The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has ramped up the vaccination of persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) as 61.5% or a total of 75,970 of the 123,499 PDLs in jail facilities run by the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) have already received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccines, while 33% or 40,875 have received their second dose or are fully vaccinated.
All tourism workers and eligible residents of Boracay will be fully vaccinated in one month, and this means that as early as November, fully vaccinated individuals may visit the island without having to undergo COVID-19 testing.
On World Polio Day, the Department of Health (DOH), the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF, and Rotary International urge all parents to vaccinate their children against preventable diseases, especially polio.
The Philippine Army (PA) sent a contingent to the Seoul International Aerospace and Defense Exhibition (Seoul ADEX) 2021 held in Seoul Air Base, South Korea from Oct. 17-21, 2021.
Sen. Christopher "Bong" Go said that while he is thankful for the continuing high trust and support he and the Duterte administration are getting from the Filipino people, his primary focus now is on fulfilling his work as a public servant especially towards helping the country recover from the pandemic.
