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Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. insisted Tuesday that the public has the right to know about the details of all the agreements being negotiated by the national government with different manufacturers for the procurement of COVID-19 vaccines.

Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Tuesday justified his decision to unilaterally terminate the 1989 accord between the Department of National Defense (DND) and the University of the Philippines (UP) which prohibits state forces from entering its campus premises, claiming that it has already become a “safe haven” for enemies of the State.

Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana has terminated a 31-year-old accord signed between the Department of National Defense (DND) and the University of the Philippines (UP) in 1989 which keeps state forces from entering the university premises, it was confirmed Monday night.

Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Monday instructed the Philippine Air Force (PAF) to ground all of its Huey helicopters for a maintenance inspection following the recent crash of a UH-1H chopper in Impasug-ong, Bukidnon that killed seven individuals.

The Philippine Air Force is now conducting an in-depth investigation to determine why a Philippine Air Force (PAF) UH-1H Huey helicopter crashed in Impasug-ong, Bukidnon, killing seven military personnel, last Saturday.

The Philippine Air Force (PAF) on Sunday rendered military honors to four airmen who died in a tragic helicopter crash in Impasug-ong, Bukidnon.

All seven crew members and passengers of the UH-1H Huey utility helicopter that crashed in Impasug-ong, Bukidnon on Saturday have already been identified, a military official confirmed Sunday.

General Gilbert Gapay, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), has recognized various military units for dismantling 13 communist fronts in their respective area commands in 2020, the military said Saturday, Jan. 16.

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has welcomed the issuance of arrest warrants against the nine policemen accused of killing four Philippine Army (PA) intelligence personnel in Jolo, Sulu last June.

The Philippine National Police (PNP) is awaiting the results of the inquiry conducted by the Directorate for Investigation and Detective Management (DIDM) to determine the possible lapses committed by the Makati City police in the handling of the case of flight attendant Christine Angelica Dacera.

A drug suspect considered as a "high-value target" (HVT) was arrested along with his four police cohorts in a buy-bust operation at a house where an alleged factory of crystal methamphetamine or "shabu" was being operated in Subic Bay Freeport Zone, part of Olongapo City, shortly after Friday midnight.

Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. has revealed the list of COVID-19 vaccines that will arrive in the country beginning this February, including those from Pfizer and Sinovac.

Three soldiers who were on their way to market to buy food stocks for their comrades were shot dead by still unidentified gunmen in Lanao del Norte on Thursday. A civilian who was also passing by was also hit by a stray bullet and died.

Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. believes that making public the vaccination of President Duterte against COVID-19 will raise the people’s trust on the government’s immunization program.

The national government will seek the advise of the Vaccine Expert Panel (VEP) with regards to the efficacy of the candidate vaccine of Chinese manufacturer, Sinovac, after Brazilian authorities found out that it only has a 50.4-percent efficacy rate, vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. bared Wednesday.

Local government units (LGUs) who have already secured supplies of COVID-19 vaccines will still need to wait for the "go" signal of the national government before they can start rolling out their vaccines.

A flag officer and two other senior officers of the Philippine Navy (PN) were promoted to the next higher rank in a donning ceremony held at the PN headquarters in Naval Station Jose Andrada in Manila on Monday.

The Armed Forces of the Philippines has sent to the United Nations (UN) a report on all the violent attacks allegedly committed by the New People's Army (NPA) against civilians and their properties, a military official bared Tuesday.