The ongoing House inquiry into the procurement of COVID-19 medical supplies is a “search for truth” and does not intend to pit the House of Representatives against the Senate, Deputy Speaker and SAGIP Party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta said.
President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday (Sept. 22) said people may now choose not to use face shields outdoors, and has limited their required use to indoor areas.
President Rodrigo Duterte has appealed to the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) to deploy their medical personnel to assist hospitals amid a wave of COVID-19 transmission among hospital workers.
National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19 chief implementer and vaccine czar Sec. Carlito Galvez Jr. said they are proposing to begin the vaccination for 12- to 17-year -old minors by mid-October.
A total of 940,680 doses of government-procured Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine were delivered to the country on Wednesday night (Sept. 22).
More than 811,900 doses of the vaccines that arrived at the Ninoy...
