Senator Imee Marcos had called for global price cap on COVID-19 vaccines. Senator Imelda “Imee” Marcos on Sunday had called for the implementation of global price cap on COVID-19 vaccines. This, despite that the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) admitted that implementing price ceiling on COVID-19 vaccines would be difficult to negotiate. The senator … Read more
Implementing price cap on COVID-19 vaccines would be “difficult”, according to DTI. Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez admitted on Saturday that implementing price cap on COVID-19 vaccines would be difficult for the government to negotiate. This, as Lopez pointed out that developing a COVID-19 vaccine required a lot of extensive research and investment. “[Kaya] hindi basta-basta … Read more
Oil Companies Set to Impose Oil Price Adjustments Next Week Several oil companies are set to implement price adjustments on petroleum product on the fourth week of November. Over the previous months, the coronavirus pandemic spread like a wildfire in different regions all across the world including the Philippines. The virus affects millions of people … Read more
Catanduanes Residents Complain on Increasing Prices of Basic Commodities Catanduanes residents are already complaining regarding the shortage of food supply and its increasing prices in the market. The Filipino consumers in Catanduanes are now complaining regarding the increase prices of basic commodities in the market amid the implementation price freeze due to the effects of … Read more
DOH COVID-19 update as of November 21, 2020 The Department of Health (DOH) gave an update about its latest COVID-19 tally as of 4:00 p.m. of November 21, 2020. According to its COVID-19 Case Bulletin #252 dated November 21, 2020, the Department of Health recorded 1,791 newly-reported COVID-19 cases. This brought the total number of confirmed cases of … Read more
Kalibo local government places Purok 1 under SECQ The local government of Kalibo town in Aklan placed Purok 1 on C. Laserna Street in Poblacion for a 14-day Surgical Enhanced Community Quarantine (SECQ). Based on the records of the Provincial Epidemiology Service Unit of the Provincial Health Office or PHO 16, there are seven new … Read more
Good News! Nurses and other healthcare workers can now work abroad President Rodrigo Duterte has lifted the deployment ban among the country’s healthcare workers particularly nurses. In a statement, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello confirmed the decision of the president. “The president already approved the lifting of the temporary suspension of deployment of nurses and other … Read more
Pfizer and BioNTech sought first COVID-19 vaccine approval in the United States. Pharmaceuticals companies Pfizer and BioNTech on Friday had sought an approval to release their jointly-developed COVID-19 vaccine early in the United States as a first step towards relief. This, as the increasing number of coronavirus infections prompted a return to shutdowns that traumatized … Read more
Neil Arce: “DepEd is on a roll I feel like teaching kids to be Judgemental is their new mission.” Neil Arce, the fiancé of actress Angel Locsin, took to the image-sharing platform, Instagram wherein he slammed the Department of Education (DepEd). On IG stories, Neil posted a screenshot of the questionable module wherein people with … Read more
Updates on COVID-19 Worldwide More than 57 million cases of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) have been recorded worldwide with over 1.3 million fatalities. COVID-19 pandemic continues to devastate the entire world. With the rapid increase of coronavirus disease 2019 cases, leaders of different nations are doing their all in order to combat the spread of … Read more