‘Herd immunity a tall order’
The government said achieving herd immunity by the end of the year remains a huge challenge as the only 4.5 ...
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Deadly ‘Delta’ alarms WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday urged the Philippines to speed up its vaccination of seniors before the more ...
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Pacquiao calls Duterte’s dare, snipes at DOH
Senator Manny Pacquiao on Tuesday accepted the challenge of President Rodrigo Duterte to identify corrupt government agencies or, failing that, ...
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Liberating Quezon City
"Where did the respondents to this survey come from another planet, another dimension?" No, Quezon City is not ...
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PH buys 40M Pfizer doses
The government has made the biggest vaccine procurement for 2021 with the signing of a supply agreement for 40 million ...
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Australia boosts PH war on Covid
The Australian government has committed to provide additional P480.2 million to help the Philippines procure COVID-19 vaccines. Australian Ambassador to ...
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Taking care of business
"I would like to be told I am wrong if I am, indeed, mistaken. " With Francisco Duque ...
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Local Roundup: – FDA: AstraZeneca gets go-ahead – 2 Miss U pageant bets test positive
The Philippines can continue using AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine after experts reviewed it amid blood clot reports, the Food and Drug ...
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A crime against humanity
"Why the continued refusal? Why the warning?" As of Thursday, April 8, 2021, the country has recorded 14,119 deaths ...
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San Juan jabs
Health Secretary Francisco Duque prepares to inoculate 69-year-old senior citizen Charito Banal with the AstraZeneca anti-COVID-19 vaccine, as San Juan ...
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