Philippines – The Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) on Wednesday said it is considering taking legal action against the travelers from South Africa who have not yet been located due to missing or incorrect information on their sheet. Earlier, the Department of Health revealed it is having difficulty tracing the eight travelers who arrived in the country from November 15 to …

Philippines – Surprisingly, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III expressed willingness to again face the Senate Blue Ribbon committee to ferret out the truth despite a directive from President Duterte barring his appointees from participating in the inquiry into the corruption scandal involving the procurement of P42 billion worth of COVID-19 supplies. In view of this, Duque issued the statement upon …

Unexpectedly, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III has again figured out how to get under the skin of legislators after state examiners hailed “lacks” in his specialization’s expenditure of P67.32 billion in pandemic assets in 2020. The Commission on Audit in a report delivered recently that greater part of the hailed reserves, P66.28 billion, were predominantly because of “rebelliousness of appropriate …