Gordon aiming for 2022 presidential bid
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, May 7) Senator Richard Gordon said on Friday he is exploring the possibility of running for president again. Tingnan natin.Magtatanong muna ako sa kaibigan natin, sa nagtitiwala sa atin kung kaya natin, he said.
[Translation: Let s see. I will first consult my friends, and people who support if they think I am capable.]
He believes he has what it takes to head the country, noting he has extensive experience as a lawyer and a politician. Ang kailangan natin ngayon, kung tatakbo, ay iyong talagang may karanasan, may experience, may vision, may integrity, may napapatunayan, hindi iyong puro salita.
Published May 7, 2021, 5:13 PM
The Department of Health (DOH) said it is eyeing to further strengthen the country’s genome sequencing capacity in order to detect more cases of coronavirus variants.
Currently, only three institutions have the capacity to conduct genome sequencing. These are the Philippine Genome Center (PGC), University of the Philippines-National Institutes of Health (UP-NIH), and the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM).
“We would like to expand the capacity for this whole genome sequencing not just here in Metro Manila but also having strategic hubs in the other areas of the country. So kasama po iyan sa aming plano (So that’s part of our plan),” said DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire in a press briefing on Friday, May 7.
DOH eyes expanding capacity for genome sequencing By JULIA MARI ORNEDO, GMA News
Published May 7, 2021 3:53pm The Department of Health (DOH) on Friday said it plans to expand the country’s whole genome sequencing capacity to detect more cases of coronavirus variants. Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said only the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine, University of the Philippines National Institutes of Health, and Philippine Genome Center currently have the capacity for genome sequencing. “We would like to expand the capacity for this whole genome sequencing not just here in Metro Manila but also having strategic hubs in the other areas of the country,” she said in an online briefing.
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DLSU, UST, PUP lead Most Popular Philippine Universities on Facebook
DLSU, UST, and PUP lead the Facebook engagement and statistics in the 2021 edition of the UniRank list.
De La Salle University (DLSU), University of Santo Tomas (UST), and Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) lead UniRank’s newest list of Most Popular Philippine Universities on Facebook, the social media platform which commands the widest following in the country.
The three Manila universities topped Facebook page engagement and statistics in the UniRank Facebook University Ranking of all Philippine higher-education institutions based on a study in February 2021 and released in April.
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CytoDyn’s Leronlimab Featured on OneNews in Philippines on May 9
CytoDyn Inc.May 7, 2021 GMT
Drs. Pourhassan, Recknor, Seethamraju and Nicolas will appear in a one-hour segment beginning at 5:00 pm PT / 8:00 pm ET, Sunday, May 9
VANCOUVER, Washington, May 07, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) CytoDyn Inc. (OTC.QB: CYDY), (“CytoDyn” or the “Company”), a late-stage biotechnology company developing leronlimab (Vyrologix or PRO 140), a CCR5 antagonist with the potential for multiple therapeutic indications, announced today its drug candidate, leronlimab, will be featured in a one-hour news segment on Sunday, May 9, at 5:00 pm PT / 8:00 pm ET on OneNews in the Philippines. CytoDyn has been supplying leronlimab to the Philippines as a therapeutic treatment for critically ill COVID-19 patients under Compassionate Special Permits (CSPs) authorized by the Philippine FDA.