Tag: Dengvaxia

PhilHealth sues Garin, Padilla over alleged diversion of P10.69 billion for senior citizens

(Eagle News) — The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. has filed a graft complaint against former Health Secretary Janette Garin over the alleged diversion of P10.69 billion funds intended for senior citizens. Interim PhilHealth president Celestina Ma. Jude de la Serna also charged former PhilHealth president Alex Padilla, saying the  funds were used for the construction of rural health facilities in 2015 instead despite the move not being sanctioned by the board of directors. The complaint was filed […]

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House approves P1.16-billion budget for those given Dengvaxia shots

(Eagle News)——-The House of Representatives passed on third and final reading a bill seeking to allocate a P1.16-billion supplemental budget for Dengvaxia vaccinees. House Bill 7449 that seeks to allocate P1,161,710,000 for the medical assistance of those administered with Dengvaxia was passed with a vote of 231-0 after President Rodrigo Duterte certified the bill as urgent. In the Senate, Senator Loren Legarda, finance committee chair, had said a counterpart measure would be passed within the […]

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Legarda: P1.16-billion budget for those administered with Dengvaxia to be passed before Congress adjourns this week

(Eagle News) — Senator Loren Legarda, chair of the Senate committee on finance, gave the assurance that the proposed P1.16 billion supplemental budget for Dengvaxia vaccinees would be passed before Congress adjourns this week. She said this was after the proposal was transmitted by the House of Representatives to the Senate. “Bago matapos ang session at mag-adjourn, magkakaroon tayo ng P1.16 billion para sa mga biktima ng Dengvaxia vaccine,” she told reporters, noting that the […]

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Bong Go clarifies: Duterte’s daughter, daughter-in-law, granddaughter given Dengvaxia shots

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte’s daughter Kitty, his daughter-in-law and his granddaughter received shots of the controversial Dengvaxia vaccine. Special Assistant to the President Bong Go said the wife of presidential son Paolo Duterte, Sabina Duterte, issued the clarification herself that apart from Kitty, it was she and her daughter Sabina who were given the shots. It was Go who earlier said that Kitty, Sabina and her brother Uno had been administered the vaccine. […]

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Bong Go: President Duterte’s daughter Kitty, two grandchildren given Dengvaxia shots

(Eagle News) –President Rodrigo Duterte’s daughter Kitty and his two grandchildren with son Paolo have been administered the controversial Dengvaxia vaccine. This was confirmed by Special Assistant to the President Bong Go on Tuesday, May 21. “May nagtanong kanina kung na-inject raw ba si Kitty at ‘yung dalawang anak ni Paolo, kinonfirm naman po ng mga nanay nila na positive po na-inject po sila,” Go said. Kitty’s mother is Honeylet Avancena, the President’s current partner. Earlier, […]

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House appropriations panel approves P1.161-billion budget for Dengvaxia children

(Eagle News) — The House appropriations committee on Tuesday, May 22, approved a bill that aims to allocate P1.161 billion for the children administered the controversial Dengvaxia vaccine. Out of the P1.16 billion,  81 percent or P945 million would be used for the medical assistance program; 13 percent or P148 million would be allotted for public health management, including the assessment and monitoring of vaccinees and their supplies and medicines; and six percent or P67 million for […]

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DOJ starts preliminary probe into raps filed vs Aquino, others over Dengvaxia mess

By Moira Encina Eagle News Service The Department of Justice has started the preliminary investigation into the criminal complaint filed against former President Benigno Aquino III and several others, including two of his former Cabinet officials, in connection with the Dengvaxia mess. Aquino, former Budget Secretary Florencio Abad, former Health Secretary Janette Garin and representatives of Sanofi-Pasteur were no-shows in the hearing on Tuesday, May 15, but they were represented by their lawyers. Present were […]

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Fifth Dengvaxia-related complaint filed vs former President Aquino

Garin, Abad, among those charged (Eagle News)–A fifth complaint has been filed against former President Benigno Aquino III in connection with the Dengavaxia mess. Lawyer Ferdinand Topacio led the filing of the complaint for plunder, violation of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act, and for malversation of funds in the Ombudsman against Aquino, under whose term the Dengvaxia vaccination program was implemented. Also named respondents were former Budget and Management secretary Florencio Abad, former Executive […]

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DOH welcomes Duterte’s decision to tap expertise of Asian panel to look into Dengvaxia safety concerns

(Eagle News) — The Department of Health on Wednesday, May 8, welcomed President Rodrigo Duterte’s decision to tap the expertise of a three-man panel of Asian experts in order to look into Dengvaxia safety concerns. “We welcome the policy statement of the President to invite foreign experts from neighboring (Association of Southeast Asian) countries. This is a directive that must be respected and fully complied with,” Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said in a statement. […]

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Roque: President Duterte to tap expertise of panel of Asian experts to look into Dengvaxia safety concerns

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte will tap the expertise of a three-man panel of Asian experts  to determine the real effects of Dengvaxia. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said the President arrived at the decision following the conflicting findings of the studies conducted by the University of the Philippines-Philippine General Hospital and the Public Attorneys Office, which both conducted autopsies on individuals who died after they were administered the vaccine manufactured by Sanofi Pasteur. “Sa […]

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PAO files obstruction of justice complaint vs Duque

(Eagle News) — The Public Attorneys Office on Tuesday, April 24, filed an obstruction complaint against Health Secretary Francisco Duque III after it supposedly discovered that the organs of children who were re-autopsied by PAO had been damaged after their Department of Health autopsies. The charges filed before the Department of Justice came after criminal charges for violation of the Anti-Torture Law and for reckless imprudence resulting in homicide were filed against Duque and several […]

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DOJ to summon Aquino, others in connection with VACC-VPCI complaint over Dengvaxia mess

(Eagle News) — The Department of Justice is slated to summon former President Benigno Aquino III and 43 others in connection with the criminal complaint filed against them over the Dengvaxia mess. The DOJ said it would order all 44 respondents to appear before the panel on May 15 at 10 a.m. The looming summon was in connection with the complaint for multiple homicide and physical injuries through negligence, technical malversation and for violation of the Anti-Graft […]

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