She also expected a complete report about it from the President in his SONA. Global Business and Financial News, Stock Quotes, and Market Data and Analysis.Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte gives a speech at the Malacanang Palace in Manila on June 1, 2017.Russia's coronavirus vaccine rush has 'high risk' of backfiring: CSIS Got a confidential news tip? MANILA (UPDATED) - President Rodrigo Duterte has named outgoing Kabayan Party-list Rep. Harry Roque as his new spokesperson. Parang walang pandemic ah,” he tweeted with a hashtag #SOanoNA.Duterte delivered his fifth SONA on Monday before a limited audience of 50 Congress and Cabinet officials at the Batasang Pambansa in Quezon City.In his address, Duterte laid down the government measures to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 such as the continuation of the social amelioration program and intensifying assistance to micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs).Critics, however, were dissatisfied with his SONA for his failure to go into detail on a pandemic recovery roadmap for the country which had been earlier promised by Malacanang.Robredo wanted to hear Duterte’s plan in addressing the COVID-19 outbreak as the country’s daily cases keep on rising. 32,784 talking about this.

We want to hear from you.Sign up for free newsletters and get more CNBC delivered to your inboxGet this delivered to your inbox, and more info about our products and services. Data is a real-time snapshot *Data is delayed at least 15 minutes. "Putin is also playing on the anxiety within lower-income and lower middle-income countries that the rich countries are locking up all the supplies of vaccines coming out of these other major outlets, and that they're going to be left at the back of the queue with long, lengthy and highly damaging delays," he said. President Rodrigo Roa Duterte delivers his 5th State of the Nation Address at the House of Representatives Complex in Quezon City on July 27, 2020. Such trials, which typically randomize who gets the vaccine and who doesn't, can involve thousands of participants.The Philippines last week overtook Indonesia to report the highest number of cumulative coronavirus cases in Southeast Asia, data compiled by Johns Hopkins University showed.

President Rodrigo Duterte could be injected with Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine as early as May 2021, Malacañang said Thursday, despite growing skepticism about its safety and effectiveness.

(PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Vice Presidential spokesman and lawyer Barry Gutierrez said it seemed Duterte’s SONA had been written before the COVID-19 crisis took place.

In an interview with radio DZMM early Saturday morning, Roque said he will succeed outgoing Presidential spokesman Ernesto Abella on Nov. 6, after accompanying the President in his trip to Japan.

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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte may be injected with Russia's coronavirus vaccine as early as May 2021, a presidential spokesman reportedly said Thursday. [2057887,2347238,2347233,2347230,2347231,2347222,2347220]

As of Thursday afternoon, the country has reported 143,749 cases and 2,404 deaths, according to Hopkins data.Duterte last month pleaded with China to make his country a priority as it develops a vaccine, J. Stephen Morrison of the Center for Strategic and International Studies told CNBC's Morrison is a senior vice president at CSIS and director of the think tank's Global Health Policy Center.

Robredo’s spokesman pointed out some parts of Duterte’s …

The camp of Vice President Leni Robredo could not help but ask if President Rodrigo Duterte’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) was really intended to tackle the country’s recovery plan from the coronavirus pandemic.Vice Presidential spokesman and lawyer Barry Gutierrez said it seemed Duterte’s SONA had been written before the COVID-19 crisis took place.Robredo’s spokesman pointed out some parts of Duterte’s speech would not be helpful on responding to the current health crisis.“Pre-lockdown economic projections, laws passed 2 years ago, and DRUGS AGAIN? Philippine News Agency, the government's official newswire, reported that the country aims to begin those trials in October.Phase three trials are considered by medical experts to be critical for any vaccine development and are needed to root out any potential side effects.