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While recognizing that the recent developments surrounding the AstraZeneca coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine are a point of concern, Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion said it would be better to focus on the huge benefits of the vaccine over its risks.

Top officials of the National Task Force (NTF) Against Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) are planning to go to India to discuss the possible early delivery of Novavax vaccines to the Philippines, Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. said Friday, Feb. 19.

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients in Central Visayas who were detected to have the two SARS-CoV-2 mutations of concern have already recovered, the Department of Health (DOH) and the Philippine Genome Center (PGC) said on Friday, Feb. 19.

The entire country should be placed under the most relaxed modified general community quarantine (MGCQ) starting March 1, 2021 to address the rise in hunger as well as stimulate economic growth, acting socioeconomic planning secretary Karl Kendrick Chua recommended to President Duterte Monday night.

There is no corruption in the government’s procurement of vaccines needed to protect Filipinos from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), President Duterte asserted Monday, Feb. 8.

Concerned government personnel must not cause any delay in the transport and distribution of the vaccines to the people.

US President-elect Joe Biden plans to kick off his new administration Wednesday with orders to restore the United States to the Paris climate accord and the World Health Organization, aides said.

WASHINGTON, United States – Thirty-four years after first seeking the job, Joseph “Joe” Robinette Biden Jr. was sworn in as the 46th US president Wednesday, drawing a curtain on the most tumultuous administration of modern times and charting a new course to tackle COVID-19 and unite a splintered nation.

Former California senator Kamala Harris was sworn in as vice president of the United States on Wednesday, the first woman ever to hold the post.

Donald Trump wanted a hero’s send off Wednesday and the ceremony arranged for him at an Air Force Base outside Washington looked just like one. But one thing was missing: the big crowd he loves. 

Donald Trump departed the White House a final time as president on Wednesday, skipping Joe Biden’s inauguration and instead throwing a military-style send-off for himself before he leaves for his Florida resort.

The House Com­mit­tee on Leg­isla­tive Fran­chises re­jected on Fri­day 11 leg­isla­tive mea­sures propos­ing to grant a fresh 25-year leg­isla­tive fran­chise for net­work gi­ant ABS-CBN Cor­po­ra­tion.

President Duterte signed the Anti-Terrorism Bill into law Friday amid the country’s fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, Presidential spokesman Harry Roque confirmed.

He walked alone, drenched in the rain pouring on the city atop Vatican Hill in Rome. But he wasn’t alone. He had the eyes, the minds, the hearts of thousands (maybe millions) of people walking with him at that moment. Pope Francis wasn’t alone.

Singer-songwriters Ebe Dancel, Bullet Dumas, and Johnoy Danao are set to perform in an online jamming session tonight at 8 as they come together for Earth Hour.

It’s the same tune from the 2019 Southeast Asian Games theme song composed by National Artist for Music Ryan Cayabyab. But instead of hearing the lyrics for “We Win As One,” you’d hear the words “we win as one.”

A question of procedure

Vice President Leni Robredo has buckled down to work as the government’s new drug czar by sending invites for a meeting with the members of the anti-drug body.