The first batch of Moderna vaccines procured by the national government and private sector from the United States will arrive on Sunday night, June 27, while an additional one million doses of Sinovac vaccines from China will be delivered on Monday, June 28, according to a task force overseeing the...
Party-list Anakpawis on Saturday, June 26, lambasted a proposed P118-billion ($2.43 billion) arms deal between the Philippines and the United States as ‘’immoral, callous and inappropriate.’’ The Armed Forces of the Philippines receives weapons and defense equipment worth P183 million from...
We’ve been flip-flopping on the use of face shields all week. It’s on and off from one day to the next. What is the deal with face shields? After a meeting with lawmakers, including Senate President Vicente Sotto III, at Malacañang last week, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte had agreed that the...
PAGBABAGO Dr. Florangel Rosario Braid Previous studies had shown that during times of crisis and because of uncertainty, people turn to the news media to help them better understand their present environment. This is reinforced in the findings of 10 th edition of Digital News Report (DNR 2021) by...
The government is committed to look after the welfare of the country's health workers, and provide them with supplies needed to combat the pandemic, President Duterte said Thursday. President Rodrigo Duterte deliver a speech during the ceremonial signing of several laws in Malacañang on June 24,...
Almost 100 senior citizens of Barangay San Antonio, Pasig were added to the list of beneficiaries of the P1,000 midyear cash gift program of the barangay, increasing the total number of senior citizens recipients to 819. The P1,000 midyear cash gifts are delivered by barangay personnel to the homes...
DAVAO CITY – A city health official said high-risk behaviors were attributed to the surge of COVID-19 cases among millennials here. "We all know millennials, these are (populations) with high-risk behaviors. Eto ‘yung mahilig mag-socialize, mag-get together in social gatherings (They...
ENDEAVOR Sonny Coloma “A story begins when something knocks life off balance. Then the story progresses, or the plot “thickens,” as the protagonists struggle to restore that balance and peace while antagonistic forces block and resist them. Finally the story ends as the struggle results...
Economist and professor Solita “Winnie” Monsod said on Wednesday, June 23, that the Filipinos need better leaders for the economy to bounce back from the coronavirus pandemic and for the country to be competitive again on the world stage. Economist Solita “Winnie” Monsod...
China and the United States will deliver two million doses of Sinovac vaccines and 250,000 doses of Moderna jabs respectively to the country this week, the National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19 confirmed Wednesday, June 23. A health worker administers a coronavirus vaccine to a Manila resident...
The delivery of 50,000 doses of Russian-made Sputnik V vaccines against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) this month has been delayed, National Task force (NTF) Against COVID-19 chief implementer Carlito Galvez Jr. confirmed Wednesday, June 23. A health worker shows Sputnik V coronavirus vaccines...
Senate President Vicente Sotto III is not satifisfied with how the Department of Health (DOH) justified its recommendation to keep the mandatory face shield policy. Senate President Vicente Sotto III (Office of Sen. Sotto/https://vicentesotto.com) On Wednesday, Sotto filed Senate Resolution No. 757...
