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HAPPENING NOW: President Duterte addresses the nation.

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@alexisbromero Health Secretary Francisco Duque III reporting the latest COVID-19 data. | @alexisbromero

@alexisbromero Duque says no room for complacency despite improving COVID-19 numbers. | @alexisbromero

@alexisbromero Duque urges hospitals to retain their healthcare capacities especially ICU beds. | @alexisbromero

@alexisbromero Duque: Mas tiyak ang ating kaligtasan kung lahat tayo ay mababakunahan. | @alexisbromero

@alexisbromero Duque: Kailangan mahigpit ang pagpapatupad ng ating protocols para di tayo bumalik sa surge. | @alexisbromero

@alexisbromero Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. says Phl has received more than 7.5 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines. | @alexisbromero

@alexisbromero Galvez talks about focus and expand strategy, which prioritizes the "center of gravity" or economic centers in vaccination. | @alexisbromero

@alexisbromero Galvez: Kung maganda ang ating global supply, wala tayong problema. | @alexisbromero

@alexisbromero Galvez: We should have a better Christmas this year. | @alexisbromero

@alexisbromero Galvez says initial herd containment to be achieved if 25 million people are vaccinated. | @alexisbromero

@alexisbromero The Duterte administration aims to achieve herd immunity by November 2021. | @alexisbromero

@alexisbromero FDA chief Eric Domingo: 14 COVID-19 vaccines already being used worldwide. | @alexisbromero

@alexisbromero Domingo: Since last week, we have seven vaccines, we have given emergency use authorization. | @alexisbromero

@alexisbromero Domingo says FDA has asked WHO for data of Sinopharm vaccine. | @alexisbromero

@alexisbromero Interior Secretary Eduardo Ano says 18.8 million people have received cash aid. | @alexisbromero

@alexisbromero Ano says 18,862 people have violated protocols on face masks. | @alexisbromero

@alexisbromero Duterte says barangay captains are persons of authority and should enforce regulations. | @alexisbromero

@alexisbromero Foreign Affairs Secretary Teddy Locsin Jr on Panatag Shoal standoff: Our side withdrew. What happens to our claim that it's ours? | @alexisbromero

@alexisbromero Locsin on Panatag Shoal: Why did we yield possession? That's the first thing we should ask. Who gave the order to withdraw? | @alexisbromero

@alexisbromero Duterte on debate with Carpio: I might bind future actions of government pagdating sa West Phl Sea | @alexisbromero

@alexisbromero Duterte: Sino ang nagbigay ng possession sa China sa West Philippine Sea? Sila. Kung di sila umalis, e di walang problema. Tayo ay umalis. | @alexisbromero

@alexisbromero Duterte on debate with Carpio: Ang problema dito, nakalimutan ko, si Carpio ay hindi presidente, ako. I might bind future actions of government. | @alexisbromero

@alexisbromero Duterte to Carpio: Hindi ako takot sa iyo. | @alexisbromero

@alexisbromero Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo on Duterte's critics: Ang problema sa kanila yung pinagpipilitan nilang takot kayo sa Tsina. | @alexisbromero

@alexisbromero Duterte: It is never wrong to say I owe you a debt of gratitude... But it does not mean, tanggapin ko bakuna, sabihin ko, kalimutan ko na claim diyan sa West Philippine Sea. It is never like that. | @alexisbromero

@alexisbromero Panelo: Yung mga taong galit sa China, ang tinuturok... sa kanila ay Sinovac. | @alexisbromero

@alexisbromero Duterte: Sabi ko, there will be no compromise. Alam ng China yan. Miski bahaan tayo ng vaccine. | @alexisbromero

@alexisbromero Duterte on his 'jetski' comment: Alam mo panahon ng kampanya yun. Di yata sanay itong mga g*** sa style ko sa kampanya... Nagyabang ako pupunta ako sa Spratly, magdala ako ng flag, sakay ako ng jetski. Nagplano ako niyan. | @alexisbromero

@alexisbromero Panahon ng kampanya yan...yung biro na yun, they call it bravado, yung bravado ko, pure campaign joke...at kung naniniwala kayo sa kabila, I would say you are really stupid. | @alexisbromero