The Philippines will be among the priority recipient countries to receive a portion of the latest 55 million tranche of United States government-donated COVID-19 vaccine doses to be distributed globally, the White House announced Tuesday (Monday night in Washington, D.C.). The White House (via the...
President Duterte said the government would utilize the unused funds under Bayanihan laws to pay for the expenses of returning Filipinos from abroad while they are in quarantine. President Rodrigo Duterte delivers his public address on June 21, 2021. (Malacañang photo) During his prerecorded...
President Duterte gave anti-vaxxers two choices: get anti-parasitic drug Ivermectin or leave the country since they don’t want to join the country’s COVID-19 vaccination program. President Rodrigo Duterte delivers his public address on June 21, 2021. (Malacañang photo) “Ito ‘yong ayaw...
President Duterte has ruled out any chance of facing trial abroad over the controversial war on illegal drugs. President Rodrigo Duterte delivers a televised address to the nation from Davao City on June 21, 2021 (Malacañang) The President launched a profanity-laced tirade against the...
Get vaccinated or else face possible arrest. President Duterte has threatened to order the arrest of the anti-vaxxers or people who refuse to get vaccinated against the coronavirus. A health worker prepares to vaccinate a resident of Tondo, Manila during an inoculation drive on June 20, 2021 (Ali...
Given the country's health emergency, President Duterte has vowed to defy any court order that will stop the national government's implementation of health regulations in the province of Cebu. President Rodrigo Duterte delivers a televised address from Davao City (Malacañang) Addressing the nation...
President Duterte is not pleased with Cebu's defiance of the national government's health protocols on international arrivals. President Rodrigo Duterte reads a document while presiding over a meeting with the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) core members at...
President Duterte is still opposed to the resumption of face-to-face classes for now especially in the wake of threats from the contagious Delta coronavirus variant. President Rodrigo Duterte presides over a meeting with the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID)...
President Duterte said he was "constrained" to keep the wearing of face shields mandatory both indoors and outdoors to prevent a disaster that may be caused by the Delta variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). President Duterte (Malacañang photo) President Duterte made the statement after...
President Duterte decided to keep his mind more open to health experts as the Philippines faces the threat of the more contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). President Duterte (Malacañang photo) In his weekly pre-recorded public address, President Duterte admitted to...
Hours after the announcement that it would no longer be required outdoors , President Duterte gave in to local health experts and declared the wearing of face shields, both indoors and outdoors, is mandatory again. In this photo taken on September 19, 2020, people are seen wearing face shields as...
Employers strongly urged the government to speed up reopening of the domestic economy, warning that the huge stimulus packages would just all be for naught if the economy remains on lockdown as business edges into a black hole. At the opening of the virtual 42nd National Employers Conference on the...
