UNITED NATIONS -- Nearly 10 million children in Afghanistan are in desperate need of humanitarian aid, and the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) is appealing for about $200 million to respond to their needs, said a UN official on Monday. A displaced Afghan child at a makeshift camp of Internally...
JERUSALEM, Israel -- Over two million Israelis have received the third booster doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, the state's Ministry of Health said on Sunday. So far, 2,013,080 people in Israel have received the booster shots after the third dose campaign in the country began on Aug. 1. Teachers,...
Combined elements of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the Quezon City Police District (QCPD) arrested an alleged drug pusher on Friday, Aug. 27, who yielded P3.4 million worth of suspected methampetamine hydrochloride (shabu) in a buy-bust operation in Quezon City. (PDEA photo)...
Joint teams of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) destroyed a total of P20.23 million worth of marijuana plants in a raid on eight plantation sites during their August 24 to 25 operation in Tinglayan Kalinga. PDEA spokesperson Derrick Arnold...
Combined elements of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) arrested Wednesday, August 25 four pushers and seized P3.4 million worth of shabu during a buy-bust operation in a parking lot of a mall in Alabang, Muntinlupa. PDEA spokesperson Derrick...
A modern government media facility will soon rise in the Visayas after an allocation of ₱ 200 million has been approved by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM). Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar (File photo/PCOO) Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año said on Thursday, Aug. 12, that the cash aid (ayuda) distribution for the qualified recipients in Metro Manila went smoothly amid stricter rules on health and safety protocols. In a Viber message, Año stated that the...
BRUSSELS, Belgium -- As the global accumulative COVID-19 cases surpassed 200 million, the latest update by the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) showed on Thursday that the resurgence of the pandemic could be linked to the opening of borders and the relaxation of travel...
The Philippines' vaccine arsenal got another shot in the arm with the arrival of 3 million doses of Moderna vaccines donated by the United States Tuesday. President Duterte holds a vial of a Moderna coronavirus vaccine during the arrival of more than 3 million jabs donated by the United States on...
The city of Manila has fully vaccinated more than half million individuals. (MANILA PIO) In his regular live update on Facebook, Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso said the 503,113 persons have already received their second dose from the city government as of July 29. The mayor said the...
More than 7.2 million people have become fully vaccinated against the coronavirus disease amid the government's accelerated vaccination drive in the fight against the pandemic. A Manila health worker prepares to administer a single-shot Johnson & Johnson's Janssen coronavirus vaccine during the...
The government is prepared to allocate additional 2 million doses of coronavirus vaccines for Metro Manila to help boost the residents' protection against the transmissible disease. A senior citizens is vaccinated with the single-shot Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine at the Justo Lucban...
