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China-donated Sinovac vaccines arrive in PH

CHINA-DONATED VACCINES. President Rodrigo Duterte chats with Chinese Ambassador Huang Xilian during the turnover of the 600,000 doses of Sinovac vacc ...

by: PNA

MANILA – The 600,000 doses of Sinovac-made vaccines finally arrived in Manila on Sunday as part of China's commitment to supporting the Philippines' vaccination rollout. The Chinese m ...

MANILA – The 600,000 doses of Sinovac-made vaccines finally arrived in Manila on Sunday as part of China's commitment to supporting the Philippines' vaccination rollout. The Chinese military plane carrying the donated vials called CoronaVac landed at the Villamor Airbase in Pasay City past 4 p.m. and was welcomed by several Cabinet members. President Rodrigo Duterte also witnessed the historic event and inspected the crates containing the vials, the first-ever to arrive in the Philippines, during its ceremonial turnover to the Philippine government. In his speech, Duterte thanked the Chinese government for the vaccine donation, confident that more batches of vaccines will be available at the earliest possible opportunity. “I convey my sincere gratitude to the Chinese people and the government of China for this gesture of friendship and solidarity – the hallmark of Philippines-China partnership,” he said. Duterte also reiterated his statement that Covid-19 vaccines should be treated as a global public good and made available to all, rich and poor alike “No nation – no peop ...

4 hours ago

CHINA-DONATED VACCINES. President Rodrigo Duterte chats with Chinese Ambassador Huang Xilian during the turnover of the 600,000 doses of Sinovac vacc...

Mindanao

Sara honors frontliners on ‘Araw ng Dabaw'

DAVAO CITY – Mayor Sara Z. Duterte has honored the front-liners who continuously combat the deadly coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) as the city will celebrate the 84th Araw ng Dabaw on Monday (March 1). “And so, let this 2021 Araw ng Dabaw be a tribute to all our front-liners, to all whom we have lost this past year, a ...

7 hours ago

Enough share of Covid-19 vax for GenSan, other areas assured

GENERAL SANTOS CITY – This city and other areas in Mindanao will not be left out in the national government’s vaccination program for the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), which is expe ...

9 hours ago

Cabinet Secretary Karlo Alexei Nograles

Sarangani town mayor warns banning firms supportive of NPA

GENERAL SANTOS CITY – The municipal government of Malapatan town in Sarangani province on Friday warned businesses and construction companies they will be banned from operating in the area ...

2 days ago

Malapatan, Sarangani Mayor Salway Sumbo Jr. (File photo courtesy of the municipal government)

Marawi rehab on track, IDPs get permanent houses

Road projects get biggest chunk in Davao's BDP fund

Davao City records 89% COVID-19 recovery rate

P1.8B infra projects set for Cotabato City, NoCot villages

Ateneo de Davao HS 95 donates safety shoes to Central 911

For now, Sara says “no” to running for President

Evacuations continue as ‘Auring’ approaches Caraga

Business

FRESH INVESTMENTS. Coca-Cola Beverages Philippines’ manufacturing line in Davao del Sur. The company announced on Tuesday (Feb. 23, 2021) that it is ...

Coca-Cola investing P3B in PH this year

MANILA – Coca-Cola Beverages Philippines, Inc. (CCBPI) has announced that it is investing USD63 million (about PHP3.06 billion) in the country in 2021 to upgrade its factories. “The USD63 million investment will primarily go to continuing to increase our capacity, specifically this time in Luzon. Last year, we invested heavily i ...

4 days ago

DITO to launch commercially on March 8 in Davao, Cebu

DITO Telecommunity Chief Technology Officer Adel Tamano announced on Tuesday that it will launch commercially on March 8, 2021 beginning in Davao City and Cebu City. Formerly named Mindanao Islamic ...

5 days ago

ePLDT recognized as one of Top Direct Cloud Service Providers in PH

Manila, Philippines - ePLDT, an industry-leading enabler of digital business solutions in the Philippines, has recently been recognized as one of the Top CSP Direct Providers in the Philippines for Mi ...

5 days ago

Legado Motors brings GAC GN6 to PH

Homegrown Toktok makes waves with 150K users in 2 months

CopperMask launches its Newest Version with Enclosed Filters and Validation Card

SMC gives stable income to 4.5K Luzon farmers

TOKTOK DELIVERY SERVICE INTRODUCES SUPER AFFORDABLE DELIVERY FEES

SMC rolls out seafood processing program for Bulacan residents

Gov't infra program to boost manufacturing sector

The Nation

CHINA DONATES VACCINES. Boxes of Chinese government-donated coronavirus vaccines produced by Sinovac Biotech pharmaceutical firm arrive in PH on Sunda ...

Actual inoculation set on Mar. 1 after Sinovac vax's arrival

MANILA – The actual inoculation of Filipinos under the government's priority list will begin this Monday (March 1), following the arrival of 600,000 doses of China-donated Covid-19 vaccines made by Sinovac Biotech pharmaceutical firm in the country, National Policy Against Covid-19 chief implementer Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. said on Su ...

