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The Associated Labor Unions (ALU) said it received complaints from workers that they are being required to avail themselves of company-sponsored vaccination activities or be barred from the workplace.

No vaccination, no work policy opposed

Organized labor groups yesterday opposed the reported efforts of some companies to adopt a “no vaccination, no work” policy. Read more

DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said data showed that among the six South African variant cases, three are in Pasay City. Samples from these three local cases were collected between Jan. 27 and Feb. 13 this year.

6 cases of South African variant detected in Philippines

The Department of Health reported yesterday the detection of six cases of B.1.351 or the South African variant of COVID-19. Read more

President Duterte presides over a meeting with IATF-EID core members prior to his address to the people at MalacaÃ±ang the other day.

Duterte to also welcome AstraZeneca arrival

To prove that the Philippines is a grateful nation, President Duterte will also be personally receiving AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccines,... Read more

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Boxes containing 7,000 doses of Sinovac vaccines are set to be loaded into a Philippine Airlines aircraft for transport to Cebu yesterday.

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Vaccinations kick off in Davao, Cebu

Sen. Panfilo Lacson said the inquiry was one of the â��most complexâ�� investigations over which he has presided â��for it involved parties from the opposite poles that defy the law of magnetism in that not only would never attract each other, but in fact ready to cut each otherâ��s throat.â��

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Senate panel: Makabayan bloc must denounce NPA atrocities’

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15 minutes ago - President Joe Biden says Tuesday the United States would have sufficient vaccine supply by the end of May to inoculate the entire US adult population. &qu...

16 minutes ago - Britain has requested a new United Nations Security Council meeting on coup-hit Myanmar for Friday, diplomatic sources told AFP on Tuesday, as security forces h...

9 hours ago - Photojournalists in Greece accused Facebook of censorship on Tuesday after pictures of a rally in support of an imprisoned hitman on hunger strike were removed ...

12 hours ago - A shipment of 3.94 million coronavirus jabs arrived in Nigeria on Tuesday, making Africa's most populous nation the world's third country to receive vac...

16 hours ago - The Department of Health in the Zamboanga Peninsula says it is ready to roll out the inoculation of the Sinovac vaccines donated by China that arrived in the co...

17 hours ago - Insults, beatings, arrests — health workers battling the coronavirus were subjected to more than 400 acts of violence related to COVID-19 worldwide in 202...

18 hours ago - Ex-Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV wins in Court of Appeals. CA reverses Makati RTC Branch’s order that revived the rebellion case against him, over supposed am...

19 hours ago - Manila Vice Mayor Honey Lacuna receives her COVID-19 jab on Tuesday, becoming the first elected official in the country to get authorized vaccine. Lacuna,...

19 hours ago - DITO Telecommunity will launch its service in key areas in Visayas and Mindanao starting on March 8. The third telco player says it will then make its way to t...

23 hours ago - The DOH reports two additional samples from Central Visayas with both N501Y and E484K mutations. Meanwhile, two cases from the region previously reported to ha...

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At a press briefing yesterday morning, DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire noted that 756 individuals were given their first dose of Sinovac vaccines last Monday.

DOH reports 20 minor adverse reaction cases

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The poll, taken from Nov. 21 to 25 last year, found only 58 percent of enrolled school-age â�� five- to 20-year-old â�� Filipinos who are using devices for distance learning.

Four of 10 Filipino students lack distance learning tech

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â��We received the trial data of Sinovac just last week and the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) submitted it to the HTAC,â�� ealth Secretary Francisco Duque III said.

HTAC still evaluating Sinovac

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Data from the Department of Agriculture (DA) showed that a total of 101,133 heads of hogs and 657,994 kilos of carcasses were delivered to the National Capital Region by local hog raisers from Feb. 8 to March 1.

Hog deliveries in Metro Manila breach 100,000

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During the ceremonial vaccination at Camp Aguinaldo, Lt. Col. Jacquelyn Cloma, Maj. Francis Andrade and Maj. Richard Delgado were among the first to be inoculated.

AFP inoculates military health workers with Sinovac

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The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) on Tuesday finally released the complete list of priority measures that the government wants to be enacted this year.

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â��Itâ��s not really dead in the water. I have talked to Senate President Tito Sotto and right now weâ��re not discussing it yet because we still have a year to be able to tackle the whole Charter amendments,â�� Speaker Lord Allan Velasco said at a press briefing on Monday.

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Three fingers

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The yoke of gender norms

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The United States takes its responsibilities to its treaty alliances including that with the Philippines “very seriously,” a Pentagon official said over the weekend.

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‘Duterte admin has filed 60 diplomatic protests vs China’

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