The Duterte administration is negotiating with the country’s development partners to fund the procurement of booster doses for the coronavirus vaccination next year, the Department of Finance (DOF) said. Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III said on late Tuesday, Oct. 5, that the government...
Senator Joel Villanueva on Tuesday, Oct. 5, chided an official of Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation for supposedly fooling the government in declaring that it paid over a million in employee benefits when government records showed otherwise. Senator Joel Villanueva (Senate of the Philippines) At...
MARK BALMORES/MANILA BULLETIN The Department of Health (DOH) reported that the country's new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases fell below 10,000 on Tuesday, Oct. 5for the first time since Aug. 10. The DOH said that 9,055 new patients tested positive for COVID-19. It was on Aug. 10 that the...
An official from Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation told the Senate blue ribbon committee on Tuesday that it the company has yet to be fully paid by the government for the COVID-19 supplies they purchased from the firm. Mohit Dargani, Pharmally’s corporate secretary and treasurer, said the...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has yet to release the final results of the clinical trials on potential adjunct treatments against coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Director Jaime Montoya of the DOST’s Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (PCHRD) gave updates on...
There are 52 cases of the highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) detected in Taguig. Based on data from the Department of Health (DOH), the 52 cases of the Delta variant in Taguig were recorded as of Sept. 27. Taguig Mayor Lino Cayetano getting vaccinated (Taguig City...
The United States has donated 42 cold-storage freezers to the Philippines which will be distributed to far-flung and geographically isolated areas with little to zero capability to handle coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines, a pandemic task force leader revealed Monday night, Oct. 4. Vaccine...
One of the witnesses in the Senate blue ribbon committee’s investigation into the government’s procurement of allegedly overpriced COVID-19 pandemic supplies is now fearing for his life, Senator Risa Hontiveros said on Tuesday, Oct. 5. During the 11th hearing of the Senate panel, Hontiveros...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) urged the different local government units (LGUs) and the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) to also prioritize inmates in the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination program. DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that inmates were also...
(DR. GUIDO DAVID / TWITTER) The hospital bed occupancy rate for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients in Metro Manila has "dramatically decreased" over the past two weeks, said OCTA Research fellow Dr. Guido David. In his update on Tuesday, Oct. 5, David said that hospital occupancy in Metro...
The Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation official who earlier broke contact with the Senate after giving her testimony affirming the anomalies in the government’s procurement of COVID-19 pandemic supplies from their company showed up at the continuation of the Senate blue ribbon committee’s...
In its continuing support to the government and private sector’s fight against COVID-19, Meralco energizes a new vaccination center at the AMC Gym, Barangay San Roque, Pateros. The project involves the installation of six 15-meter concrete poles, two 50-kVA distribution transformers, 10 spans of...