2 hours ago

Bong Go continues to send assistance to over 11,000 Typhoon Ulysses victims in Cagayan

More Cagayanons whose lives have been affected due to Typhoon Ulysses in November continue to receive help from Senator Christopher “Bong” Go as his team brought assistance to 11,068 benef ...

6 hours ago

Bong Go commends PRRD for signing coco levy trust fund law; cites crucial role of coconut industry in economic growth and recovery

Senator Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go commended President Rodrigo Duterte for signing into law a measure he co-authored which provides for the utilization of the Coco Levy Fund to benefit ...

8 hours ago

Manhunt on vs. killers of Zambo Sibugay town vice mayor

PNP authority, med certificate no longer required for travels

Birth of PNA in 1973 followed PNS' death in September 1972

Government accelerating vaccine rollout, says Bong Go as he assures equitable distribution across the country

More than a thousand market vendors, boat drivers and operators receive aid from Bong Go during his visit to Dagupan City

Bong Go hopes AstraZeneca vax arrival will boost morale, give more options to frontliners

Bong Go: include seafarers in COVID-19 vax priority list

Sports

Eala downs HK-based foe to enter ITF final

MANILA – Filipina junior tennis star Alex Eala barged to the final of the ITF Rafa Nadal Academy World Tour after beating Adithya Karunaratne of Hong Kong, 6-3, 6-4, in their semifinal match in Manacor, Spain on Saturday. Eala, ranked world No. 3 juniors player, was just too much for Karunaratne almost all match long, even dominating in br ...

1 month ago

Enough time for PH team to prepare for Olympic qualifying events

MANILA – Jamie Lim believes the Philippine team still has enough time to prepare for the Olympic qualifying events lined up for early 2021 despite the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic halting p ...

1 month ago

Jamie Lim (2019 SEA Games FB page)

Pinoy karateka James de Los Santos ends 2020 at number 1

MANILA – Filipino karateka James de Los Santos formally secured the world number one rank in eKata following the release of the final ranking right on the final day of 2020. De Los Santos ama ...

1 month ago

Filipino karateka James de Los Santos. (File photo)

Filipino karateka De Los Santos nets 3 more golds

Ginebra clinches PBA bubble title

Mike Tyson to make boxing comeback after 15 years

SBP unveils Gilas Men lineup for FIBA Asia Cup Qualifiers

Athletes to get remaining 50% of allowances under Bayanihan 2

World No. 2 Halep tests positive for Covid-19

World’s fastest man to miss Tokyo Olympics

Pep

RICE AID. Workers unload the rice packs delivered on Thursday (Feb. 25, 2021) by the Ministry of Social Services and Development of the Bangsamoro Aut ...

BARMM delivers rice aid for GenSan IPs

GENERAL SANTOS CITY – Some 1,000 poor indigenous peoples (IP) families here affected by the continuing coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) crisis are set to receive rice assistance from the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). City Mayor Ronnel Rivera said Friday preparations are underway for the distribution of th ...

2 days ago

PRC partners with Angkas for humanitarian efforts

MANILA – The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) partners with Angkas, the first and largest app-based professional motorcycle taxi service in the country to assist in the delivery of humanitarian interv ...

4 days ago

“Our partnership with Angkas is a game-changer because this will further strengthen our reach and capacity to provide service to the most vulnerabl ...

FDCP to hold online Film Ambassadors Night

DAVAO CITY (PIA) -- The Film Development Council of the Philippines will be holding an online Film Ambassadors Night on Feb. 28 which can be viewed at the FDCP.ph website. The 5th Film Ambass ...

6 days ago

Mindanao Film Archive expands to Cagayan de Oro

Filipina Historian Awarded Highest Mark at Spanish University

54-bed quarantine facility turned over to Bislig, Surigao del Sur

DOH, LGUs break ground for P10M COVID-19 facility in Sarangani

Byaheng Do30 set to air on national, international TV

Firm donates P3.6M bus to PRO-9

China donates 2K tablets to help Pinoy students

On The Wall

UNIQUE TRADITION. A family in Oas, Albay continues to remember their patriarch, Jose Reodique Relleve, through their unique tradition of grave "brandi ...

Albay family's grave 'branding' tradition alive amid pandemic

LEGAZPI CITY – The coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic has failed to stop an almost a decade-old family tradition in Oas, Albay during All Souls' Day, dubbed as grave "branding". Angel Roa Relleve, a nurse assigned in Metro Manila, said in an interview on Thursday that they continued their tradition of painting their late father& ...

3 months ago

Love is not tourism: Binational couples long to reunite

MANILA – Long-distance binational couples have been lobbying using the hashtag #LoveIsNotTourism on social media for governments to allow them to reunite after months of being separated due to t ...

4 months ago

BINATIONAL COUPLES. Before the pandemic, Neljane (left), who lives in Cebu City, and Bradley, (right) who lives in Edmonton City in Alberta, Canada, s ...

