ANGELES CITY, Pampanga – Police arrested a Sputnik Gang member and seized suspected shabu worth P750,000 in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Ninoy Aquino on Sunday, October 1. Angeles City police director Police Col. Amado Mendoza Jr. identified the suspect as “Amurao.” Amurao, a high-value...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has flagged the Department of Health (DOH) over the P1.93 billion procurement of goods, infrastructure projects, and consultancy services that "deprived the government of the most advantageous prices and resulted in doubtful payment transactions and significant delays...
A member of the notorious Sputnik gang who stabbed a barker for reportedly "annoying" him while calling for passengers was arrested in Pasay City on Sunday, May 8. Col. Cesar Paday-os, city police chief, identified the suspect as Rolando Reano, 44, also a barker and a resident of Zamora St., Pasay...
Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, Sinovac, AstraZeneca, Sputnik Light, and Janssen vaccines have been approved for the administration of the second booster shot, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Tuesday, April 19. People waiting for their booster shot in Muntinlupa. (File photo/Muntinlupa PIO) Health...
ZAMBOANGA CITY - Some 18,000 doses of Sputnik V vaccines have expired due to vaccine hesitancy among residents of Zamboanga Peninsula. A senior citizen gets his vaccine dose against Covid-19 in Imelda, Zamboanga Sibugay. (Photo courtesy of DOH-9) "Umabot na sa time na nag expire yung mga vaccines...
Sputnik vaccines The Philippines has no plans to buy additional doses of the Russian Sputnik V vaccines as the country still has enough supply of COVID-19 vaccines, an official of the Department of Health (DOH) said. “As of now, alam ko walang balak na bumili ng Sputnik V vaccine. We have enough...
Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines Sputnik Light and Sinopharm are now allowed to be used as booster shots, the Department of Health (DOH) announced on Friday,...
The single-shot Sputnik Light coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine is a "good candidate" as a booster shot, members of the Vaccine Expert Panel said Tuesday, Jan. 25. (JUAN CARLO DE VELA / MANILA BULLETIN) "Sputnik Light is a good candidate for boosting vaccine. So after initial vaccination or...
Sputnik vaccines Russia's COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V has showed a "strong protection" against the highly infectious Omicron coronavirus variant, the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and the Gamaleya National Research Center of Epidemiology and Microbiology said on Thursday, Jan. 20. “Sputnik...
Vials of the Russia's Sputnik V Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine are pictured at a vaccination facility in Mumbai on July 13, 2021. Punit PARANJPE / AFP The Sputnik coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine from Russia can provide protection against the Omicron variant, the jab makers said. "A preliminary...
Sputnik vaccines The Department of Health (DOH) said that local experts studied the data of Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine before approving its emergency use in the Philippines. Based on a report from Agence France Presse, the Sputnik V vaccine has yet to secure an approval from the World...
(UNSPLASH / MANILA BULLETIN) Only those who received the Sputnik Light and Janssen coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines during their primary vaccination are allowed to get a booster dose three months after, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said on Sunday. “Meron pong dalawang bakuna,...
