DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 3 January) – Social media posts regarding an “international health concern” caused by an alleged outbreak of illnesses with flu-like symptoms in China are not reliable, the Department of Health (DOH) said Friday. The DOH issued
ome Davao City residents are seen wearing face masks in public places and public transportation on Wednesday (13 December 2023). According to some residents, they are still wearing face masks as flu is prevalent this December. The Department of Health has recorded an increase of COVID-19 cases recently. MindaNews photo
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 10 October) – A measure that seeks to repeal the ordinance requiring the mandatory wearing of face masks in public places here due to the COVID-19 pandemic was approved on second reading on Tuesday. The proposal
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews / 06 October) – A message circulating online that a hospital is currently on lockdown because of a patient with Covid-19 is not true, the Department of Health said. In an advisory dated Oct. 5 and posted
As the public health emergency on COVID-19 has yet to be lifted, some people still remain cautious, wearing facemasks in public places such as in this photo taken along JP Laurel Avenue in Davao City on Monday, 17 July 2023. MindaNews Photo
SURIGAO CITY (MindaNews / 10 April) – As the cliché goes, “everything happens for a reason.” I am sure many people have lost count of the times they have blurted out this phrase. In my youthful existence so far, I
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 27 April)— The number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Davao City is still increasing with a daily positivity rate ranging from 6 to 11 percent, a City Health Official (CHO) said on Thursday. Dr. Marjorie
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 12 April)—The Department of Health (DOH)-Davao reported on Wednesday that there is a “slight increase” in the number of confirmed coronavirus disease (COVD-19) cases in the region with a positivity rate of 12.2 percent. Dr. Rachel
JOLO, Sulu (MindaNews / 28 March) — Due to its physical topography as archipelagic and its geographical location as having dispersed island municipalities, much of Sulu has never been accessed and is virtually unknown, therefore remaining to be boggling the imagination
JOLO, Sulu (MindaNews / 28 March) — The road to new normal Sulu is paved with ringing laughter and banter of giggly pre-teen boys in bright colored oversized jerseys of vermillion yellow and turquoise blue on whose breasts are announced
KALANGANAN 1, Cotabato City (MindaNews / 27 March) — Midwife Bai Salma Mohammad says she went through hell to convince residents in her village to be vaccinated against COVID-19. But dedication to her work pushed her to fulfill her mission in Barangay
CAGAYAN DE ORO (MindaNews / 05 March) — The City Council Committee on Social Services is set to give a copy to the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) of a sub-committee report containing corruption allegations on the distribution
LANTAPAN, Bukidnon (MindaNews / 18 February) – By all indications, life has returned to its normal grind in this vegetable-producing town after two years of COVID-19 lockdowns that crippled economic and other human activities. In fact, most of the residents
IPIL, Zamboanga Sibugay (MindaNews / 29 January) – Located in a mountainous border area, Domandan is the farthest barangay in the municipality of Ipil, the last mile that health workers of this town would need to go to deliver the
DATU HOFFER AMPATUAN, Maguindanao del Sur (MindaNews / 22 January) – “May COVID pa po ba, Doc (Is COVID-19 still around, Doctor)?” Dr. Bidasari Sulaik recalls having been asked this question by residents in this sixth class municipality. With the lifting
Some commuters ride a jeepney sans their face masks in downtown Davao City on Wednesday (11 January 2023). The city government is still requiring commuters of public transport to wear face masks. MindaNews Photo
Dr. Nilfe Verzon (right), Municipal Health Officer of Ipil in Zamboanga Sibugay, presents to Mayor Anamel Olegario on Tuesday (10 January 2023) the Heroes for Health award that the municipality received from the Department of Health. The award recognizes the
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews / January 6) — For the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic struck almost three years ago, the replica of the Black Nazarene will be brought out in a procession from the Metropolitan Cathedral in
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 29 December) – A total of 8,175 workers were retrenched in Davao Region this year, lower by 31.1% compared with 11,871 reported in 2021, according to the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA)-Davao. During the “One Davao:
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 22 October) — The city government of Davao will strictly enforce the mandatory wearing of facemasks in cemeteries as authorities expect an influx of visitors on All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day on November 1 and
