President Duterte has renewed his call for a peaceful resolution in the South China Sea dispute and a stop to acts of intimidation by powerful nations, saying “there can be no real peace if the strong trample on the weak.”

Citing a shortage in syringes, the government is cutting back its target for this week’s three-day National Vaccination Days against COVID-19 from 15 million jabs to only nine million.

President Duterte has approved the release of an additional budget of P1.5 billion for health care worker allowances and compensation to those who contracted COVID-19 while on duty, Sen. Bong Go said yesterday.

The Russian Direct Investment Fund is looking at establishing a COVID-19 vaccine facility in the Philippines “hopefully” by the first quarter of next year, an official said.

National Task Force against COVID-19 chief implementer Carlito Galvez Jr. thanked yesterday the British government for donating 288,000 doses of AstraZeneca to the Philippines.