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MANILA - The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has received from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) the latest master plan for the development of High Standard Highway (HSH) in support of the country's effort to invest in high-quality infrastructure that will improve connectivity and accessibility. DPWH Acting Secretary Roger Mercado, through Senior Undersecretary Rafael Yabut, thanked the Japanese government, represented by Ambassador Koshikawa Kazuhiko and JICA Philippines' Eigo Azukizawa, for supporting the HSH Network Development Master Plan - Phase 2. T...

DON'T BE COMPLACENT. Dr. Marie Jocelyn Te, Medical Officer III at the Department of Health Western Visayas Center for Health Development (DOH WV CHD), said on Thursday (Nov. 4, 2021) the public should not be complacent amid the region's low-risk classification and the declining cases of Covid-19. She said that health guidelines should be followed at all times.(PNA file photo) ILOILO CITY - Residents of Western Visayas are reminded not to be complacent and always observe health protocols as quarantine classifications in Western Visayas are already being relaxed. Dr. Marie Jocelyn Te, Me...

MANILA - The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) will get an additional 200,000 doses of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccine for the full inoculation of its personnel, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said Monday night. "Ngayon po ay bibigyan ang AFP ni (National Task Force against Covid-19 chief implementer and vaccine czar) Secretary (Carlito) Galvez ng 200,000 para tapos na po 'yung pagbabakuna ng AFP kasama na 'yung uniformed personnel, mga dependents, iyong CAFGU (Citizen Armed Forces Geographical Unit) at saka Special CAFGU Active Auxiliary (SCAA). So pag natapos...

(File photo) MANILA - An additional 5,514 contact tracers have been hired to boost the government's efforts to track close contacts of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) patients, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said Monday night. "Nakapagdagdag tayo ng 5,514 contact tracers mula October 3 to 7. Ang kabuuan na po ngayon ng ating contact tracers ay 136,937 (We have hired an additional 5,514 contact tracers from October 3 to 7. We now have 136,937 contact tracers)," Lorenzana told President Rodrigo Duterte during his Talk to the People. Lorenzana, also chairperson of the Nation...

DISINFECTION. Boxes containing 1,813,500 doses of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine are sprayed with disinfectant at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 1 in Paranaque City before dawn Sunday (Oct. 3, 2021). National Airlines Flight N8 523 transported the US-donated jabs. (PNA photo by Robert Oswald P. Alfiler) MANILA - The Philippines received 1,813,500 doses of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine early Sunday, bringing the country's total supplies to 77,410,640 doses. National Airlines Flight N8 523 landed at around 3:30 a.m. at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 1, carrying t...