More hospitals have been granted with compassionate special permit (CSP) by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the use of anti-parasitic drug Ivermectin in the treatment of their patients with coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (Photo from Pixabay) FDA Director General Eric Domingo told the...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said US-based drugmaker Moderna has applied for an emergency use authorization (EUA) of its vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Philippines. This file photo taken on November 18, 2020 shows a syringe and a bottle reading “Vaccine...
The Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) has given the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) seven working days to complete the establishment of a green lane for the applications of local coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine manufacturers. Anti-Red Tap Authority Director General Jeremiah Belgica (Photo:...
Despite the recent decision of the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) to temporarily halt the shipment of local sugar output to the United States, Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri still proceeded to tell the agency to make sure the country will have enough supply of the sweetener for this year....
A Board Member of Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) backed the call of some local industry players to scrap the export allocation of the country’s sugar production for the current crop year to the United States. This, as groups like Confederation of Sugar Producers Associations, Inc. (CONFED)...
GOVERNANCE MATTERS Former Vice President Jejomar Binay As I write this column, Metro Manila, Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, and Rizal have been placed under a “bubble” in an attempt to prevent a further surge in the number of viral infections caused by COVID-19. The Department of Health (DOH) has...
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima on Friday maintained that President Duterte is the driving force behind the unabated spate of killings and human rights abuses in the country because he continues to promote a culture of violence and impunity. Senator Leila de Lima (JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO /...
The Duterte administration borrowed a record P2.74 trillion last year to bridge the ballooning budget deficit induced by the coronavirus pandemic, data from the Bureau of the Treasury showed. The national government’s gross borrowings accelerated by 170 percent in January to December last year to...
In a bid to boost the country’s fisheries output, the Philippine government is amenable to the private sector’s proposal to set up aquaculture sites within protected areas and dams across the country. This came two weeks after advocacy group Tugon Kabuhayan started pushing for the crafting of...
The Duterte administration has borrowed P741.59 billion from foreign creditors last year for the country’s coronavirus response, the Department of Finance (DOF) said. Data from the DOF’s International Finance Group (IFG) showed that the government has contracted a total of $17.06 billion,...
The Philippine government has released a revised set of water discharge protocols for Magat Dam, one of the biggest dams in Asia, to avoid a repeat of unprecedented flooding that drowned Cagayan province during the onslaught of Typhoon Ulysses last year. It was last week, during the congressional...
Under the Food and Drug Administration Advisory number 2021-0104, FDA issued a memo last January 21 that there is no FDA certified Covid-19 test kits for self administration. photo from freepik.com The memo reminds "all healthcare professionals and the general public are advised not to purchase and...
