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MALACAÑANG reacted on Wednesday to Bloomberg’s latest Covid Resilience Ranking, saying it showed “little consideration” for local data when Bloomberg again placed the Philippines at the bottom of the list. Acting Presidential Spokesman Karlo B. Nograles took exception to the fact that the ranking gave much emphasis to general criteria such as severity, flight capacity, and vaccinated travel routes. “There is little…

Over 40,000 adolescents receive first dose of Covid-19 vaccine

Vax makers apply for EUA amendment to include booster shots in PH

(File photo) MANILA - Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship and Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion on Friday dismissed reports that some employers are imposing the "no jab, no pay" policy. Reports continue to circulate that some business establishments withheld salaries of their unvaccinated employees. "At this point. employers are not implementing anything like that, no jab, no pay. We have checked and there's nobody doing that. I don't know where they are getting that information," Concepcion said in an interview during the arrival of 698,600 doses of the priv...

(File photo) MANILA - National Task Force Against Covid-19 chief implementer and vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. defended the country's pandemic response efforts following the release of the latest Nikkei Covid-19 Recovery Index where the Philippines ranked last among 121 countries. "While we understand the main intention of these financial and business magazines in pushing economic recovery globally, we have to put into consideration the varying pandemic experiences of each country measured in this index," Galvez said during the launch of a mega vaccination site in Val...