MANILA – The Department of Health (DOH) has reminded local government units that are now actively announcing their plan to distribute free COVID-19 vaccines to their community. This is the agency’s reaction after a series of announcements by Metro Manila mayors that they have allocated funds for their respective vaccine supplies. “Yung emergency use authorization…
For almost two months without appearing to the public Alibaba founder Jack Ma has garnered various speculations This is despite the Chinese regulatory clampdown of some of his business empires. The alleged disappearance of China’s highest-profile entrepreneur began in October at a forum held in Shanghai. Ma blamed the country’s regulatory system which caused some…
Vice President Leni Robredo believes that President Rodrigo Duterte does not need to threaten to end the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) in the United States if they fail to provide COVID-19 vaccines to the Philippines. Robredo said that President Duterte’s threat against America is not necessary if the Philippine program is in order when it…
A fire broke out in a passenger bus along the Commonwealth, Quezon City this first Sunday of 2021, leaving two dead. According to the initial report of the Bureau of Fire Protection-Quezon City, it was conductor Amelene Sembana and an unknown man. According to Valentino Obligasion, a 45-year-old driver of the Fairview Bus with plate…
A construction worker in Sta. Rita, Pampanga after being shot by a policeman. According to the police investigation, the police are conducting a dragnet operation due to the theft of a peso net shop in Barangay San Matias in Sta. Rita just passed the victim Federico Pineda, 29 years old. According to Police Capt. Renemer…
MANILA – Vice President Leni Robredo urged the government to be transparent in its commitment to prioritizing vaccination against coronavirus disease (COVID-19). “There is no vaccine available yet, that is what adds to the concern of our countrymen when it will come, but there is a special vaccine,” Robredo said in his weekly radio program….
LEGAZPI CITY – At the evacuation centers, 451 families or 1,232 individuals in some provinces in Bicol were greeted by the new year. This follows the floods experienced in some parts of the region due to the incessant heavy rains, in conjunction with the change of year. In an interview by Bombo Radyo Legazpi with…
DOH Sec. Francisco Duque III had the lowest number of casualties due to fireworks at the start of the new year. According to the secretary, the number of people injured today is 85% less than 50 nationwide compared to last year which reached 290 in the same period. Based on the five-year average from 2015,…
Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra has instructed the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to investigate the alleged smuggling of unregistered COVID-19 vaccines into the country. According to Guevarra, it has instructed NBI OIC Chief Eric Distor to immediately investigate the reported unauthorized distribution and injection of the vaccine against coronavirus. Investigators will look into possible violations…
CAUAYAN CITY – Congresswoman Sheena Tan of the 4th district of Isabela has strongly denied the Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) allegation that she owns construction companies. In a statement issued by the congressman on her social media page, she said that she has never had any construction companies or even the existence of shares. She…
