CIDG gets new chief in latest PNP reshuffle
May 2, 2024
The coronavirus situation will deteriorate in the European Union in the next two months unless the bloc introduces new measures and raises the vaccination rate, the head of the EU’s public health agency warned Wednesday. According to the latest modeling scenarios from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), the spread of the Delta variant will impose a high burden on European societies unless governments introduce stricter public health measures and increase vaccination of the total population. The ECDC also projects a large number of new hospitalizations will be unvaccinated people. “There are still too many individuals at
It’s time to have an all-encompassing Freedom of Information (FOI) mechanism in the Philippines, a Palace official said Thursday as he renewed his call for Congress to pass a FOI Bill before the term of President Rodrigo Duterte ends. In a prerecorded video message during the FOI Awards, Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Martin Andanar urged lawmakers to prioritize the passage of the FOI Bill, which mandates full disclosure of official public records from offices under the Executive Branch. “On behalf of PCOO, I am one with the FOI-[Project Management Office] in pushing for the passage of the FOI
More than 100,000 coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccine booster shots and additional doses have been administered to fully vaccinated healthcare workers, senior citizens, and immunocompromised individuals nationwide, a health official said Thursday. “Ang total natin na nabigyan na ng boosters o additional doses is 102,102 across the whole country (We have administered a total of 102,102 boosters or additional doses across the country),” Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said in an online media briefing. She noted of the total amount doses, 69,971 have been administered to healthcare workers, 21,139 to senior citizens, and 10,992 to immunocompromised individuals. Earlier, health experts
The Duterte administration will still not waive its position that the International Criminal Court (ICC) has no jurisdiction over the Philippines to authorize an investigation into the killings linked to the illegal drug campaign, Malacañang said Thursday. Cabinet Secretary and Acting Presidential Spokesperson Karlo Nograles, however, said this did not mean that the administration of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte will stop communicating with The Hague-based tribunal. “While we do not waive our position that the ICC lacks jurisdiction to probe our campaign against illegal drugs, this does not preclude the Duterte administration from communicating with the ICC,” he said in
Employees of the biggest public hospital in Ilocos Norte have started receiving their booster shots on Thursday for their protection against new variants of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). In a public advisory, the Mariano Marcos Memorial Hospital and Medical Center (MMMH&MC) in Batac City said it aims to vaccinate around 1,200 frontline healthcare workers before the year ends. Clentroy Guzman, a hospital employee, said Thursday she is excited to receive her booster shot considering the number of Covid-19 related mortalities being recorded by the Department of Health (DOH). “As hospital workers, we remain at risk of getting infected including
The Department of National Defense (DND) on Thursday refuted anew China’s claims in the Ayungin Shoal, describing them as the actual trespassers in the area. The statement came after China on November 24 demanded the Philippine government to “honor its commitment” and remove the grounded BRP Sierra Madre in the shoal. “As far as I know there is no such commitment. That ship has been there since 1999. If there was (a) commitment it would have been removed a long time ago,” Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said. He underscored that Ayungin Shoal lies within the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ)
