Disputing Solicitor General Jose Calida’s claim, the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers-Central Luzon has asserted its lawyers are still the counsels on record of Aeta farmers Japer Gurung and Junior Ramos in the anti-terrorism law case filed aga...

The Department of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday reported 23 new coronavirus-induced deaths among migrant Filipinos, the highest daily rise in fatalities in over a month.

The Supreme Court dismissed a plea by 2 Aeta farmers to join the petitions against the Anti-Terrorism Act due to the pendency of a separate case against them under that law in a different court.

“In our own assessment of the simulation exercise of the vaccine delivery, all systems are in place to ensure the unhampered transport of the vaccine shipment to the storage facilities and distribution hubs,” Sinas said.

Active cases or those undergoing treatment or quarantine accounted for 30,188 or 5.6% of the total.

This comes as several non-government organizations this week called for safer and better internet for children, expressing alarm at the sharp increase in cases of exploitation and abuse of young people amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Top leaders of the House of Representatives have filed a bill which seeks to authorize local governments to purchase coronavirus vaccines on their own without having to go through public bidding.

DOH says there is no definite date yet on the arrival of COVID-19 vaccines in the country.

In a briefing Wednesday, Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said the agency had already directed managers of vaccination sites to prepare “quick substitution lists.”

The Department of Health, the National Task Force against COVID-19 and the country’s Food and Drug Administration also issued an advisory late Tuesday following reports on the unauthorized sale of unregistered COVID-19 shots.