The country does not have enough hospitals to attend to the needs of the people, President Duterte admitted Monday, August 16 as the nation continued to battle the spread of the coronavirus disease. President Duterte meets key government officials on pandemic response in Davao City on August 16,...
The coronavirus vaccines are not yet for sale in the country. President Rodrigo Duterte presides over a meeting with the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) core members prior to his talk to the people at the Arcadia Active Lifestyle Center in Matina, Davao City...
As the pandemic continued to take a toll on the nation, the Philippine government has turned to the United States for the purchase of additional vaccines to fight the coronavirus disease. President Rodrigo Duterte delivers a speech during turnover of more than 3 million Moderna COVID-19 vaccines...
The country's health frontliners will be receiving their benefits as soon as possible. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) President Duterte has ordered Health Secretary Francisco Duque III to prioritize the release of benefits due to the country's health workers if there is enough...
President Duterte said that China’s COVID-19 vaccine donation to the Philippines has “no strings attached” except “that their boats are there” in the West Philippine Sea. President Rodrigo Duterte addresses the nation on August 16, 2021. (RTVM Screenshot) During his late-night Talk to the...
President Duterte renewed his call for Filipinos to get their COVID-19 jabs, saying that the coronavirus might be here to stay “for years.” President Rodrigo Duterte delivers his regular public address to the nation on August 16, 2021. (RTVM Screenshot) The Chief Executive urged the public to...
If Health Secretary Francisco Duque III files his resignation, which many are now calling for because of the latest Commission on Audit (COA) report, President Duterte will outrightly reject it, coming to the defense once more of the embattled health chief. President Rodrigo Duterte addresses the...
President Duterte said that it is “impossible” to steal P67.3 billion as he defended the Department of Health (DOH) after the Commission on Audit (COA) flagged “deficiencies” in the agency’s handling of the COVID-19 funds. President Rodrigo Duterte delivers his regular address to the...
"I'm smarter." President Duterte urged Filipinos to believe in him and the government and not the communists, saying he had already resolved the issue of agrarian reform-- proof that he is smarter than the rebels. President Rodrigo Roa Duterte (Malacañang photo) In his pre-recorded public...
Despite being fully vaccinated, Manila Mayor Isko Moreno still tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), which is proof of what experts have been saying all along: that vaccinated people can still get the coronavirus but not suffer from severe symptoms, Presidential spokesman Harry...
President Duterte on Monday, August 16, extended his “sincere condolences” to the government and people of Haiti, where a 7.2-magnitude earthquake has so far killed 1,297 people, though none of them are Filipinos. President Rodrigo Roa Duterte (Malacañang photo) Presidential spokesman Harry...
Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV said on Monday, August 16, that he is holding the Duterte administration responsible for the recent death of a Magdalo member, as well as for the deaths of many others because of COVID-19. (Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV/Facebook) He said in a Facebook post...
