The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has started evaluating the application of American biotechnology firm Novavax for an emergency use authorization (EUA) of its coronavirus vaccine. (AFP / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) FDA Director-General Eric Domingo said the agency has now begun its...
The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (PAGCOR) is against proposals to provide certain advantages to special economic zones involved in Philippine offshore gaming operations (POGO). Andrea D. Domingo, PAGCOR chairman and chief executive officer said Wednesday, July 28 that the government’s...
Filipinos are “a little bit safe” against new coronavirus variants such as the more easily transmissible Delta variant because of the efficacy of the available vaccines in the country, President Duterte said. President Rodrigo Duterte delivers a public address on July 12, 2021. (RTVM...
The Department of Health (DOH) has noted a decrease in the case fatality rate in Metro Manila. DOH/MB In a meeting with President Duterte on Monday, July 12, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III revealed that the case fatality rate fell to 26 percent from 5.78 to 4.6 percent. He said nationwide,...
Despite the continuing onslaught of the COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic, the Philippine government has successfully opened a new chancery building in the historical Roman road of Via Aurelia in the heart of Rome in Italy with no less than the top two officials of the Department of...
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Director General Eric Domingo got some unsolicited advice from President Duterte on how to deal with criticisms from detractors. President Rodrigo Duterte delivers a public address from Davao City on June 21, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) In a meeting with top...
A member of the Department of Health's Technical Advisory Group said there is a need to keep out the Delta coronavirus disease (COVID-19) variant as it is very dangerous. DOH/MB "We need to keep out the Delta variant which is very dangerous," Dr. Edsel Salvana said in a meeting with President...
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Director General Eric Domingo said Novavax has already signified its intention to apply for emergency use authorization. FDA "Novavax already wrote the other day signifying their intention to apply for emergency use authorization. In fact, they already sent some...
Game KNB host Robi Domingo Jeepney TV and kumu keep on finding new ways to deliver more fun and bigger prizes to Filipinos worldwide as they pave the road to P1 million in prizes in the pambansang game show “Game KNB?” Season 3 ender. For the “Game KNB’s Road to P1 Million” campaign, the...
Yassi Pressman British-Filipino actress Yassi Pressman is the newest face of Philippine game shows with "Rolling In It Philippines," a game of luck, mind, and strategy — the local adaptation of the United Kingdom’s number one game show in 2020. Fresh off the success of her acting stint in...
State-run Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor) said it remitted P1.6 billon in cash dividends to the government coffers in 2020, significantly lower than the P18 billion it turned in in 2019, as revenues from casino operations due to the pandemic. In a statement, Andrea Domingo, Pagcor...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Tuesday, May 11, defended the Department of Health (DOH) on its plan to apply for an emergency use authorization (EUA) for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine made by China's Sinopharm. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Director General Eric Domingo...
