1 MILLION MORE SINOVAC COVID-19 SHOTS TO ARRIVE IN PH SUNDAY MANILA — Another batch of 1 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines from China's Sinovac is set to arrive in Manila on Sunday, boosting the country's supply amid efforts to speed up inoculations.
UNDER 5% POSITIVITY RATE IN 377 DISTRICTS; BUT NO HASTY UNLOCK, STATES TOLD As of yesterday, 377 (up from 92 in the week ending May 7) districts in the country have less than 5 per cent positivity, but the government sounded caution on unlocking.
FRAGILE ISRAELI COALITION TO OUST NETANYAHU AND LEAD ISRAEL Through three inconclusive Israeli elections in 2019 and 2020, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu managed to keep his opponents at bay and remain in office. He clung to power by exacerbating divisions within the ideologi
INFLATION STEADIES ANEW IN MAY BUT SUPPLY WOES PERSIST MANILA — Inflation was unchanged in May from April, marking a second straight month of stability although some supply problems driving up consumer prices were still there.
MODI THANKS KAMALA HARRIS AFTER US COVID VACCINE ASSURANCE Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday spoke to the United States Vice President Kamala Harris and expressed his appreciation for the assurance of Covid vaccine supplies to India as part of the US Strategy for Global Vacc
PRESIDENT XI ASKS CHINESE MEDIA, DIPLOMATS TO TONE DOWN AGGRESSIVE APPROACH President Xi Jinping has called for better international communication, urging the bellicose official Chinese media and “wolf warrior” diplomats to adopt a tone that displays openness and con
FILIPINOS CAN STILL GET 2ND DOSE OF COVID-19 JAB EVEN AFTER MISSING UP TO 2 WEEKS MANILA - Filipinos may still get their second dose of COVID-19 vaccine even after missing their schedule by one or two weeks, an epidemiology and data analytics expert working with government said
SUPREME COURT CALLS VACCINE POLICY FOR AGES 18-44 ‘ARBITRARY, IRRATIONAL’ Underlining that “our Constitution does not envisage courts to be silent spectators when constitutional rights of citizens are infringed by Executive policies”, the Supreme Court sa
GREECE, GERMANY KICK OFF EU VACCINATION TRAVEL CERTIFICATES Greece, Germany and five other European Union nations introduced a vaccination certificate system for travelers on Tuesday, weeks ahead of the July 1 rollout of the program across the 27-nation bloc. The other co
PHILIPPINES ASKS US FOR AT LEAST 3M DOSES FROM VACCINE SURPLUS MANILA — The Philippines has requested at least three million doses of the United States’ excess coronavirus vaccines, the official in charge of the government’s vaccine strategy said Wednesday. &nb
