Philippines Headlines
Tue, 13 Apr 2021 16:23:00 +0800As gov't continues vaccination program, inmates wait to be included in priority list
As the task force against COVID-19 refines and updates its priority vaccination list, inmates sharing cramped spaces in Philippine jails and prisons continue to wait to be included in the government’s priority vaccination list.
Tue, 13 Apr 2021 16:10:00 +0800Lawmaker wants to put up monument for frontliners, scholarships for their kids
A lawmaker is pushing for the creation of a monument commemorating frontline workers who served during the COVID-19 pandemic and died, and for their children to receive scholarship grants and financial assistance from the government.
Tue, 13 Apr 2021 16:01:00 +0800Clinical trials for Sinovac jab yet to start in Philippines — Vaccine Expert Panel
“They haven’t started yet. They’re still laying the groundwork because they want an amendment, which is not yet fully submitted at this time,” Dr. Nina Gloriani, VEP head, said in a briefing Tuesday.
Tue, 13 Apr 2021 16:00:00 +0800Philippines logs 8,571 new COVID-19 cases, active cases at 165,534
It has been 392 days since the Philippines hoisted its first enhanced community quarantine. The country is still under the world's longest lockdown.
Tue, 13 Apr 2021 15:27:00 +0800As Filipinos decry anti-Asian attacks in the US, anti-Chinese sentiment festers at home
"The Philippines saw many incidents of physical altercations, parody and memes, racial slurs of 'chingchong,' and service refusals to mainland Chinese people unleashed by COVID-19," Dr. Jonathan Corpus Ong said in an Internews report.
Tue, 13 Apr 2021 13:35:00 +0800DFA summons Chinese envoy over lingering ships in West Philippine Sea
(Updated) In a statement release Tuesday, the DFA said it expressed "displeasure over the illegal presence of Chinese vessels in the coral reef off the coast of Bataraza, Palawan.
Tue, 13 Apr 2021 11:49:00 +0800Erap now negative for COVID-19, may soon be transferred to regular room — Jinggoy
Former President Joseph Estrada has now tested negative to the novel coronavirus and may soon be transferred to a regular room, his son former Sen. Jinggoy Estrada said.
Tue, 13 Apr 2021 11:16:00 +0800Philippines eyes 20 million doses of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine
Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. said negotiations to procure Sputnik V vaccine doses are still ongoing and the supply agreement will be signed this week.
Tue, 13 Apr 2021 11:03:00 +0800Two more cops succumb to COVID-19
"On behalf of the PNP, we would like to give our condolences to the bereaved family and assures every assistance they needed," Sinas expressed. "The PNP leadership is doing everything to mitigate this virus especially on our personnel, as frontliner...
Tue, 13 Apr 2021 10:47:00 +0800Study: Asthma drug Budesonide hastens recovery of COVID-19 patients with mild symptoms
(Updated) Asthma drug budesonide can hasten the recovery of COVID-19 patients at home with mild symptoms, according to new trial results from the United Kingdom.