By: Gabriel Pabico Lalu – Reporter, INQUIRER.net, November 27, 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Spouses Benito and Wilma Tiamzon, who are members of the peace negotiating panel on the communist side, were deprived of a fair trial after witnesses who could have presented evidence in their favor were harassed, according to their lawyers. In a statement…
(Philstar.com) – November 26, 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Leila M. de Lima on Thursday slammed the extrajudicial killings linked to the administration’s flagship campaign against illegal narcotics, particularly in the Quezon City slums, which she said were unhampered by the lockdowns caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The senator said the continued killings were “a product of…
Rappler.com, Nov 26, 2020, Pia Ranada MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) This initial batch of vaccines will be funded by the private sector as the government continues negotiations for 20 million doses Philippine vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr announced that the government and private companies are set to sign a deal for two million doses of AstraZeneca’s…
Rappler.com, Nov 26, 2020, Rambo Talabong MANILA, Philippines The top legal minds of the Philippines urge the Supreme Court to put a stop to the controversial Anti-Terror Law ahead of the oral arguments The top legal minds of the Philippines united on Thursday, November 26, to reiterate their call to the Supreme Court to stop…
Nov 25, 2020, Pia Ranada MANILA, Philippines The government has identified 35 million Filipinos who will be given the first batch of COVID-19 vaccine doses Once a COVID-19 vaccine is approved by Philippine authorities, the government aims to vaccinate around 60 million to 70 million of its citizens in 3 to 5 years, said the…
(Philstar.com) – November 23, 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Ateneo de Manila students on Monday called for a nationwide academic break as part of its demands to hold government accountable for its response to the recent typhoons and the coronavirus pandemic that has hit the country, describing the situation as a result of the “criminal neglect of…
Alexis Romero (The Philippine Star) – November 23, 2020 MANILA, Philippines — The hunger problem may worsen because of the effects of the coronavirus pandemic and the successive typhoons that battered the country, a Palace official said over the weekend. “Because of COVID and Typhoons Rolly and Ulysses… I won’t be surprised if there are…
Nov 21, 2020, Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, DC, USA Here are the next steps in the approval and distribution process for a coronavirus vaccine With US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech applying for an emergency use authorization in the United States for their coronavirus vaccine and US biotech company Moderna expected to do…