MANILA – The Department of Health (DOH) has detected 613 new cases of the highly-transmissible Omicron subvariants. In its latest Covid-19 biosurveillance report, the agency noted that there were 694 samples sequenced by the University of the Philippines-Philippine Genome Center on Jan. 28. Out of the total samples, 252 or 36.31 percent were classified as […]
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Promote vax drive on assembly days-DILG
MANILA – The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Thursday urged officials of the country’s 42,046 barangays to take advantage of the barangay assembly days set for this month to encourage their constituents to get vaccinated against coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). “We call on the Punong Barangays (PBs) and other officials to fulfill […]
Public urged to await FDA move on application for Ivermectin use
MANILA – Malacañang on Monday urged the public to wait for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to act on an application for the use of Ivermectin as a potential anti-Covid medication. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque made this statement after rejecting rumors that President Rodrigo Duterte had ordered the Department of Health (DOH) to authorize the […]
Davao isolation facility worker electrocuted, another wounded
DAVAO CITY — A utility worker in one of city’s Covid-19 isolation facility was killed while another one was wounded after they accidentally hit a live wire while fixing a tent after the heavy downpour on Tuesday March 16, at around 2:49 in the afternoon. Police identified the victim as Edgardo Lacabo, 31, a resident […]
Curfew, liquor ban in Davao City extended until January 31
DAVAO CITY – The implementation of the ‘9 p.m. to 4 a.m. curfew’ and the 24-hour liquor ban here has been extended until Jan. 31, 2021 because of the persistent threat of the coronavirus disease or COVID-19. On Dec. 28, Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio issued Executive Order No. 71, titled ‘An Order Extending the Effectivity of […]
Chased by Covid, a Family encounter
Davao City — She was out for work on October 6 and after 10 hours, she started to cough and experience loose bowel movement though sporadic. On the 14th day she was diagnosed with dengue, the following day, she was diagnosed with amoebiasis, but on the 17th day, it was almost fatal, which prompted her to get on […]
LGU in Lanao del Norte prepares coronavirus isolation facility
ILIGAN CITY (10 April 2020) — The local government unit of Kauswagan, Lanao del Norte is preparing for the worst-case scenario as may be caused by the local transmission of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the country in light of the potential extension of the enhanced community quarantine measures in the province. Municipal Mayor Rommel […]
LGU launches organic ‘mobile palengke’
KAUSWAGAN, LANAO DEL NORTE (1 Apr 2020) – Through its ongoing “Arms to Farms Program,” the local government unit here through its Municipal Agriculture Office launched the “organic mobile palengke” in response to restrictions on citizen movement under the enhanced community quarantine measures in Lanao del Norte. The primary goal of the program is to […]
Pinoy ICU nurse in New York self-isolates, lives in car
At the end of a very long work shift, Filipino nurse, Jiggz Tabuclin, who works in the intensive care unit (ICU) of a Queen’s hospital in New York City prepares a makeshift bed in his minivan out of a sleeping bag and a comforter. He parks his car outside his home. Jiggz is one of […]
Positivity through colorful hazmat suits
ILOILO — Colorful hazmats make the situation lighter in some hospitals in Western Visayas amid the scare and crisis brought by the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic. Adrian Pe, nurse and fashion designer, said he and co-nurses have come up with 30 improvised hazmats that come in violet, yellow green, yellow, and red colors since […]
Defiance in time of crisis
While national and local governments impose community quarantine measures to prevent massive spread of coronavirus in the country, laborers and ordinary citizens who literally find money and food on the streets struggle to survive.
Zubiri tested positive for Covid-19
“To my dear fellow Filipinos, my Kababayans. It is with sadness that I announce that I am positive for Covid-19,” Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri announced on Monday, March 16, 2020, that he tested positive of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) amid the increasing number of Covid-19 infected patients and fatalities. The senator […]