TALAKAG, Bukidnon (MindaNews / 27 Sep) – With only a few days left before the September 30 deadline, health authorities here are working double time to meet its COVID-19 vaccination target amid the hesitancy among their Lumad senior citizens. Dr.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 13 Sep) – The local task force on coronavirus disease (COVID-19) warned Dabawenyos on Tuesday that they can still be penalized under the existing local ordinance if they are caught not wearing face masks indoors and
MARAWI CITY (MindaNews / 10 Sep) – When the COVID-19 pandemic struck in 2020, only one hospital catered to patients infected with the virus in Marawi City and the 39 municipalities of Lanao del Sur. Named after Maranao hero Amai
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 10 Sep) – While he is amenable to the idea of easing the strict face mask policy in outdoor spaces, Mayor Sebastian Duterte said the local government of Davao would only adopt the “optional” wearing of
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 04 September) – Wearing of face masks here is still mandatory until the national government says it is safe to discontinue wearing them in public, Mayor Sebastian Duterte said. The mayor explained during the “Special Hour with
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 28 August) — The City Government of Davao will no longer impose hard lockdowns on establishments to control the transmission of infections in case another surge of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases will happen, an official of
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 13 August) — Vaccination against COVID-19 will be available all Saturdays of August at the People’s Park here in response to demands from parents and workers to make the service available on weekends. Dr. Michelle Schlosser, spokesperson
CAGAYAN DE ORO (MindaNews / 24 July) – COVID-19 cases continued to rise last week with three deaths reported between July 19 and 21, forcing authorities to implement stricter health protocols. Noting that Kagay-anons have become complacent in the observance of
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 13 July) – The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) positivity rate in Davao City has slightly gone beyond the acceptable threshold as it jumped to 5.6 percent as of Wednesday, an official of the City Government of Davao
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 25 June) — The Davao City COVID-19 Task Force plans to keep the drive-thru vaccination at the Davao Crocodile Park and one mall-based vaccination hub for each congressional district in Davao City beyond June 30. Dr.
MATALAM, North Cotabato (MindaNews / 22 June) – Now, it seems, that we won over the pandemic (COVID-19), we might be thinking that we are now hassle-free. No. The impact of the more than two-year-old pandemic on the economy would
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 22 June) – The local task force on coronavirus disease (COVID-19) reported that the positivity rate in Davao City has increased to 3 percent on Wednesday, urging the unvaccinated and those individuals who are eligible for
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 21 June) – After more than two years, the People’s Park will be reopened next month after it was shut down as authorities prohibited mass gathering to avoid transmission of the highly infectious coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 15 June) – The City Government of Davao plans to shut down all existing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination hubs more than a year after doing a massive inoculation drive against the highly infectious virus, a
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 10 June) – The City Government of Davao will keep the policy on the mandatory wearing of face masks because it provides a “first layer of protection” against the highly infectious coronavirus disease (COVID-19), a health
PROSPERIDAD, Agusan del Sur (MindaNews / 9 June) – After two years of hiatus due to the pandemic, the provincial government here will celebrate the week-long Naliyagan Festival 2022 from June 12 to 17 in the same grand tradition but
TRENTO, Agusan del Sur (MindaNews / 26 May) – Local officials here are enforcing stringent measures to residents who are not yet fully vaccinated in an effort to achieve the 80 percent threshold herd population immunity against COVID-19. Mayor William
COTABATO CITY – After the busy weeks of the elections, the Bangsamoro government has now changed focus and back to facing the COVID-19 pandemic as it launched Monday a special vaccination campaign after playing catchup to the rest of the
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 09 May) – Eight journalists and two Presidential photographers who tested negative in their RT-PCR tests were not allowed by the Presidential Security Group (PSG) to cover President Rodrigo Duterte casting his vote because they tested
