Opposition Senator Leila de Lima on Friday said President Duterte should follow Vice President Leni Robredo's lead in encouraging Filipinos to get vaccinated against COVID-19 without threatening of putting them to jail. "VP Leni is encouraging a lot of people to be inoculated without threatening...
Grateful for the service of his predecessor to the Filipino nation, President Duterte has promised to provide assistance to the family of the late President Benigno S. Aquino III. A file photo shows President Benigno S. Aquino III delivering a State of the Nation Address on July 2015 (Malacañang)...
President Duterte paid tribute to the late President Benigno S. Aquino III, saying he gave his "best" to serve the Filipino nation. President Benigno S. Aquino III (File photo/Malacañang) The President joined the nation in offering heartfelt sympathies and asked Filipinos to unite in prayer for...
President Duterte has offered sympathies over the death of former President Benigno S. Aquino III and expressed appreciation for his service to the Filipino nation. In this file photo, President-elect Rodrigo Roa Duterte and outgoing President Benigno S. Aquino III meet at the President’s Hall...
A staunch critic of the Duterte government on Wednesday, June 23 assailed the president and his allies for allegedly trying to “blur” the issue on the endorsement of a International Criminal Court probe into the bloody “war on drugs” in the country. Asst. Minority Leader and ACT Teachers...
House Majority Leader and Leyte Rep. Martin Romualdez on Wednesday, June 23 revealed that the Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats has decided to renew its formal alliance with the Hugpong ng Pagbabago, headed by probable 2022 presidential candidate Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte. media In a virtual...
"Drastic times demand for drastic measures." A health worker administers a coronavirus vaccine to a Manila resident during start of the inoculation of A5 priority group in Baseco Compound, Manila on June 16, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo issued...
President Rodrigo Duterte's threat to arrest Filipinos who refuse to get vaccinated against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is "illegal," according to Bayan Muna Chairman Neri Colmenares. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) In a statement, Colmenares stressed that there is no law that makes vaccination...
A Palace official has blamed the opposition forces for allegedly sowing fear in the coronavirus vaccination that threatens to derail the government's efforts to reach herd immunity. A Manila resident gets a first dose of the Pfizer vaccine during an inoculation program in Tondo on June 20, 2012....
Threatening to arrest people over their refusal to get vaccinated against the COVID-19 will not solve the hesitancy among Filipinos of receiving the jab, Senator Joel Villanueva said. A Manila resident receives a first dose of Pfizer coronavirus vaccine during the inoculation drive at a school in...
The country must "triple" efforts to prevent the spread of a more transmissible variant of the coronavirus since it cannot afford a "disastrous" second wave of infections, President Duterte declared last Monday. Manila residents line up eager to get Pfizer coronavirus vaccines at a vaccination site...
The government has ample reserved funds to secure additional coronavirus vaccines needed by Filipinos, President Duterte said recently amid efforts to mitigate the impact of the pandemic on lives and livelihoods in the country. Manila residents wait for their turn to get their first dose of...