Coca-Cola MisOr plant marks 9 years of service to Mindanaoans

Among the milestones in the over 100-year history of Coca-Cola in the Philippines is the inauguration of its Misamis Oriental plant, located in the municipality of Villanueva, back in 2011. Warmly wel ...

6 months ago

Zarahmie Vergara Trania, Misamis Oriental Plant manager, takes a hands-on approach in making sure that the facility stays up and running during the pa ...

Cloud Panda launches Sked.ph for FREE

Tourism industry hikes share in GDP to 13%

Over 32K families in Catbalogan City get health kits

Cordillera sees Anti-Terror Bill boosting PH’s legal backbone

Anti-terrorism bill protects life: Cebu City mayor

Dumaguete expands contact tracing to determine Covid-19 source

1st Pinay female submarine officer earns Dolphins aboard USS Ohio

Opinion

VFA here to say

The Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) is here to stay. At least that is the underlying message that can be discerned from the recent decision of President Rodrigo Duterte to suspend its abrogation. This decision is actually not unexpected. In truth, the relationship of both countries has been rock-solid since this country transitioned from a forme ...

8 months ago

‘Promises’ of the new normal

Last week I wrote about the inscrutable appeal of the ‘new normal.’ Outside of the home however, the disruptive changes that the new normal imposes in the psyche is beyond what I have seen ...

8 months ago

Seconding Mayor Sara

I finally got my first haircut in months on Wednesday afternoon along what old-timers would call the crooked road. It is a stone’s throw away from City Hall. It was also my first time to go o ...

8 months ago

The cornerstone, the vine

Shut down for now

No angels can be found

Back in high spirits

What weakens our defenses

America outraged

Don’t drop your guard

News

COVID-19 infections worldwide surpass 25M

ANKARA – The worldwide tally for coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) infections surpassed 25 million Sunday, according to US-based Johns Hopkins University. The university's running data showed the global Covid-19 infections stood at 25,009,739, while death toll from the disease hit 842,709, with the number of recoveries reaching 16,41 ...

5 months ago

Army, ex-rebels hold 1st Sinagtala Farm Harvest Fest

BALER, Aurora – Military troops and former rebels celebrated on Tuesday the 1st Sinagtala Farm Harvest Festival showcasing the wide array of vegetables and other agricultural crops they pla ...

6 months ago

HARVEST FEST. Government soldiers and former communist rebels hold the 1st Sinagtala Farm Harvest Festival in Barangay Calabuanan, Baler, Aurora on Tu ...

US authorizes convalescent plasma to treat COVID-19

ANKARA – US President Donald Trump made a "truly historic announcement" Sunday on the emergency authorization of convalescent plasma to treat patients infected with the coronaviru ...

6 months ago

US President Donald Trump (Anadolu photo)

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China-donated Sinovac vaccines arrive in PH

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Actual inoculation set on Mar. 1 after Sinovac vax's arrival

Sara honors frontliners on ‘Araw ng Dabaw'

Manhunt on vs. killers of Zambo Sibugay town vice mayor

Enough share of Covid-19 vax for GenSan, other areas assured

Birth of PNA in 1973 followed PNS' death in September 1972

Duterte to visit China to thank Xi for vax donation

Supply issue delays AstraZeneca vax arrival to PH: DOH

Guevarra assures impartial NBI probe on QC misencounter

PH to begin COVID-19 vax rollout on Monday

Bong Go sends assistance to more than a thousand Typhoon Vicky victims in Surigao del Norte

Mindanao

Sara honors frontliners on ‘Araw ng Dabaw'

Enough share of Covid-19 vax for GenSan, other areas assured

Sarangani town mayor warns banning firms supportive of NPA

Business

Coca-Cola investing P3B in PH this year

DITO to launch commercially on March 8 in Davao, Cebu

ePLDT recognized as one of Top Direct Cloud Service Providers in PH

The Nation

Actual inoculation set on Mar. 1 after Sinovac vax's arrival

Bong Go continues to send assistance to over 11,000 Typhoon Ulysses victims in Cagayan

Bong Go commends PRRD for signing coco levy trust fund law; cites crucial role of coconut industry in economic growth and recovery

Sports

Eala downs HK-based foe to enter ITF final

Enough time for PH team to prepare for Olympic qualifying events

Pinoy karateka James de Los Santos ends 2020 at number 1

Pep

BARMM delivers rice aid for GenSan IPs

PRC partners with Angkas for humanitarian efforts

FDCP to hold online Film Ambassadors Night

On The Wall

Albay family's grave 'branding' tradition alive amid pandemic

Love is not tourism: Binational couples long to reunite

Coca-Cola MisOr plant marks 9 years of service to Mindanaoans

Opinion

VFA here to say

‘Promises’ of the new normal

Seconding Mayor Sara

News

COVID-19 infections worldwide surpass 25M

Army, ex-rebels hold 1st Sinagtala Farm Harvest Fest

US authorizes convalescent plasma to treat COVID-19