More news about how the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines is being handled by the public and the government.
The pandemic has highlighted the importance of personal hygiene. For that reason the PNP have built a toilet for one sitio in Benguet.
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| https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1911846/Baguio/Local-News/Cops-build-restroom-for-sitio-in-Benguet |
WITH the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic highlighting the importance of personal hygiene, Benguet policemen built a public restroom for a small community in Tublay, Benguet.
Personnel from the 2nd Benguet Provincial Mobile Force Company constructed the restroom for the residents of Sitio Bongog in Barangay Basil while building a house for a beneficiary of their “Pabahay Handog” project.
The expenses for the restroom were sourced from contributions of the police personnel, as well as from the donations of other individuals and stakeholders.
The construction of the public restroom is expected to benefit more or less 70 residents of the sitio.
The before and after picture is astonishing but knowing how things are in the Philippines the newly constructed CR is not that much cleaner. Still, it would be a good thing if there were more public CR's to discourage public urination and open defecation.
Residents in Kidapawan can now avail of free transportation to get vaccinated.
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| https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1159397 |
Some 500 residents here had free rides going to vaccination centers with the support of the city’s tricycle and motor taxi groups this week.
Jabby Omandac, president of the Federation of Kidapawan City Tricycles Association (FKITA). said the initiative aims to help poor residents who want to avail of the government's vaccination rollout get to the vaccination hubs for free.
“All FKITA member-drivers, especially those based in interior villages here, are participating in the program,” he said on Wednesday.
Another group, the Kidapawan-Makilala-Matalam-M’lang Skylab Operator and Drivers Association (KiMMMASODA), also joined the program.
“Since Monday to Wednesday, we had ferried some 500 passengers to various vaccination centers in the city,” Omandac said in an interview with reporters here.
As a gesture of appreciation, the city government shouldered the commuters' supposed fares based on the rates being submitted to them daily by the FKITA and KiMMMASODA groups
According to the government there is no reason for any Filipino to not be vaccinated.
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| https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1159538 |
As more supplies of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccines pour into the country, a consultant of the National Task Force against Covid-19 said Filipinos no longer have a reason not to get vaccinated.
"(There is no more reason to have second thoughts on whether we should be vaccinated. The supply is already here. The only thing needed to be done is the implementation or to intensify our vaccination program)," NTF Against Covid-19 medical consultant Dr. Maria Paz Corrales said during an interview shortly after the arrival of a total of 866,970 Pfizer vaccine doses at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3 on Thursday night.
With sufficient stocks of vaccines at hand, Corrales said the government is now doing everything to ensure that Filipinos get themselves vaccinated.
"(This is why advocacy programs, invitations are now all out. All sectors, all Filipinos are now being urged to get themselves vaccinated. Supply is no longer a problem," she added.
The government is certainly doing everything it can to make sure "Filipinos get themselves vaccinated." This included making vaccine mandatory for workers were there are enough shots available.
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| https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2021/11/12/2140799/govt-makes-covid-19-vaccination-mandatory-site-workers-areas-enough-shots |
The government has made vaccination against the coronavirus mandatory for workers in government and private firms who report on-site in areas with enough supply of the shots, Malacañang announced Friday.
Malacañang said employees who are unvaccinated cannot be terminated, but will be required to undergo regular RT-PCR or antigen testing at their own expense.
It added that all eligible workers in public transportation services in the road, rail, maritime and aviation sectors shall also be required to be fully vaccinated as a condition to continue operations.
Public and private establishments may refuse entry or deny service to people who remain unvaccinated or are partially vaccinated despite being eligible for the jab, Malacañang said.
The thing is though vaccines are not being made mandatory per se. One does not have to get vaccinated but if one chooses to not be vaccinated then they must constantly undergo RT-PCR testing. In Maguindanao one cannot even travel without showing a vax card or a negative RT-PCR test.
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| https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1159751 |
Police authorities manning border quarantine checkpoints in this province will start implementing the “No Vaccination Card, No Entry” policy on Tuesday.
Colonel Jibin Bongcayao, Maguindanao police director, said the implementation of the new policy at border checkpoints was based on an executive order issued by the provincial government.
Bongcayao said those who have no vaccination cards must present negative results of the RT-PCR (reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction) test with a three-day effectivity.
“While the Covid-19 infections have slowed down, the threat of the disease remains,” he added.
He added that those who will just pass by or go to other areas but must get through the province's major thoroughfares must also present a certification that they had been vaccinated.
It's all ridiculous because despite being vaccinated one can still become infected and transmit the virus to others. Having this requirement serves no purpose except to grant even more power to the authorities.
School's back in session for some students.
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| https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2021/11/15/2141445/after-19-months-philippines-begins-gradual-return-classrooms |
Filipino students in select public schools returned to classrooms on Monday for in-person learning, the first time in almost two years since the coronavirus pandemic began.
The Philippines became the last country in the world to resume physical classes this month per a UNICEF monitoring, with Venezuela allowing face-to-face classes in late October.
Some 100 public schools are participating in the Department of Education's pilot study, which President Rodrigo Duterte has given his approval.
"We are happy to see our learners inside our classrooms as we recognize the significance of face-to-face learning in their social development," DepEd said in a statement.
The Quezon City government announced on Thursday, Nov.11, that minors are now allowed to enter parks, malls, and commercial establishments that are classified as “child-friendly safe zones.”
These zones include the Quezon Memorial Circle, La Mesa Ecopark, Ninoy Aquino Parks and Wildlife Center, parks located in different barangays, malls, and other confined spaces with “safety seals”.
Minors can visit the said places regardless of vaccination status, but they should always be accompanied by their parents/guardians who already got their COVID-19 jabs.
All throughout this pandemic I have seen children out and about playing and at stores. It's as if no one was really enforcing the rules.
What's the best Christmas present you can get your family members? Getting vaccinated of course!
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| https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1160001 |
The best Christmas gift one can give their loved ones this holiday season is to get vaccinated against the coronavirus disease 2019, National Task Force (NTF) Against Covid-19 chief implementer and vaccine czar, Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., said.
“The best Christmas gift that we can give to ourselves, our families, our friends and co-workers, and everyone in the community is to have ourselves vaccinated. Get the Covid-19 jab now so we can have a better and safer Christmas,” he said in a news release.
At the prospect of being injected with an experimental mRNA vaccine of which the long term effects are not known, which does not prevent infection, and still allows one to transmit the virus perhaps even Santa Claus would say, "No, no, no!"
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