PH may still cancel Sinovac vaccine deal – Galvez
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endIndex: Despite announcing earlier that the government secured 25 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines from China s Sinovac, Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez, Jr. and other officials clarified the deal is not yet final and they can still opt out, since the vaccine has yet to receive regulatory approval. (FILE PHOTO)
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, January 15) Despite announcing earlier that the government secured 25 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines from China s Sinovac, Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez, Jr. and other officials clarified the deal is not yet final and they can still opt out, since the vaccine has yet to receive regulatory approval.
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Published January 6, 2021, 7:59 PM
At least 16 senators are now pushing for the renewal of the congressional franchise of broadcast network ABS-CBN.
A list released by Senate President Vicente Sotto III to media on Wednesday showed that more members are supporting the revival of ABS-CBN’s franchise as proposed under his Senate Bill No. 1967.
Aside from the Senate chief, also listed as co-authors were Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto; Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri; and Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon.
Senators Panfilo Lacson, Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara, Nancy Binay, Sherwin Gatchalian, Richard Gordon, Lito Lapid, Emmanuel “Manny” Paqcuiao, Joel Villanueva, Risa Hontiveros, Francis Pangilinan, Aqulino “Koko” Pimentel III and Leila de Lima were recorded as authors to the bill.
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Drilon sees cover up in illegal use of unauthorized China-made vaccine
There is a deliberate attempt to cover up the facts of the illegal inoculation of some members of the cabinet, the Presidential Security Group (PSG) and the military with an unauthorized China-made vaccine Sinopharm, according to Senate Minority Leader Franklin M. Drilon. Nagkakabuhul-buhol na sila sa kakapalusot. They are lying through their teeth in a bid protect those who are principally involved in the illegal shipment of the unauthorized vaccines in the country, Drilon said in a statement on Thursday.
Drilon said there is no way the unauthorized vaccines could have entered the country without the Bureau of Customs (BOC) clearance.