Philippines

Mayor Vico Sotto has declared that Pasig City is the first local government unit (LGU) to have a Department of Health / World Health Organization approved coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination programme. After consulting vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr and research czar Vince Dizon, Sotto made the announcement. In a Senate hearing, the DOH earlier revealed that Pasig City was …

With the approval of President Rodrigo Duterte, the small physical classes for students in medical and health-allied programs are expected to resume. Owing to the coronavirus pandemic, in-person studying for colleges just like the rest of the nation has been called off for almost a year already, with schools taking their courses online that had sometimes spelled trouble for many. …

It was a special day for EXO-Ls and most prominently Kyungsoo’s supporters named as “dandanies” for having a treat as EXO member Do Kyungsoo, known commonly as D.O. organized a surprise VLive broadcast to mark his military discharge. The 35-minute broadcast shows the 28-year-old singer saying hello to the fans and telling them that he had returned from his 18-month …

Malacañang expressed their desire for the hope that after China enacted a law authorizing its coast guard to fire on foreign ships, no nation will do anything that could escalate the tensions in the South China Sea. In view of this, China is involved in a conflict in the South China Sea with the Philippines and four other claimants and …

Amidst the things that happened to the networks, for the meantime, the audiences who hope to see more of their beloved ABS-CBN shows airing on TV5 after the latest partnership of the two networks will have to moderate their hopes. In view of this, TV5 Network Inc. and Manuel V. Pangilinan, chairman of Cignal TV, told The STAR that before …

It has been a hot topic for the nation to deal with “cha-cha” and by this time, ten business groups oppose making changes to the Constitution and advise the government to concentrate instead on the continuing healthy economic recovery. The business groups such as Philippines Financial Executives Institute, Filipina CEO Circle, Philippines Investment House Association, Judicial Reform Initiative, Makati Business …

The health authorities in the Philippines announced that they had confirmed 16 more cases of a new strain of coronavirus that is thought to be more contagious, with two cases of local transmission. In view of this, the Department of Health reported that the two patients with the B117 variant from La Trinidad, Benguet and Calamba City, Laguna, had no …

It’s interesting how things worked out as the introduction of the second tranche of the Wage Standardization Law set it’s objective for government employees to enjoy higher wages starting this month. In view of this, The National Budget Circular No. 548 has been released by Budget Secretary Wendel Avisado, which lays down the guidance for enforcing the second tranche of …

It’s been a year since the coronavirus appeared in December 2019 and little has been done to mitigate the history of deteriorating mobility in the region so the advocates and lawmakers voiced out their point. In view of this, Legislators addressed the draft commuters’ rights bills filed at the House Transportation Committee meeting with the overall aim of strengthening passenger …

The controversial and on the hot spot Sinovac of China has obtained permission for its coronavirus vaccine to hold clinical trials in the region, local regulators. These tests, including a certain number of patients, are performed to assess if candidate vaccines are safe and reliable for the lethal virus that has infected and killed millions. Last year, five drugmakers had …