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3 senior magistrates officially join CJ race

MANILA – Three senior magistrates of the Supreme Court (SC) have submitted documentary requirements to be considered for the Chief Justice post after Diosdado...
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China’s Sinopharm seeks FDA’s EUA for its COVID-19 vaccine

MANILA – Following the rollout of Sinovac Biotech’s coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine in the country, Chinese state firm Sinopharm has applied for an...
The first batch of Sinovac Biotech's coronavirus disease 2019 vaccine arrives at Villamor Air Base in Pasay City on Sunday afternoon. CNN Philippines

‘There is light at the end of the tunnel’; PH receives first batch of...

MANILA – The arrival of Sinovac Biotech’s coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines in the country signals the end of the year-long pandemic struggle and...

Western Visayas still under MGCQ for entire March – Palace

MANILA – The entire Western Visayas would remain under modified general community quarantine (MGCQ) for the month of March, as recommended by the Inter-Agency...

Duque, Galvez to get COVID-19 vaccine jabs today

MANILA – Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. and Health secretary Francisco Duque III will be vaccinated with Sinovac’s coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine this...

‘Simplified’ travel restriction key to tourism revival – DOT

MANILA – The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases’ (IATF-EID) decision to have unified travel protocol is expected to boost...
Philippine National Police chief Gen. Debold Sinas (2nd from right) and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency director general Wilkins Villanueva (3rd from left) do a fist bump during a joint press briefing in Camp Crame, Quezon City on Thursday. PNA PHOTO BY LLOYD CALIWAN

NBI sole prober for PNP, PDEA ‘misencounter’

MANILA – The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) will be the sole agency to investigate the “misencounter” between the operatives of Philippine National Police...
A professor at the University of Brasilia shows the vaccine to journalists amidst the coronavirus pandemic on Aug. 5, 2020 in Brazil. ANDRESSA ANHOLETE/GETTY IMAGES

Sinovac’s COVID vaccine OK for health workers

MANILA – The interim National Immunization Technical Advisory Group (NITAG) recommended the use of Sinovac’s coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine for health workers. Department of...

HOR to push economic Cha-cha passage

MANILA – The House of Representatives is prioritizing the passage of the proposal to amend the restrictive economic provisions in the 1987 Constitution on...
Police cordon off the area following a shooting incident between the Quezon City District Police special operation unit personnel and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency agents beside the Ever Gotesco Mall along Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City around 5:45 p.m. on Wednesday. PNP-PIO VIA PNA

PDEA vs QCPD; Misencounter leaves four casualties

MANILA – The unfortunate “misencounter” between members of the Quezon City Police District (QCPD) and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) has yielded four...