Senator Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan on Tuesday, June 15, appealed to the executive department to decide on whether or not to consider the proposed Bayanihan 3 law as an urgent piece of legislation so the Senate can take prompt action. Senator Francis 'Kiko' Pangilinan asks Cabinet officials on their...
Senator Joel Villanueva on Tuesday urged the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) and the Department of Health (DOH) to clear the issue about a confusing policy requiring fully vaccinated Filipinos and overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to produce proof of vaccination. During a Senate Committee of the...
Japan will donate a still-undetermined amount of AstraZeneca COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) vaccines to at least five Southeast Asian countries, including the Philippines. The Foreign Ministry in Tokyo made this announcement on Tuesday as it initially aimed to deliver one million doses of...
President Duterte is so far satisfied with the government's pace of the vaccination after more than 6 million coronavirus doses have been administered. Cops assigned at the Manila Police District Command (MPD) prepare to get vaccinated against the coronavirus at the police stations located in...
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said on Tuesday, June 15, that the government will “recalibrate” and prioritize the distribution of more COVID-19 vaccines to areas under the modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ), the Philippines’ second strictest lockdown level. Cabinet Secretary...
DAVAO CITY - The city mayor of Kidapawan on Monday has expressed his disappointment over the vaccine allocations and asks that the city be given their share. "Asa na ang bakuna? (Where are the vaccines?)" Kidapawan Mayor Joseph Evangelista said in a video message on Monday (June 14). "To whom it...
Experts from Israel will visit the country this month to share their best practices on coronavirus disease (COVID-19) response, including vaccine deployment. Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. presents updates on the Philippines' COVID-19 vaccination program during President Duterte's public address...
Pasay City, where a spike of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases started in March, has declared that only 30 of its 201 barangays have active cases. In the latest tally of the City Epidemiology and Disease Surveillance Unit (CESU) as of 3:20 p.m. on Monday, June 14, the city logged a total of only...
Vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez, Jr. and Health Secretary Francisco Duque III should disclose the prices of COVID-19 vaccines and submit to the Senate Committee of the Whole the supply agreements the Philippines has signed with vaccine manufacturers for scrutiny. Drilon made the call ahead of...
San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora announced on Monday that the city government will start the inoculation of its residents under the A5 (indigents) priority group on Tuesday, June 15, making it the first city in Metro Manila to start the vaccination of those under the A5 category. San Juan City...
China has assured it would continue to prioritize the Philippines despite the tightening of the global supply of COVID-19 vaccine, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said in a statement Monday. Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. and Chinese Foreign Minister and State Counselor Wang...
Senator Joel Villanueva on Monday, June 14, appealed for more transparency on Philippine government's vaccine procurement, particularly the prices of vaccine doses, especially that the executive department is requesting for an additional P25 billion to finance the program. Senator Joel Villanueva...
