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[ad_1] At a New Years press conference on Monday, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said an emergency declaration was under consideration and would apply to Tokyo and the three neighboring prefectures of Chiba, Saitama and Kanagawa. The governors of the four regions have urged Suga to do so now, as cases …

[ad_1] Image source: Pfizer (Reuters) – Pfizer Inc and its partner BioNTech are planning to give volunteers who received a placebo in their COVID-19 vaccine trial an option to receive a first dose of the vaccine before March 1, 2021, while staying within the study. The trial vaccine transition option …

[ad_1] Local brokerage King’s Power Securities Inc. has taken a year-round business holiday as the prolonged coronavirus pandemic gnawed at its operations. The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) approved the voluntary suspension of King’s Power’s business operations from January 1 to December 31 of this year. King’s Power, which is owned …

[ad_1] THE challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 affected all sectors of society, not just in the Philippines but around the world. The strict blockades in their initial stage from March to May in the country restricted mobility and halted almost all economic activities. However, Philippine government agencies …

[ad_1] Richard Gordon Leni Robredo Salvador Panel MANILA, Philippines – Who are they protecting? The commander and troops of the Presidential Security Group (PSG) could be to blame for smuggling into the country and the use of an unauthorized COVID-19 vaccine from China on selected cabinet officials and presidential guards, …

[ad_1] Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) is implementing the scheduled contribution rate and income ceiling adjustment for 2021 to ensure sufficient funding for the health care benefits of its 110 million members as provided by the Act of the Republic No. 11223 or the “Universal Health Care (UHC) Law”. PhilHealth …

[ad_1] The Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC) intensive care unit (ICU) for its Covid-19 patients was fully occupied days before the end of 2020. According to SPMC’s daily Covid-19 statistics and graphs posted on its official Facebook page, the 30 ICU beds assigned to the hospital for Covid-19 patients were …

[ad_1] AFTER suffering double-digit losses due to the pandemic, the government has decided to cut export projections through 2022 by a fifth to $ 103.9 billion, from the original $ 130 billion. In a statement Sunday, Commerce Secretary Ramón M. López announced his agency’s decision to lower the medium-term export …

[ad_1] An outbreak of DIARRHEA had affected Barangay Butuan in Jose Abad Santos (JAS), Davao Occidental, affecting 32 residents, including an elderly man who succumbed to the disease on Saturday, January 2, 2021. JAS Mayor Jason John Joyce, in an interview with SunStar Davao, identified the victim as Emilio Sumanday, …

[ad_1] The mayors of Metro Manila are awaiting the guidelines on obtaining vaccines against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) that will be used in the inoculation of its components. Parañaque city mayor Edwin Olivarez, president of the Metro Manila City Council, said the group was waiting for the Food and …