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Palace says 'there should be no questions anymore' on Duterte guards' unauthorized vaccination

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS CBN News
Updated as of Feb 25 06:30 PM

Malacañang said on Thursday "there should be no questions anymore" on the unauthorized use of allegedly smuggled COVID-19 shots by President Rodrigo Duterte's security men.   Read more »

Philippines last in region to get COVID-19 shots? 'No big meaning,' says Palace

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS CBN News
Posted at Feb 25 05:02 PM

The Philippines' status as the last Southeast Asian nation to get a delivery of COVID-19 shots has "no big meaning," Malacañang said on Thursday said, days ahead of the expected arrival of the country's first vaccine batch.  Read more »

Palace: Up to Duterte if he wants to use Sinovac's COVID-19 vaccine

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 25 04:06 PM

Malacañang said on Thursday it was up to President Rodrigo Duterte if he would take COVID-19 shots from Beijing-based Sinovac, despite his preference for jabs from another Chinese drug maker.   Read more »

'Why did we come to this?' asks senator as Philippines offers nurses for COVID-19 shots

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS CBN News
Posted at Feb 25 03:07 PM

The public should ask officials leading the country's COVID-19 response why the government has to offer deploying more nurses to Britain to get coronavirus vaccines, a senator said on Thursday, as the Philippine immunization drive lagged.  Read more »

First batch in PH: COVID-19 vaccine from China's Sinovac to arrive Sunday

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 25 04:40 PM

MANILA — The Philippines will get its first batch of COVID-19 vaccines this weekend with the expected arrival of doses from Chinese pharmaceutical firm Sinovac, Malacañang said on Thursday.    Read more »

'Hindi ako holdaper': Duterte says he takes off anti-virus mask at times

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 25 05:59 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday admitted that he is not used to wearing anti-virus masks and would sometimes take them off, despite authorities' advice to keep face coverings on to avoid catching COVID-19.  Read more »

Sinovac says to deliver COVID-19 vaccine to Philippines 'very soon'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 25 02:21 AM

China-based pharmaceutical firm Sinovac Biotech said on Wednesday it would deliver COVID-19 shots to the Philippines "very soon", after its product was granted emergency use authorization (EUA) in the Southeast Asian nation.   Read more »

Palace: Duterte puzzled why FDA does not recommend Sinovac for health workers

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 24 05:39 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte has been puzzled over why the Philippine drug regulator did not recommend the use of COVID-19 shots from China's Sinovac Biotech for health frontliners, Malacañang said on Wednesday.    Read more »

Palace says VP Robredo 'welcome to join' first recipients of Sinovac jabs

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 25 02:21 AM

Vice President Leni Robredo is "welcome to join" officials who have volunteered to be among the first recipients of the COVID-19 vaccine from Beijing-based Sinovac, Malacañang said on Wednesday.  Read more »

Amid delayed inoculation drive, Palace thanks China for COVID-19 vaccine aid

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 24 02:49 PM

Malacañang on Wednesday conveyed its thanks to China for assistance in sourcing COVID-19 vaccines, as the country's immunization drive suffered delays.  Read more »

'Why not?' Palace welcomes DOLE offer to trade nurses for COVID-19 vaccine donations

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 24 02:58 PM

MANILA — Malacañang on Wednesday welcomed the labor department's offer to let thousands of health care workers, mostly nurses, take jobs in the United Kingdom and Germany if the two countries agreed to donate COVID-19 vaccines.  Read more »

FDA to probe Mon Tulfo's use of 'smuggled' coronavirus vaccine

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 24 02:13 PM

The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday said it would investigate the admission of use of a smuggled COVID-19 vaccine by President Rodrigo Duterte's special envoy to China, columnist Mon Tulfo.  Read more »

OCTA pushes for COVID-19 tests for tourists, which Cebu says no longer required

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Posted at Feb 23 04:56 PM

An independent group of researchers from the academe stressed on Tuesday the importance of COVID-19 testing for tourists, which the Cebu provincial government said was no longer necessary for travelers.  Read more »

Comelec: Guidelines for 2022 polls out in last quarter of this year

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Posted at Feb 23 04:04 PM

The final guidelines for next year's presidential polls will be released in the last quarter of 2021, the Commission on Elections said on Tuesday.    Read more »

Duterte not holding anyone accountable for lagging COVID-19 vaccination: official

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 23 01:31 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte is not holding any of his Cabinet members accountable for a delay in the arrival of vaccines with which authorities hoped to launch the country's COVID-19 inoculation drive this month, an official said on Tuesday. Read more »

Duterte creates new task force for job creation

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 23 12:59 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte's administration has formed another task force, this time to create jobs and spur investments to revive the ailing economy, an official said on Tuesday, as the Philippines continued to wrestle with the COVID-19 pandemic.    Read more »

Duterte needs 'a little more time' for proposed MGCQ shift: official

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 23 12:14 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte has asked for "a little more time" to approve a call of his aides to place the entire Philippines under the loosest of 4 quarantine levels and revive the country's ailing economy, an official said on Tuesday.    Read more »

Philippines in 'very advanced' talks for acquisition of Russian COVID-19 vaccine

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Posted at Feb 22 10:40 PM

The Philippines is in "very advanced" negotiations to get a supply of the COVID-19 vaccine that Russia's Gamaleya Institute developed, Manila's ambassador to Moscow said on Monday.   Read more »

Palace hopes for Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine arrival this week after EUA approval

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 22 06:49 PM

The Philippines hopes to receive its first supply of COVID-19 vaccines this week, courtesy of China's Sinovac Biotech, Malacañang said on Monday, after the country's drug regulator approved the product for emergency use, which was a requirement for its delivery. Read more »

Elderly Duterte won't be among first to get Sinovac vaccine - Palace

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 22 06:26 PM

The priority recipients for the COVID-19 vaccine of China's Sinovac Biotech will exclude President Rodrigo Duterte due to his age, Malacañang said on Monday.  Read more »