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(File photo) MANILA - The work and sacrifices of healthcare workers and front-liners in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic have saved millions of lives, making them heroes of this generation, National Task Force Against Covid-19 chief implementer Carlito Galvez Jr. said Thursday. Galvez, who is also the vaccine czar, said everyone played a crucial role in the success of the government's coronavirus response and vaccination program. "Sa gitna ng ating laban kontra sa Covid-19, um...

(PNA file photo) MANILA - The government is looking into the formulation of a healing and reconciliation framework for indigenous peoples (IPs) to further boost the local peace engagements and interventions nationwide. The Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace, Reconciliation and Unity (OPAPRU) on Wednesday said the framework will be divided into five phases including Trust-Building and Acceptance; Mainstreaming Systemic Conflict-Transformation; Implementing a Conflict-Sensitive and Pe...

(File photo) MANILA - The whole-of-nation approach pushed under the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte has been "very effective" in dismantling various guerilla fronts of the communist terrorist groups (CTGs) in the country. Presidential Adviser for Peace, Reconciliation and Unity, Secretary Carlito G. Galvez Jr., earlier said addressing the communist insurgency in Central Luzon has become more challenging amid the health crisis, but the Duterte administration's whole-of-n...

VAX QUEUE. Walk-in vaccinees wait outside a shopping mall designated as one of the walk-in vaccination centers as the three-day National Vaccination Days started Monday (Nov. 29, 2021) in Zamboanga City. The city health office has activated around 50 vaccination centers as it targets to inoculate 38,992 individuals daily during the activity. (Photo courtesy of Remus Lim Ong) ZAMBOANGA CITY - The Department of Health in the Zamboanga Peninsula (DOH-9) is targeting to vaccinate a total of 691,014 ...