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Mon, 3 May 2021 16:19:00 +0800
Hontiveros calls for special audit of 'Bayanihan' funds
Sen. Risa Hontiveros said health workers have yet to receive their hazard pay and medical facilities are still lacking despite P570 billion already spent.

Mon, 3 May 2021 16:08:00 +0800
DOH: Regulators looking into ivermectin distribution
The DOH forwarded reports of invalid prescriptions to the Professional Regulations Commission, Vergeire said.

Mon, 3 May 2021 16:01:00 +0800
7,255 new COVID-19 cases push overall count to 1.06 million
The Department of Health on Monday reported 7,255 new coronavirus cases, with the country's total now at 1,062,225

Mon, 3 May 2021 14:40:00 +0800
First batch of Sputnik V vaccines to be used in vaccination centers in 5 Metro Manila cities
The first batch of Sputnik V jabs, which arrived last Saturday, will be used in a “pilot run” to assess the country’s logistics capability to handle highly-sensitive vaccines.

Mon, 3 May 2021 14:37:00 +0800
SC opens all offices on May 3
This also means that the seven-day extension for filing of pleadings and motions while the SC was physically closed shall start on May 3.

Mon, 3 May 2021 13:56:00 +0800
Under siege at home, Myanmar's pro-democracy movement has supporters in the Philippines
"If a neighbor's house is on fire, you don't just wait for the fire to come and engulf your house, you go out and try to douse [it]."

Mon, 3 May 2021 11:23:00 +0800
Groups urge 'concrete actions' against barriers on World Press Freedom Day
"Support against barriers to press freedom exist beyond mere rhetoric. Concrete actions need to be done to ensure that members of the media are protected in the line of duty."

Mon, 3 May 2021 11:10:00 +0800
Doctors' group calls for urgent action on distribution of ivermectin
The Philippine College of Physicians, the umbrella organization of internists in the country, issued statement Sunday opposing the dispensing of unregistered drugs such as ivermectin “for indications that have not been scientifically established....

Mon, 3 May 2021 08:55:00 +0800
Philippines lodges new protests over Chinese Coast Guard ships in Panatag Shoal
The Department of Foreign Affairs said it has protested the "shadowing, blocking, dangerous maneuver and radio challenges" by the Chinese Coast Guard on Philippine Coast Guard ships conducting maritime patrols and training exercises in the areas from...

Mon, 3 May 2021 07:20:00 +0800
LIVE updates: COVID-19 in the Philippines 2021
The latest updates on the spread of the novel coronavirus in the Philippines and general community quarantine of economic center of Metro Manila and other areas across the country.



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