There is still no application for Avian influenza vaccines in the Philippines, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) bared. (Photo courtesy of Malacañang) While there are three potential applicants for bird flu vaccines registration, none of them has lodged their official application to the...
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Director General Dr. Samuel Zacate announced on Tuesday, Feb. 13, that together with other agencies, they would create a task force against fake product advertisements to be launched this year. (From left) FDA Director General Dr. Samuel Zacate and FDA Director...
President Marcos has approved the 10-year Maritime Industry Development Plan 2028 (MIDP), which will serve as the country’s roadmap for the development and direction of the maritime industry. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. and Filipino seafarers (Photos from the Presidential...
President Marcos has ordered concerned agencies to amend existing policies to allow foreign common drugs to come into the country in a bid to bring the prices of medicine down. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. presides over a sectoral meeting with the Food and Drug Administration at the...
What did Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Juan Ponce Enrile do on the day before his 100th birthday? Juan Ponce Enrile (Photo courtesy of PPA/KJ Rosales) It was just another day in the office as he attended President Marcos' regular sectoral meeting at the Malacañan Palace. The...
Vice President Sara Duterte on Monday, Feb. 12, said that she and President Marcos “are okay,” but refused to comment on her relationship with First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. and Vice President Sara Duterte during the presentation of this year's...
President Marcos has appointed Maria Lourdes Doria-Velarde as acting member of the Board of Trustees of the Home Development Fund (Pag-IBIG), representing the private employers’ sector. Malacañang made the announcement on Monday, Feb. 12. Doria-Velarde replaces Mylah Roque, who was appointed to...
The Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) deemed it "unfair" to downgrade the current inter-agency efforts to stop violence against the media in the country, citing that recent cases of violence against journalists have been resolved. UN Special Rapporteur Irene Khan and PTFoMS...
President Marcos hailed the heroism of four soldiers who were wounded in a recent operation against the Dawlah Islamiya-Maute Group (DI-MG). President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy of Cpl. Rodgen V. Quirante PA/OACPA) Marcos personally visited the combat-wounded troops at the Army...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (Malacañang) Echoing the call of their fellow members of the House of Representatives, two party-list solons have put more pressure on the Senate to respond to President Marcos’ endorsement of the proposed...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) A historic rice harvest. That's how House Speaker Martin Romualdez described the country’s 20-million metric ton (MT) rice production for 2023, which was a 1.5 percent increase from the previous...
“Patay na patay sa akin!” This was how First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos teased her husband, President Marcos, when they were asked to share their first kiss in the latter’s most recent vlog. President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. and First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos (Bongbong...
