• OCTA: Drop in COVID-19 cases 'unlikely' in 2 weeks
• Palace: IATF will not be abolished
• Nancy Binay among 1Sambayan picks to run for 2022
Senator Nancy Binay on COVID-19 situation in the country: Baka at this point, we're ten steps behind. The numbers are higher compared last year
Sen. Binay: Let's accept, face that the problem is big and we have to do something about it
Sen. Binay says the reopening of economy, easing of restrictions gave people the impression that everything is back to normal
Sen. Binay: I would assume that there's room in the budget para mabigyan ng ayuda yung mga kababayan [na apektado ng GCQ bubble]
RELATED: Financial assistance for families affected by the two-week GCQ bubble in Metro Manila and four provinces is off the table since people can still go to work anyway, says Malacañang, emphasizing households under granular lockdowns receive cash aid bit.ly/2OYemob
Sen. Binay on senators' call to abolish the COVID-19 Inter-agency Task Force: Siguro dapat may mga boses ang medical professionals. This is a health problem eh. Nakita naman natin ang composition ng IATF, may kakulangan sa ganung aspeto
Sen. Binay: I still believe Health Secretary Duque might not be the best person handling our COVID-19 problem
Sen. Binay: Nakakabother na yung Health secretary natin ay namimigay ng face shields. The solution is bigger than giving face shields and reminding people to wear face shields
Sen. Binay: There are reports that about 7,000 AstraZeneca vaccines will be wasted
Sen. Binay on local chief executives getting vaccinated against COVID-19 despite not being healthcare workers: Naiintindihan ko na it may boost confidence in the vaccine... Sundin natin ang polisiya until mabago at payagan ang mga mayors na mabakunahan
RELATED: Three Bohol mayors join the growing list of local chief executives who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 despite not being healthcare workers. bit.ly/2NI2RjZ
Sen. Nancy Binay is among 1Sambayan coalition's picks to run for the 2022 national elections.
Sen. Binay says running for higher office may put her family through the grind again: Ayokong i-subject sila ulit sa ganun
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7,500 doses ng bakunang ipinadala sa Bicol ang ibinalik sa DOH dahil sa depektibong temperature device sa imbakan.
Iniimbestigahan na ng ahensya ang pangyayari.
Makakausap ni @iampinkywebb sa #Balitaan si Dr. Rita Mae Ang-Bon ng DOH Bicol, mamayang 12pm.
DOH Bicol COVID-19 vaccine program coordinator Dr. Rita Mae Ang-Bon says 7,500 AstraZeneca doses were returned to DOH out of protocol, but they are still usable because they were stored in proper temperature during the transport to Bicol
DOH Bicol official says there was a defect with the temperature monitoring device in the shipment containing the 7,500 AstraZeneca doses.
She says it registered 400 degrees Celsius or beyond boiling point, but when they touched it, vaccines were still cold.
DILG Usec. Epimaco Densing: Ilalabas na naming this afternoon ang show cause order kay [Parañaque] Mayor Edwin Olivarez para magpaliwagan sya. Command responsibility nya po na masunod ang vaccination plan. bit.ly/3fbU84Z
DILG Usec. Densing: Naka-receive ako ng information ngayong umaga na mayroong konsehal ring ng Parañaque ang nagpabakuna at isang empleyado ng DOJ.
Sen. Frank Drilon wants to make red-tagging a crime. Law enforcers and military personnel who labels, accuses or harasses someone as a state enemy or terrorist shall suffer a 10-year jail sentence and be perpetually banned from public office. | @meltlopez
Sen. Drilon: The passage of this bill will reverse the “increasingly institutionalization and normalization of human rights violations” and put a stop on the attacks against the members of the legal profession. | @meltlopez
Sen. Leila De Lima also files a resolution calling for a Congressional probe on the rampant red-tagging and 'undue investigation' targeting lawyers, judges & teachers. | @meltlopez
Despite 61 COVID-19 cases in the Supreme Court, the retirement ceremony for Chief Justice Diosdado Peralta pushes through.
Peralta is the lone justice present inside session hall. Other justices not required to attend physically but will join virtually. | @anjocalimario
Justice Marvic Leonen reveals he’s one of the frequent visitors in Peralta’s chambers when he was an associate justice and even now as CJ.
"I have sent him very early morning messages designed to be respectful but persistent in their content." | @anjocalimario
Justice Leonen: The leadership of our honoree in the Peralta court has highlighted the solid, unbreakable unity within our ranks. He has stood with us and defended those among us who were attacked. And I also speak personally. | @anjocalimario
Philippine Medical Association President Benito Atienza notes that a year into the pandemic, some hospitals in Metro Manila — the coronavirus epicenter — have hit full capacity to cater to COVID-19 patients
Dr. Nina Gloriani, head of the DOST's vaccine development expert panel explains that a mutation is any change in the DNA or RNA sequence