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Senator Aquilino ‘’Koko’’ Pimentel III on Tuesday said the standards imposed on Sinovac, a Chinese vaccine maker, must also be imposed on other coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines the government intends to buy.

President Duterte has backed the Department of National Defense’s decision to terminate an accord with the University of the Philippines (UP) that will now allow the free entry of government forces in its campuses, Malacanang announced Tuesday.

Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra has assured that the country’s procurement law allows negotiated agreements with pharmaceutical firms concerning the purchase of vaccines against the 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

Brig. Gen. Vicente Danao, Jr., director of the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO), warned Metro Manila police investigators that they would be kicked out of the service if they would bungle the investigation of criminal cases.

After more than three decades of renting office space, the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) in Capiz will soon have its own provincial office building, the agency said.

Coordination with logistics companies and cold storage providers has been made by the national government for the expected rollout of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines next month, the testing czar said Tuesday.

Majority bloc senators urged on Tuesday the Department of Defense (DND) to reconsider its unilateral decision to scrap its three-decades old pact with the University of the Philippines (UP) ensuring its academic freedom.

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.

Operatives of the Bureau of Immigration (BI) arrested last year a total of 55 foreign fugitives wanted for serious crimes in their homelands despite the corona virus pandemic.

The security sector should come up with an agreement with the University of the Philippines (UP) on boundaries to be observed following the termination of a 1989 pact banning the entry to UP campuses of police and military forces without prior coordination, Senator Panfilo M. Lacson on Tuesday said.

Senator Richard J. Gordon, chairman of the Senate justice and human rights committee, on Monday pressed for the implementation of the Motorcycle Crime Prevention Law that aims to protect the public from crimes committed while using motorcycles.

Seized smuggled cigarettes and cigarette label-making machines worth P32 million were recently disposed of by the Bureau of Customs.

The Philippine National Police (PNP) said on Tuesday that the University of the Philippines should focus on its job of developing its students to become productive members of the society following the unilateral abrogation of an agreement which requires permission of the police and the military from the UP authorities before entering its campuses.