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Six barangay captains are facing charges for their alleged failure to enforce regulations against “super-spreader” events, Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año said Monday night, June 7.

The insufficiency of vaccines slowed down the immunization program of the national government against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. disclosed Monday night, June 7.

The expected delivery of 100,000 doses of Sputnik V vaccines from Russia on Tuesday, June 8, will no longer push through, according to the National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19.

State researchers are developing adlai, which has anti-tumor and other medical properties, as the country’s alternative food crop, the Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (DOST-PNRI) announced on Monday, June 7.

The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) on Monday, June 7, took delight in the call made by lawmakers to push for the passage of the Science for Change Program (S4CP) bill to ensure “greater” research and development (R&D) funding for the Philippines.

The government is prepared to implement stricter steps if some people would continue to defy health and safety protocols against the spread of the coronavirus disease.

A person may face a murder complaint if he or she deliberately infects other people with the coronavirus disease and such transmission causes death, according to President Duterte.

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) reassured the public on Monday, June 7, that the delivery of social protection programs and services remained unhampered.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted an emergency use authorization to the Department of Health (DOH) to accept the donations of Sinopharm vaccine.

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) recorded a magnitude 4.5 earthquake in Antique on Monday evening, June 7.

Presidential daughter and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio will carry the “baggage” left by her father, President Duterte, if she decides to run as president in 2022, former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV said on Monday, June 7.

President Duterte has called for the proper disposal of garbage, including medical waste, after observing the rise in plastic pollution during the coronavirus pandemic.

Vice President Leni Robredo can beat presidential daughter and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio if they both run in the 2022 presidential polls for one simple fact: she can offer change, former senator Antonio Trillanes IV said on Monday, June 7.