Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-LABAN) elected Sen. Koko Pimentel as its Chairman of the National Council and former Eastern Samar Gov. Lutgardo Barbo as its Vice Chairman in a meeting held on Sunday, Aug. 29.
The Department of Health (DOH), the University of the Philippines-Philippine Genome Center (UP-PGC), and the University of the Philippines-National Institutes of Health (UP-NIH) report on Sunday (Aug. 29) the detection of 516 Delta (B.1.617.2) variant cases, 73 Alpha (B.1.1.7) variant cases, 81 Beta (B.1.351) variant cases, and 41 P.3 variant cases in the latest batch of whole genome sequencing.
Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Police Gen. Guillermo Eleazar underscored that the law enforcers’ anti-criminality and anti-illegal drugs measures have been effective throughout the Duterte administration.
The Bureau of Customs-Port of Clark (BOC-Clark) seized one kilogram of methamphetamine hydrochloride (shabu) worth an estimated P6.126 million that they found hidden inside four CCTV cameras in an export shipment bound for Auckland, New Zealand.
Some P1.7 million worth of alleged shabu was confiscated in a drug bust operation conducted by joint personnel of Philippine National Police-Drug Enforcement Group (PNP-DEG), Regional Drug Enforcement Unit 5 (RDEU5), Las Piñas City Police, and Zapote Sub-Station that resulted in the arrest of two female teenagers who are both on the government’s drugs watchlist.
The Department of Health (DOH) and the National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19 reiterated on Saturday (Aug. 28) that all COVID-19 vaccines are effective, contrary to the insinuation of a former government advisor that not all vaccines are effective against COVID-19.
