Duterte eyes conversion of hotels into Covid-19 facilities

MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday night broached the idea of turning hotels into isolation facilities for individuals infected with coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). In a...

Media workers now included in A4 vax priority group

MANILA – The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) has approved the proposed sectors included in the A4 priority group for the...

Comelec ready to work with DepEd on teachers’ pay hike

MANILA – An official of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Thursday vowed to work with the Department of Education (DepEd) on its request for an increase...

Duterte backs local Covid-19 vax production

MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday expressed support for the planned local production of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccines. This, after Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez, during...

PRRD wants faster processing of permits for local vax production

MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday called for the speedy processing of government permits of local pharmaceutical companies that intend to produce locally-made vaccines. In a...

Think about people you infect, Duterte tells anti-vaxxers

MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday took a swipe at people who disagree with the use of vaccines against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). In his...

EcoWaste promotes alternative strategy vs. solid waste

Reso urging PRRD to withdraw EO 128 adopted in Senate

MANILA – The Senate Committee of the Whole on Thursday adopted a resolution urging President Rodrigo R. Duterte to withdraw Executive Order 128, which provides for the...

PH reaffirms ‘strong commitment’ vs. chemical weapons threats

MANILA – Philippine Ambassador to the Netherlands J. Eduardo Malaya reaffirmed to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) the Philippines’ strong commitment to disarmament...

Google fine-tunes search for accurate, timely Covid-19 data

MANILA – As it helps the online community gather information on the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), Google announced on Thursday the launch of a dedicated search results...