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Sun, 24 Oct 2021 16:00:00 +0800
DOH adds 5,279 new COVID-19 infections, but two labs without data
It has been 586 days since the first enhanced community quarantine was hoisted over some parts of Luzon.

Sun, 24 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0800
Government targets 70% vaccination rate by December
The government is aiming to administer some 800,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines per day in November to achieve its goal of inoculating 70 percent of the population before the end of the year, the Department of Health said yesterday.

Sun, 24 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0800
Villar to file MR on SC go-signal for bay reclamation
Sen. Cynthia Villar yesterday said she will file a Motion for Reconsideration before the Supreme Court over its go-signal to reclaim the Manila Bay areas in Las Piñas and Parañaque as she urged the High Court to take a “different and fresh apprec...

Sun, 24 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0800
Mock polls in San Juan test 2022 voting process
Mock elections were held yesterday by the Commission on Elections at the San Juan Elementary School, which has the biggest number of voting precincts in the smallest city of the capital region.

Sun, 24 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0800
Oil prices to go up again
Oil prices will be increased for the ninth straight week as global prices continue to soar.

Sun, 24 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0800
‘Initial DOJ report won’t deter ICC from investigating EJKs’
The initial report of the Department of Justice on the suspicious deaths of alleged suspects at the hands of police officers during anti-drug operations is not enough to deter the looming investigation of the International Criminal Court into thousan...

Sun, 24 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0800
IATF urged to review policy on ‘jabs, jobs’
Labor leader and senatorial aspirant Sonny Matula on Friday urged the government to review its policy on vaccination in relation to employment.

Sun, 24 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0800
POEA partially lifts Iraq travel deployment ban for OFWs
Returning overseas Filipino workers may now go back to Iraq after the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration partially lifted the deployment ban in the Middle East nation.

Sun, 24 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0800
Philippine’s vaccine mix-and-match study awaits FDA nod
Filipino scientists are raring to begin a state-funded initiative to study the “mix-and-match” of a variety of vaccines being administered in the country’s mass immunization against COVID-19.

Sun, 24 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0800
‘Evading Senate makes Pharmally execs look guilty’
By evading the Senate’s arrest order, siblings Mohit and Twinkle Dargani of Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp. appear to be guilty of the allegations against them in the P42-billion procurement deal for COVID-19 supplies, Senate Minority Leader Frankli...



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