The Bureau of Customs-Port of NAIA (BOC-NAIA) has intercepted Ivermectin and other undeclared regulated drugs from a shipment imported by Finstad Inc. from New Delhi, India. (Photo from BOC-NAIA) The shipment was declared to contain "food supplements, multivitamins and multi-mineral capsules"....
France has granted citizenship to over 2,000 foreign-born frontline workers to reward them for their services to the nation during the coronavirus pandemic, the government said Wednesday. Marlene Schiappa, junior interior minister in charge of citizenship, said that 2,009 people, including 665...
US biotech firm Moderna on Wednesday announced initial data from a small clinical trial that showed its booster shots improved people's immune responses against key coronavirus variants of concern. (FILES) A file photo taken on April 22, 2021 in Monts, central France, shows vials of the Moderna...
India, gripped by one of the most deadly coronavirus surges seen by any country, will have to be ready for new waves and badly needs more oxygen from other countries, officials said Wednesday. A health worker wearing a personal protective equipment (PPE) suit attends to a Covid-19 coronavirus...
President Jair Bolsonaro said Wednesday the novel coronavirus may have been made in a laboratory to wage "biological warfare," in the latest comments likely to strain Brazil's relations with China. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro (EVARISTO SA / AFP) "It's a new virus. Nobody knows whether it was...
Bernadette Sembrano Bernadette Sembrano has turned to songwriting anew to console Filipinos amid troubling times through her latest single under Star Music titled “Yakap,” released on May 5 exactly a year after ABS-CBN’s shutdown. “I miss comforting people with a hug. And I miss being...
World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday hailed the United States' support for a global waiver on patent protections for COVID-19 vaccines, describing it as a "historic decision". WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (AFP / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN The...
BIÑAN, Laguna - The local government unit (LGU) here assured that every resident will receive financial assistance, including those who are living in the most prestigious gated community in the city. In an interview with DZMM's Kuwentuhang Lokal on May 5, Mayor Arman Dimaguila said they...
President Duterte is crossing his fingers that a common anti-parasitic medication could help lessen the risk of getting the coronavirus disease. President Duterte delivers a televised address on May 5, 2021 (Malacañang) In a televised address Wednesday, the President admitted he was hoping for...
Despite insistence that it was his doctor who recommended the Sinopharm coronavirus vaccine, President Duterte apologized for receiving a vaccine that has not been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The President admitted that Sinopharm, developed by Beijing Biological Products...
After apologizing for having himself inoculated with Sinopharm’s coronavirus vaccine despite the lack of regulatory approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), President Duterte insisted that he can get what vaccine he wants because “this is my life.” President Rodrigo Duterte...
The Department of Health (DOH) has noted a decline in the number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases being reported daily. Department of Health Secretary Francisco Duque III (PCOO / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) "Meron po tayong nakikitang improvements. Una dito ay ang pagbaba ng kaso sa buong...
