Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine (AFP/ MANILA BULLETIN FILE) The Philippine Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine for emergency use among children five to 11 years old. “Upon the review of the technical documents and evaluation of the...
Around P74.3 billion worth of illegal drugs and laboratory equipment have been confiscated by the country’s anti-narcotics authorities since the start of President Duterte’s administration in 2016, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año said Tuesday night,...
A Taguig healthcare worker (in yellow) receives her Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine booster shot at SM Aura in Taguig (Ali Vicoy) The Philippines has allowed the administration of COVID-19 booster shots for fully vaccinated adult individuals three months after receiving their second dose, the Department of...
Two operating units of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) were rewarded with a total amount of P10,126,589.26 for their exemplary work in nine “meritorious anti-drug operations.’’ In a statement released on Tuesday, Dec. 21, PDEA Director General Wilkins Villanueva cited his men as...
Should they win next year, the opposition candidates running with Vice President Leni Robredo will be more open to having the International Criminal Court (ICC) investigate the alleged extrajudicial killings (EJKs) that happened under the guise of the Duterte administration’s war on illegal...
President Duterte will not “bow down” to the International Criminal Court (ICC) as he boasted of his government's achievements in seizing billions worth of illegal drugs, most notably "shabu" (methamphetamine hydrochloride) or “poor man’s cocaine". President Rodrigo Duterte speaks during...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said on Monday, Dec. 13, coronavirus disease (COVID-19) booster shots depend on the vaccine brand administered in the primary series. (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) This in reply to the question during a Laging Handa press briefing on the possibility of shortening...
As long as there is data available showing that a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine can extend its original shelf life, it can be allowed, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said on Monday, Dec. 13. (UNSPLASH / MANILA BULLETIN) "Ang naibibigay lang namin talaga na expiration date o shelf...
Vaccine manufacturers Pfizer and BioNTech have shown that its vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) delivered an overall efficacy of 90.7 percent, an official from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said on Monday, Dec. 13. In this file photo the Pfizer logo is seen at the Pfizer...
Human rights lawyer Jose Manuel 'Chel' Diokno has reiterated his position that those behind the thousands of extrajudicial killings (EJKs) must be held accountable as he condemned the killing of Pampanga-based journalist Jesus Malabanan. Human rights lawyer Chel Diokno (Photo from Chel Diokno...
(UNSPLASH / MANILA BULLETIN) Only those who received the Sputnik Light and Janssen coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines during their primary vaccination are allowed to get a booster dose three months after, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said on Sunday. “Meron pong dalawang bakuna,...
ft.com Vaccine makers Pfizer and BioNTech have already submitted an authorization request to the Philippine Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to clear their coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine for use in children aged five to 11 years old. FDA Director-General Rolando Enrique Domingo said that...
