The Bureau of Immigration has stopped more than 11,700 Filipino passengers from leaving the country as part of the government’s intensified efforts against illegal recruitment and human trafficking.

Pfizer is the only pharmaceutical firm that has so far obtained an EUA from the local FDA for its vaccine, which has an efficacy rate of 95% in preventing COVID-19.

At the time, Recto was quoted as saying at one of the company's protracted hearings: "With the present situation of ABS-CBN, I am sad that 11,000 employees may be displaced. As a part of the entertainment industry, I share the sentiments of the talen...

The DOH reported 2,163 new cases, bringing confirmed COVID-19 infections in the country to 502,736, the second highest in Southeast Asia.

Palace on Monday said the purchase for 25 million doses of China's Sinovac is already final, remarks in contrast to what officials told a Senate hearing that the highly questioned procurement could still be scrapped.

In a briefing Monday, Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said the government’s immunization program requires “a lot” of health care workers.

The Commission on Elections has recorded one million new voters for the 2022 national and local elections.

"Our plan will depend on the vaccines, because not all are created the same...we can potentially spoil our vaccines if the electricity goes out or is not enough," he said, adding that the health department was also in talks with third-party logistics...

In an interview on CNN Philippines Monday, Sinovac Biotech General Manager Helen Yang did not disclose the cost of the vaccine but said it is not among the most expensive.

The national government is not favoring any brand nor company in its national vaccination program, the chief implementer of the National Task Force against COVID-19 told members of the House on Monday.