Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque explained on Tuesday, Aug. 24 why certain local government units (LGUs) in the country have a larger stock of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) than others. (Mark Balmores/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) This uneven vaccine distribution can be gleaned from the...
Senator Nancy BInay on Tuesday criticized the Duterte government’s plan to increase the budget by P11-billion of its anti-insurgency task force while slashing the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine’s (RITM) budget by P170-million under the proposed P5.0240-trillion budget for 2022. Binay...
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque took a jab at the militant Makabayan bloc in the House of Representatives for claiming that the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) received an illegal fund transfer from the Department of the Interior and Local Government...
The proposed budget increase for the government’s anti-communist task force, previously criticized for engaging in red-tagging and harassment of government critics, will be used for poverty alleviation and development projects, Presidential spokesman Harry Roque said on Tuesday, August 24....
There are three countries that have pledged to give 5.5 million doses of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines to the country for free, the country's vaccine czar bared Monday, Aug. 23. Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. presents updates on COVID-19 vaccination program on July 12, 2021. (Screenshot...
Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Spokesperson Celine Pialago had some one-on-one time with Senator Manny Pacquiao before the latter's welterweight bout with World Boxing Association (WBA) "super" champion Yordenis Ugas at past noon Sunday, Aug. 22. (Photo from Asec. Celine Pialago's...
The country is expected to receive around five to eight million doses of vaccines against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on the fourth and last week of this month. Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. (File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) This was the projection made by Sec. Carlito Galvez Jr., vaccine czar...
The national government is making significant developments in enabling the country to manufacture its own vaccines against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and it may be realized as soon as 2022. Retired Major Gen. Restituto Padilla Jr., spokesperson of the National Task Force (NTF) Against...
More than 1.2 million doses of vaccines against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) that were made in China were delivered to the country on Saturday morning, Aug. 21. More than 1.2 million combined doses of Sinovac and Sinopharm jabs are delivered by China at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport...
The country received yet another coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine donation from China with the arrival of 739,200 doses of Sinopharm on Friday, Aug. 20. A shipment containing 739,200 doses of Sinopharm vaccine arrives at Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Pasay City on Aug. 20, 2021. The...
National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19 chief implementer Carlito Galvez Jr. and Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Benhur Abalos led those who welcomed the arrival of the 500,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine on Friday morning, Aug. 20. MMDA Chairman Benhur Abalos (2nd...
Although the national government decided to ease the quarantine restrictions in the National Capital Region (NCR), Laguna, and Bataan to modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) until Aug. 31, residents in these areas should still anticipate the implementation of strict pandemic rules to...
