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SunStar (Contributed/NTF) March 08, 2021 A SECOND shipment of AstraZeneca vaccines arrived Sunday, March 7, 2021, completing the first tranche of donations from the Covax facility. Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., chief implementer of the National Task Force Against Covid-19 and vaccine czar, received the shipment with 38,400 additional doses of the AZ vaccine. These were transported by KLM Asia three days after the first shipment with 487,200 doses arrived. A total of 525,600 doses o...

SunStar Medical workers 60 and above will be first to receive AZ vaccine. (File photo) + March 08, 2021 MEDICAL workers who are senior citizens will be first in line to be injected with the 20,000 doses of the AstraZeneca (AZ) vaccine against coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) allotted for Central Visayas. According to Dr. Mary Jean Loreche, Department of Health (DOH) 7 spokesperson, after the “senior” medical workers are vaccinated, what’s left of the vaccines will be distr...

The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) urged local officials to strictly enforce the quarantine restrictions amid the rising cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the past days.

Local governments have to enhance their ordinances so the public will still observe health protocols to prevent the spread of COVID-19 as the country will soon mark the first year of restrictions due to the pandemic, the Department of the Interior and Local Government said on Sunday.

The House of Representatives joined Filipinos in mourning the demise of noted constitutionalist and eminent educator Fr. Joaquin G. Bernas. Marinduque lone district Rep. Lord Allan Velasco (HOR / MANILA BULLETIN) In a statement, Speaker Lord Allan Velasco described Bernas as a “recognized aut

SunStar + March 05, 2021 FINALLY, it has begun. After several weeks of hope and anticipation, the much-touted Covid-19 vaccines to shield humanity against the worldwide pandemic are slowly trickling in and reaching the shores of our country. Just this Thursday here in the city the Department of Health/Center for Health Development-Cordillera Administrative Region received its share of 7,800 doses of the Sinovac Covid-19 vaccines to be distributed to the various hospital facilities ...

The government is allocating the biggest portion in the supply of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines to the National Capital Region (NCR),which is considered as the epicenter of the pandemic in the country.

Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) In a joint congressional hearing on reported illegal STL operations in various parts of the country, Garma showed softening in her defense of STL operations, particularly that of the Sahara Games that has been the object of numerous complaints from political leaders in Isabela. Apparently vowing to pressure from lawmakers, Garma  said complaints against Sahara Games will be investigated, saying that PCSO’s recommendat...

Published February 26, 2021, 9:59 AM More than 8,000 planting materials of a coconut hybrid have been harvested from sites in Quezon province under the  coconut hybridization project funded by Department of  Science and Technology-Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development (DOST-PCAARRD) . (https://www.da.gov.ph / FILE PHOTO) The DOST-PCAARRD said the project dubbed “Performance Evaluation of the 2-pronged Coconut Hybridization Scheme in  CAL...

A Philippine City’s ‘Green Program’ Requires Marriage License Applicants to Plant Trees As part of an initiative to promote greener public spaces, a city in the Philippines now requires couples applying for a marriage license to plant five trees each. Participants are already celebrating the “green legacy” of the program. The City of Borongan in the province of Eastern Samar, Philippines, took to Facebook in December 2020 to announce the new environmentally-friendly stepping stone fo...