President Duterte said that while he respects the preference of doctors to western brands, he claimed they were "discriminating" for refusing to be vaccinated with the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine that came from China. President Rodrigo Roa Duterte (RICHARD MADELO/ PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO / MANILA...
The French government was under pressure on Tuesday to accelerate its vaccination program after new figures showed that three in four jabs delivered by AstraZeneca had gone unused. An official in the health ministry told reporters on Tuesday that out of 600,000 doses delivered to health centers...
Pakistan, Nigeria, and Indonesia will be among the biggest recipients of free COVID-19 vaccines before June -- more than 10 million doses each -- the Covax scheme announced Tuesday. Covax aims to distribute two billion vaccine doses in poorer nations by the end of the year (SIA KAMBOU / AFP /...
The local equities market managed to end in the green on Tuesday, (Feb. 23) after trading in negative territory most of the day as investors started picking up cheaper stocks. The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) inched up 4.33 points, or 0.06 percent, to close at 6,814.67 with...
Vaccines have become a matter of great concern among the Filipino people. Their concerns range from sufficiency of supply for the nation’s 110-million population to the safety of the vaccines already in the country. Many other countries have begun the mass vaccination of their people, notably the...
Vice Ganda Ace comedian Vice Ganda resumed today, Jan. 20, his tirades against an unidentified person whom he calls a clown during the noontime program "It's Showtime" on the Kapamilya Channel. Vice Ganda did not name the clown in his remark. But observers said that the comedian was obviously...
The Department of Trade and Industry is consolidating a list of micro small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) that may also want to order COVID-19 vaccines. DTI Secretary Ramon M. Lopez said National Task Force Against COVID-19 Chief Implementer and Vaccine Czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. has...
The Department of Finance (DOF) is working on fresh loans from multilateral financial institutions, bilateral partners and domestic creditors to fund the government’s coronavirus response programs. Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III said they are now working to borrow $1.46 billion,...
FedEx Corp. is pledging to avoid transportation logjams when a massive operation begins to deliver a coronavirus vaccine. The air-freight giant will free up whatever capacity is needed to speed the delicate cargo to distributors or vaccination centers, said Richard Smith , executive vice president...
