Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is currently gathering data on Filipinos who still contracted coronavirus disease (COVID-19) despite being fully vaccinated...
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) commemorated its 19th anniversary on Friday, June 25, with a wreath-laying ceremony at its National Headquarters in Quezon City to honor the agency’s fallen comrades. PDEA logo In his speech, PDEA Director-General Wilkins Villanueva recognized the...
A health worker shows Sputnik V coronavirus vaccines at a vaccination hub in Taguig City on May 4, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/MANILA BULLETIN) ' The country's Vaccine Experts Panel (VEP) is currently studying the request of Russia's Gamaleya Research Institute to amend its COVID-19 vaccine's emergency use...
(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Vaccine developers Moderna and Sinovac Biotech are not yet ready to apply for an authorization to expand the use of their respective coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines to children, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said on Friday, June 25. FDA Director-General...
Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Director-General Wilkins Villanueva warned on Wednesday, June 23, that the agency may have no choice but to divulge the courts that have yet to grant their requests for search warrants on suspected dens of drug personalities. “Siguro papangalanan na natin...
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...
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...
Malacañang assured the public that the government will continue investigating, prosecuting, and punishing police officers who will violate the law as teenagers die in anti-drug operations. Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque (File photo/Malacañang) Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque made the...
The chief of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said on Sunday, June 20, that the agency is amenable to any probe pertaining to the country’s enforcement of the anti-illegal drug campaign amid insinuations that it was tainted with extra-judicial killings and other forms of human rights...
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima on Sunday welcomed the reintroduction of a Philippine human rights measure in the United States Congres, saying this development will prove to the Duterte government of the great consequences to its blatant disregard for human rights and rule of law. The...
All the police operatives who took part in the Laguna operation that left two suspected drug pushers dead, including a 16-year old boy, were placed under restrictive custody and were also subjected to paraffin test amid speculations and doubts that the two slain suspects died while engaging...
The wheels of justice in the country "are in motion" and local remedies "are working" when it comes to investigating claims of human rights abuses in the all-out war against illegal drugs launched by President Duterte in 2016. PNP Chief General Guillermo Eleazar (File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) This...
