines for purposes of mass inoculation. Some 600,000 vials of the jab were donated by the Chinese government to Filipinos late last month.
As per the government’s vaccination plan, medical or healthcare frontline workers are top priority for the vaccines.
Published January 31, 2021, 2:14 PM
ILOILO CITY The Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) has confirmed that the number of
coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases at the police station in northern Iloilo town of Lemery has risen to nine.
“There are eight new cases of COVID-19,” confirmed IPPO Director Colonel Gilbert Gorero.
Gorero told Manila Bulletin Sunday, January 31, the new cases consisted of seven policemen and a non-uniform personnel (NUP).
To recall, Lemery town police chief Captain Edwin Belarmino tested positive for COVID-19 early last week. But Belarmino was not physically in Lemery town since he was in his hometown in Negros Occidental province for vacation and was tested there.
Published January 17, 2021, 2:45 PM
ILOILO CITY A double-digit spike in the number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in recent days has led to the cancellation of activities related to a subdued version of the Dinagyang Festival, which honors the Santo Niño (Holy Child Jesus).
Performers at the opening for what a subdued Dinagyang Festival in Iloilo City. Most activities will be virtual. (Arnold Almacen/CMO)
Mayor Jerry Treñas issued the ban on mass gatherings anew even after the Iloilo City government and the Iloilo Festivals Foundation Inc. (IFFI) kicked off on Friday, January 15, what was supposed to be weeklong activities both online and actual live events.