On Sept. 7, President Rodrigo Duterte granted absolute pardon to United States marine Joseph Scott Pemberton, who was convicted of homicide and sentenced to six to 10 years in prison for killing Filipino transgender woman Jennifer Laude in 2014.
While the Philippines continues to grapple with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), news about a new viral mutation that is said to be “globally dominant” and “more infectious” than the original have recently made the headlines.
President Rodrigo Duterte’s wish that, by December, the Philippines will be COVID 19-free with the help of Russia’s novel coronavirus vaccine may be delayed.
There's more to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) battlecry "flattening the curve" than meets the eye. The rates of success in a pandemic include technical terms such as mortality and case fatality, recovery, case doubling time, positivity, and critical care utilization. What do these mean and how is the Philippines faring in these numbers?
It has been four months since the government mandated the wearing of face masks outside residences to lessen the transmission of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), yet some officials still give wrong advice on how to use the protective cover.
