(NOEL CELIS / AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) The country's vaccine experts are still studying whether it will recommend or not the use of Sinovac coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine for children, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said. "Our experts are taking a very close look at the data," said...
FDA The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) confirmed on Wednesday, August 11, that it granted emergency use authorization (EUA) for the donated Hayat-Vax COVID-19 vaccine doses from the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The Philippines on Wednesday, August 11, received 100,000 doses of Hayat-Vax COVID-19...
Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa has called on the Senate to conduct a probe into the reported disappearance and abduction of a Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) agent who went missing last June 25. In filing Senate Resolution No. 812, Dela Rosa sought a legislative inquiry into the case...
The government will have to vaccinate around 12 to 14 million people more if it would push through with its plan of inoculating minors against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) by next month, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said. (AFP / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) FDA Director-General Eric...
The antiviral drug, “Molnupiravir" as treatment for mild and moderate coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases is now on Phase 3 clinical trial at the Lung Center of the Philippines. (Facebook/MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The clinical trial started on May 17 this year and has enrolled a total of 11...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has withdrawn the show cause order it issued against Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso for the city's alleged failure to meet the Anti-Drug Abuse Council's standards in 2018. Department of the Interior and Local Government...
Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Director General Wilkins Villanueva said on Wednesday, August 4, that the new Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) which focuses more on clearing of barangay from the influence of illegal drugs. Villanueva said the Barangay Drug Clearing Program (BDCP) is a holistic...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has issued a memorandum directing all its personnel to use body-worn cameras (BWCs) while serving search or arrest warrants in compliance with the rules set by the Supreme Court, a move seen as a milestone for transparency amid allegations of human rights abuses...
Seven drug suspects, including two minors, were arrested in separate drug-bust operations conducted by members of the Pasay City Station Drug Enforcement Unit (SDEU) and confiscated from them shabu and dried marijuana leaves. Col. Cesar Paday-os, city police chief, identified the arrested suspects...
President Duterte once more defended law enforcement agencies on the killing of drug suspects against human rights advocates, claiming that Filipinos are the ones benefiting from such operations. President Rodrigo Duterte delivers his regular address to the nation on August 2, 2021. (PCOO...
Malacañang said it was up to American President Joe Biden if he will condemn President Duterte over a supposed "continuing pattern of human rights violations" under his administration. President Duterte and US President Joe Biden (Malacañang, AFP file photos) Presidential Spokesman Harry...
Anti-narcotics operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the Philippine National Police killed a suspected big-time drug trafficker and arrested four others in a series of operations in Quezon City, Valenzuela City and Bulacan that led to the confiscation of almost P1.5...
