The Philippine Pediatric Society (PPS) has welcomed the announcement of the Department of Health (DOH) that Pfizer jabs could now be administered to children aged 12 to 15, its spokesperson said Wednesday, June 9. (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) In an interview with GMA New's Unang Balita, PPS spokesperson...
In the fight against illegal drugs and corruption, President Duterte will do everything he could even he has to mortage his soul to the devil. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) The President, whose campaign promise includes eradicating corruption, touted what they’ve done five years...
In this file photo taken on March 4, 2021 vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19 are seen. (Luis ACOSTA / AFP / FILE PHOTO) The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in children aged 12 to 15, the Department of Health (DOH)...
A notorious supplier of illegal drugs and a Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) village leader were arrested by anti-narcotics operatives in a buy-bust operation in Pasay City on Monday night (June 7). ELEONOR ODTUHAN (PASAY CITY POLICE / MANILA BULLETIN) Police identified the suspects as Eleonor Odtuhan,...
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) awarded a total of P3,594,314.94 in cash reward on Monday, June 7, to 16 civilian informants who provided information that led to the confiscation of “voluminous’’ amounts of illegal drugs and arrest of the high-value drug personalities under its...
BoA (Instagram) Prosecutors have decided not to indict K-pop artist BoA, who is also a creative director at SM Entertainment, over a case of smuggling psychotropic drugs to South Korea from Japan. Last Dec. 16, the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office summoned BoA for allegedly attempting...
President Rodrigo Duterte’s refusal to share pertinent documents related to his administration’s controversial anti-illegal drug operations for public scrutiny is not surprising and only shows that he has much to hide, opposition Senator Leila de Lima said on Friday. “He is afraid of the...
Three female drug peddlers and their male cohort were arrested by members of the Pasay City police during a drug buy-bust operation after they yielded more than P100,000 worth of shabu. Col. Cesar Paday-os, Pasay City's police chief, identified the suspects as Janice Braga, 31, of 374 G. Villanueva...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Drug Regulation and Research (CDRR) has finally released 408 Automatic Renewal (AR) drug applications weeks after receiving a show-cause order from the Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA). ARTA ARTA made the statement after it ordered FDA-CDRR director...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Wednesday, June 2 said the Supreme Court itself has ruled that records of the bloody anti-drug war campaign do not have any national security implications. Thus, the Philippine National Police (PNP) is duty bound to disclose its records and follow the SC...
An oral drug that can suppress the coronavirus transmission will be available in the market within four to five months in the United States. PIXABAY/ MANILA BULLETIN The antiviral drug, "Molnupiravir," was jointly developed by two major pharmaceutical companies, namely the Rigibel in Germany and...
Presidential spokesman Harry Roque maintained that the ongoing police investigations into the deaths related to the country’s drug war are not part of the sharing of information agreement between the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Department of Justice (DOJ). Presidential spokesperson...
