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Published May 10, 2021, 3:36 PM Anakalusugan Partylist Rep. Mike Defensor on Monday, May 10 called on government to release a day early the mid-year bonuses of its personnel, possibly on May 14.d Under Republic Act No. 11466, state workers, from the President down to the lowest paid janitor or clerk, are entitled to a mid-year incentive equivalent to one month salary. The law states that the mid-year bonus should be given “not earlier than May 15 of every year.” “The early release of their incentive will be a big help to our more than one million workforce in the bureaucracy amid the pa...

By JULIA MARI ORNEDO, GMA News Published May 10, 2021 2:15pm Amid warnings that health officials may face charges for procuring remdesivir, the Department of Health (DOH) clarified on Monday that it cannot purchase the antiviral drug because it has not yet been registered locally. “We do not have any procurement of remdesivir precisely because it has no CPR (certificate of product registration),” Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said in a briefing, referring to the authorization that allows the commercial sale of a drug. She explained that remdesivir is currently allowe...

endIndex: Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, May 10) — The Health Department on Monday refuted a lawmaker's claim pushing for the use of antiparasitic drug ivermectin against COVID-19, with the solon alleging that the agency could face graft charges for purchasing remdesivir for coronavirus patients. Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire responded to the warning of Anakalusugan Rep. Mike Defensor that DOH could face charges for "recklessly and foolishly spending" P1 billion-worth of funds that is “grossly disadvantageous” to the government when it bought remdesivir for COVID-19 pati...

Published May 10, 2021, 12:45 PM Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte on Monday criticized the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for “washing its hands” on its role to call out politicians who have been giving away non-FDA-approved, anti-parasitic drug Ivermectin to people as a cure against COVID-19. Belmonte also said that instead of taking a “final stance” against its use, the FDA allowed its compassionate use and even gave approval for its human use as “anti-nematode” or anti-parasitic roundworms supposedly “to appease the politicians lobbying for it.” “Rather than just take a...

Department of Health officials may face criminal charges if they continue to buy more supplies of remdesivir for COVID-19 patients, said Anakalusugan Party-list Rep. Mike Defensor.