
Wait’s over! Galvez: 15K doses of Sputnik V vaccine arriving in PH on April 25
The vaccine czar said the first tranche of the vaccines from Russia’s Gamaleya Research Institute will be used in a simulation activity by the Taguig local government.
The vaccine czar said the first tranche of the vaccines from Russia’s Gamaleya Research Institute will be used in a simulation activity by the Taguig local government.
Deputy Speaker and Bagong Henerasyon Rep. Bernadette Herrera on Thursday asked the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to expand the list of medicines that can be used to COVID-19 patients.
Magdalo Rep. Manuel Cabochan III said the misplaced attention of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) against community pantries “is becoming more detrimental to the government’s fight against communist insurgency.”
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin, Jr. is representing President Rodrigo Duterte at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Summit in Jakarta this week, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Thursday.
Regardless of what these are called, Sobejana said what is important is that the planned effort will be able to help feed people who lost their livelihood due to lockdowns.
Deputy Speaker for Trade and Industry and Valenzuela Rep. Wes Gatchalian urged the national government to give the private sector some flexibility in vaccinating all its employees “fairly and without distinction or classification.”
Two Deputy Speakers have joined the call for the termination of Executive Order 128, which increases the minimum access volume and decreases the tariff on imported pork products.
Speaker Lord Allan Jay Velasco on Thursday underscored the need to introduce direct and tangible actions to curb plastic pollution like imposing a ban on harmful and unnecessary single-use plastic products.
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The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) may be one step closer to being defunded next year as Sen. Panfilo Lacson is having second thoughts on defending its budget for next year.
Senate Minority Leader Frank Drilon on Thursday called for the immediate passage of Senate Bill 2121 or the proposed “Act Defining and Penalizing Red-Tagging” amid the “relentless red-tagging” by officials of the government’s anti-insurgency task form in the middle of a pandemic.
Senator Bong Go on Thursday appealed to medical experts, health advocates, and government officials to work together to come up with safe, effective, and science-driven viable solutions to further address Covid-19.
Malacañang on Thursday dismissed the recent drop of the Philippines’ lower ranking in the World Press Freedom “de minimis.”
Malacañang reiterated its support for the establishment of community pantries in the country despite the statement of National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict spokesperson Lieutenant General Antonio Parlade Jr. likening such to Satan giving apple to Eve.
The spokesperson of the government’s anti-communism task force trended on Twitter Wednesday (April 21) after he compared the woman who started the first community pantry in the country to Satan.
Groups and individuals are free to set up community pantries to help the needy but using these to incite hatred against the government is a different story, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said on Wednesday.
Malacañang said it understands the decision of the United States to warn its citizens against traveling to the Philippines due to the rising cases of Covid-19 in the country.
Malacañang on Thursday condoled with the family of former Interior undersecretary Wencelito Andanar who passed away at the age of 73.
The Philippine government joins the rest of the world in observing Earth Day today, April 22.
Former Interior Undersecretary Wencelito Andanar has passed away, his son confirmed Monday.
Anakalusugan Rep. Michael Defensor said policemen ‘visited’ a resident of Quezon City who was helping him distribute free human grade Ivermectin.
House Committee on Ways and Means chairperson Joey Salceda on Wednesday urged the Senate to pass the property reform bill, which is the third package of President Rodrigo Duterte’s comprehensive tax reform program.
The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) has yet to finish the guidelines for the use of indemnification fund that will shoulder the medical expenses of Filipinos who will experience adverse effects from the COVID-19 vaccines.
Assistant Minority Leader and Gabriela Women’s Party Rep. Arlene Brosas urged the House Committee on Economic Affairs to realign the P19 billion budget of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) to the proposed P10K ayuda bill.
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