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[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte told Vaccine Czar Carlito Gálvez Jr. to “get up and go” if senators become “verbally abusive” during hearings on the Covid-19 vaccination program, Malacañang said on Wednesday. According to presidential spokesman Harry Roque, Gálvez had asked the president to skip congressional hearings to …

[ad_1] INDIGNATION A wave of indignation sweeps across the University of the Philippines campuses, including the main campus in Diliman, Quezon City, over the unilateral repeal by the Department of National Defense of its June 30, 1989 agreement with the UP System that prohibits entry to policemen and soldiers on …

[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: Members of the National Guard patrol near the US Capitol building prior to the inauguration of US President-elect Joe Biden, in Washington, USA, January 19 2021. REUTERS / Andrew Kelly / File Photo WASHINGTON – A dozen members of the U.S. National Guard have been removed from …

[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte will receive the COVID-19 vaccine once it is available in the Philippines, but will be vaccinated behind closed doors, Malacañang said Tuesday. Presidential spokesman Harry Roque said the public would be informed if Mr. Duterte had been given the vaccine. Roque was responding …

[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday dismissed senators who are urging the government to prioritize purchasing COVID-19 vaccines developed by Pfizer-BioNTech after reports that some elderly and very frail people in Norway have died after receiving the injections. “Do the senators want Pfizer? B In Norway, 25 …

[ad_1] Reuters GENEVA – The world is on the brink of a “catastrophic moral failure” by sharing Covid-19 vaccines, the head of the World Health Organization said on Monday, urging countries and manufacturers to distribute doses more fairly in all the world. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the prospects …

[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – The Senate Committee of the Whole will resume its public hearing on the government’s Covid-19 vaccination plan on Friday, January 22, as senators plan to raise more questions about the government’s agreements with vaccine manufacturers, in particular. Sinovac Biotech from China. Friday’s hearing will be a …

[ad_1] Members of a search and rescue team carry out search operations at Mitra Manakarra hospital following a magnitude 6.2 earthquake on January 15 in Mamuju, January 18, 2021. Photo by ADEK BERRY / AFP MAMUJU, Indonesia – Doctors battled exhaustion and the risk of Covid-19 as they raced Monday …

[ad_1] This illustrative studio photograph shows a miniature shopping cart with a syringe and vials that reads “Covid-19 Vaccine” in Paris on January 8, 2021. (Photo by JOEL SAGET / AFP) MANILA, Philippines – The House Health Committee on Monday opened its investigation into the national government’s COVID-19 vaccine roadmap …

[ad_1] Vehicles pass through a snow-covered center in Buk-gu, Gwangju. Yonhap SEOUL – Another streak of heavy snowfall is forecast to hit South Korea later in the day and continue through Monday morning, raising the alarm about a possible traffic disturbance in the morning rush hour. The Korean Meteorological Administration …