MEDICAL MARIJUANA BILL FILED MANILA Camarines Sur Rep. LRay Villafuerte has pushed for the passage of his bill that seeks to legalize the local production and export of medical marijuana, but the Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) opposed the measure. The DDB opposed the proposal to legalize
BRITISH PM BORIS JOHNSON CONFUSES FARMER PROTESTS WITH INDIA-PAKISTAN CONFLICT British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday landed himself in a controversy after he appeared to confuse the ongoing farmers' agitation against the agricultural laws in India with the conflict between Ne
HOUSE, SENATE RATIFY P4.5-T 2021 BUDGET; LACSON DISSENTS OVER PRIORITIZATION OF DPWH PROJECTS MANILA - The Senate and House of Representatives on Wednesday ratified the P4.5-trillion 2021 national budget, with the former saying the new spending bill would enable government to enact "ramp
BIDEN PROMISES 100M VACCINES FOR US IN FIRST 100 DAYS US President-elect Joe Biden has set a goal of 100 million Covid vaccinations in his first 100 days in office. He said his first months in office would not end the outbreak and gave few details on rollout strategy but he said he would
COVID-19 VACCINE APPROVAL MAY TAKE 3-4 WEEKS: FDA MANILA - Emergency approval of COVID-19 vaccines in the Philippines may take up to a month, the Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday as the United Kingdom rolled out inoculation against the coronavirus. A COVID-19 vaccine may arriv
UK PFIZER COVID-19 VACCINE ROLLOUT: BRITAIN BEGINS COVID VACCINATION PROGRAMME The COVID vaccination program in the United Kingdom, the country that approved Pfizers Covid-19 vaccine for the first time on Wednesday, is starting today. The health workers, the elderly and care home worke
DEMOCRATIC FREEDOMS IN PHILIPPINES NOW 'SEVERELY RESTRICTED' GLOBAL RIGHTS MONITOR MANILA Fundamental freedoms such as freedoms of expression, peaceful assembly and association in the Philippines are now severely restricted due to ongoing attacks against activists and journalis
UK PREPARES FOR 'HISTORIC MOMENT' OF VACCINATION AGAINST COVID-19 The first 50 National Health Service (NHS) hospitals are gearing up for what the UK government has described as the "biggest immunisation programme in history" as the first doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine against COVID
DUTERTE SAYS WORK 'FAR FROM OVER' IN BOOSTING HUMAN RIGHTS MANILA President Rodrigo Duterte said Monday that the work was "far from over" in boosting human rights, just days after his latest tirade against rights defenders.
ASTRAZENECA, OXFORD GIVE CONFLICTING ACCOUNTS OF COVID-19 TRIAL AstraZeneca and Oxford University have given conflicting accounts of how they came upon the most effective dosing pattern for their COVID-19 vaccine, a rare instance of public dissension between major institutions collaborat
