Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Police Gen. Guillermo Eleazar expressed support for ordinances that would prevent fully vaccinated persons from availing of more COVID-19 jabs, particularly those freely given by LGUs, as boosters.
Kuta Heneral Teodulfo Bautista, Jolo, Sulu – Last Friday (Aug. 13), four Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) members formally surrendered to military units in Sulu at the 1101st Infantry Brigade (1101st Bde) Headquarters in Bud Bayug, Brgy. Samak, Talipao, Sulu.
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) reported on Sunday (Aug. 15) the detection of the first case of the Lambda (C.37) variant of interest in the country, along with 182 Delta (B.1.617.2) variant cases, 41 Alpha (B.1.1.7) variant cases, 66 Beta (B.1.351) variant cases, and 40 P.3 variant cases.
The Metro Manila Council (MMC) urged local government units in the National Capital Region to issue executive orders and/or enact ordinances penalizing all persons who are found to be responsible for unauthorized inoculations utilizing government-procured COVID-19 vaccines as booster shots.
PASIG CITY – National Task Force (NTF) against COVID-19 Chief Implementer and vaccine czar Secretary Carlito G. Galvez, Jr. remains optimistic the Philippines will have a better Christmas this year, as the country ramps up its vaccination program amid the threat of the highly transmissible Delta variant.
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) remains vigilant of evolving global and domestic price conditions and stands ready to deploy appropriate monetary policy tools necessary to safeguard its price and financial...
