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More than 5,000 laborers, including Overseas Filipino Workers, are set to be inoculated with coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine, during the Labor Day symbolic vaccination on May 1, vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. said on Thursday, April 29. Galvez, who is also the chief implementer of...

Frontline workers of the Philippine Congress may get vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) soon as they are now part of the A4 priority group of the government's vaccination program. House of Representatives (MANILA BULLETIN File photo/Alvin Kasiban) Presidential Spokesman Harry...

Cavite Representative Elpidio Barzaga, Jr. has filed a bill seeking to amend the COVID-19 Vaccination Program Act of 2021 and make the government’s inoculation program against the coronavirus disease mandatory for individuals as “may be determined” by the Department of Health (DOH). DOH CHIEF...

Malacañang said that while President Duterte has not yet taken a position on the issue, the government has the authority to require vaccination against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as part of its police power. File photo Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque made the statement in his Monday...

Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Sunday, March 14, expressed hope there would be no more “dropping of the ball” and that all negotiations of the government on COVID-19 vaccine procurement would push through and at a faster speed especially at this point in time. Sen. Panfilo Lacson (Albert...