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Villanueva wants DOH, Sanofi held accountable for haphazard release of anti-dengue vaccine

Senator Joel Villanueva on Friday called on the Department of Health (DOH) and French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi Pasteur following an advisory from the latter that Dengvaxia vaccine could cause more severe...

Hot logs seized in Maguindanao

PARANG, Maguindanao -- For the second time this week, police authorities have seized illegally cut forest products after having been tipped off by locals about the transport of hot logs. Chief Insp....

Marawi post-conflict needs assessment to proceed; Early recovery stage to start

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) gave the green light to the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) to resume its post-conflict needs assessment (PCNA) in the remaining barangays in Marawi...

Gatchalian: Retail competition can mitigate coal tax power rate hikes

Senator Win Gatchalian is calling on the Department of Energy to fast-track the implementation of the Retail Competition and Open Access (RCOA) circular to mitigate the effects of projected electricity rate...

DA distributes P38.9-M post-harvest machineries in Bicol

LEGAZPI CITY -- The Department of Agriculture (DA) regional office for Bicol has turned over and distributed a total of PHP38.9 million worth of equipment and postharvest machineries to qualified farmers...

Comelec sees 800K new voters for 2018 barangay, SK polls

MANILA -- The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is optimistic of meeting the voter registration target of over 800,000 new regular and youth voters which ended on Thursday. According to Comelec Spokesperson James...

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