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Pediatric vaccinationat the Moises Salvador Elementary School in Sampaloc, Manila on Thursday (Nov. 4, 2021). (PNA file photo) MANILA- The country's vaccination program continues to accelerate with over 29.2 million Filipinos fully protected against coronavirus disease (Covid-19), as of Saturday. The latest data from the National Covid-19 vaccination dashboard showed a total of 63,412,955 doses of Covid-19 vaccines have been administered nationwide. Of the total jabs, 34,202,563 were given as first doses and 29,210,392 were second doses. In the past seven days, the country's average da...

LIVELIHOOD AID. Two members of a farmers association arrange the broiler chicks at a poultry farm in Zamboanga del Norte. The Department of Agriculture, through the Special Area for Agricultural Development project, released on Thursday (Oct. 21, 2021) some PHP1.6 million in livelihood assistance to three associations of farmers in Zamboanga del Norte province. (Photo courtesy of DA-9) ZAMBOANGA CITY - The Department of Agriculture (DA), through the Special Area for Agricultural Development (SAAD) program, has released Thursday some PHP1.6 million worth of livelihood assistance to three farmer...

MANILA - The incentives granted by the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) to entice international productions resulted in PHP1.089 billion spent here last year. FDCP Chairperson Liza Dino-Esguerra told a Senate Committee on Finance budget hearing on Friday the foreign productions also generated jobs for 717 Filipino film workers during the pandemic. "What's good about these grants is there are exponential contributions to the economy, with a total of PHP1.089 billion production spent in the Philippines with the PHP125.9 million grants we awarded," Esguerra said. &...

GENERAL SANTOS CITY -Admission in hospitals catering to coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) patients in Region 12 (Soccsksargen) have eased in the last two weeks as the number of new infections in the area continues to decrease. A report from the Department of Health-Region 12's (DOH-12) epidemiology and surveillance unit (RESU) said the occupancy rate for Covid-19 as of Wednesday is down to the warning level after reaching the danger zone in the past weeks. It said some 774 or about 40 percent of the total 1,837 hospital beds in the region that are dedicated to Covid-19 cases are currentl...

Dr. Dyan Zubelle Parayao, head of the Department of Health-Region 12 epidemiology and surveillance unit (PNA GenSan photo) GENERAL SANTOS CITY - Health authorities in Region 12 (Soccsksargen) have alerted residents over the increasing locally transmitted cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) "variants of concern," which already reached 150 as of Tuesday. Dr. Dyan Zubelle Parayao, head of the Department of Health (DOH)-Region 12 epidemiology and surveillance unit, said at least six types of Covid-19 variants have so far been detected in the region and likely triggered the recen...