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Advocates to distribute Ivermectin despite DOH warning enablePagination: false endIndex: Regulators and health officials are at odds over the distribution and use of Ivermectin capsules. With the conflicting positions, one lawmaker is going ahead with his distribution of the medicine. Congressman Mike Defensor vows to take the fight to court should his project get blocked. Carolyn Bonquin has the details.  

(Sharon McCutcheon/UNSPLASH) SAGIP Party-list Representative Rodante Marcoleta and Anakalusugan Party-list Rep. Mike Defensor announced in a joint statement that they will be putting up their own community pantry, but to give out free doses of ivermectin. “After the inquiries conducted by two committees of the House of Representatives (Health and Good Government and Public Accountability) where both foreign and local experts were engaged on the potential use of Ivermectin, we have decisively ...

Published April 23, 2021, 7:52 AM Lawmakers have prodded the Department of Health (DOH) to address the reported overpricing of drugs being prescribed to novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients. At the House inquiry Thursday, April 22, on the DOH and the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) policies for the registration, distribution and use of the potential COVID-19 drugs, AnaKalusugan Party-List Representative Mike Defensor presented receipts from various individuals showing their hosp...

(JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) CIDG director Maj. Gen. Albert Ignatius Ferro made the statement as he confirmed that a CIDG operative indeed visited the office of a group identified with Anakalusugan party-list Rep. Mike Defensor in Quezon City amid reports the group has been distributing the anti-parasitic drug for animals in the area. “One of our personnel went there just to validate the reported information of distribution of Ivermectin in one of the barangays in Quezon Cit...

Anakalusugan Party-List Rep. Mike Defensor (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) “The DOH continues to spend hundreds of millions, maybe billions, of pesos to buy remdesivir and tocilizumab, not to mention the purchases of private hospitals,” Defensor said in a statement. He cited the recent statement of treatment czar and DOH Undersecretary Leopoldo Vega that new imported stocks of the two therapeutic products were due to arrive in the Philippines to replenish its dwindling supply. Defensor, howev...

Gary Valenciano (Facebook) Attending a webinar last Monday, April 12, Valenciano said he is weighing the advantages and disadvantages of taking the drug amid debates on its use for COVID-19 treatment and prevention. He said his wife, Angeli Pangilinan, is also taking Ivermectin. Pangilinan had tested positive for COVID-19 last March. “I’m trying to stay heaIthy, because the vaccine is not yet with me. I can get some Ivermectin — I think my wife has some — but I was always weighing the ...

AnaKalusugan Representative Mike Defensor on Wednesday, April 14, urged the government to use billions worth of “pandemic savings” under the 2021 national budget to fund the proposed Bayanihan 3 or other measures that seek to provide additional cash assistance to the poor and the various sectors aff

DepEd laments shortage of guidance counselors in public schools Published April 12, 2021 3:02pm The Department of Education (DepEd) on Monday lamented the shortage of guidance counselors who could help students in public schools cope with the COVID-19 pandemic. DepEd Undersecretary Diosdado San Antonio said during the Tapatan sa Aristocrat online media forum that the agency had difficulty recruiting professional guidance counselors due low pay as well as stringent minimum requirements suc...

By CONSUELO MARQUEZ, GMA News Published April 11, 2021 10:17am FDA Director General Eric Domingo A physician providing anti-parasitic drug ivermectin, who has an approved permit for compassionate use, will be liable for side effects or issues after using the drug for human treatment, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said Sunday. FDA  Director General Eric Domingo said over "Dobol B TV" that one of the requirements in applying for a compassionate use permit is the doctors assurance ...

Published April 11, 2021, 9:40 AM As some lawmakers have been aggressively pushing for the use of Ivermectin to treat the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the police’s Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) vowed to run after those who would sell and distribute the anti-parasite drug in the country. CIDG director Maj. Gen. Albert Ignatius Ferro said the move is in response to the instruction of no less than President Duterte himself to conduct operations against the unauthorized use...