HEADS UP: DOH Investigates Viral Vaccine Video (June 29)

Here's a Heads Up from reportr on news that you need to know today, June 29:

VACCINE NEWS

• The viral video is real, a nurse in Makati did fail to press the plunger of a syringe containing the COVID-19 vaccine. The DOH is investigating the matter.
• The Philippines got one million more Sinovac vaccines yesterday as it moved towards a milestone of 10 million jabs delivered.
• San Juan hopes to inoculate 100% of its target population by July, said Mayor Francis Zamora.
• AstraZeneca is testing a third dose or booster shot to guard against COVID variants.

2022 ELECTIONS

• Will former President Noynoy Aquino’s death change the dynamic of next year’s vote? We look into that in the context of the Philippines’ long history of necropolitics.
• House Majority Leader Martin Romualdez said he’s open to run for senator, even after President Rodrigo Duterte expressed support for his possible vice presidential campaign.

NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW

• Kris Aquino shared the final moments of former President Noynoy Aquino, before his cremation. She said she yearned for a sign from her brother that he is allowing her to tell “our story”.
• Who is PNoy according to his longtime head of household, Yolly Yebes?
• An ally of former Pres. Aquino, Sen. Risa Hontiveros, wants the July 12 anniversary of the Philippines’ arbitration win vs China declared as ‘West Philippine Sea Victory Day.’
• Filipina-American Kataluna Enriquez won Miss Nevada, making her the first transwoman to compete in the Miss USA pageant.
• The Financial Action Task Force, a global watchdog group, has placed the Philippines on its watchlist for money laundering.
• PLDT’s Voyager, which operates PayMaya, said it sought Bangko Sentral approval to venture into digital banking.
• Sen. Manny Pacquiao said a breach of contract suit filed by a boxing promoter in the U.S. doesn’t bother him one bit. The fight with Errol Spence Jr. in August will proceed.
• The Department of Tourism is considering extending the 50% discount on RT-PCR testing for local tourists as part of efforts to revive leisure travel.
• What are Filipinos looking for when booking that quarantine escape? Fresh air and strict compliance with COVID protocols, said DOT Sec. Bernadette Romulo-Puyat.
• Volcanic smog or vog was observed in the Taal Volcano area where residents are asked to wear N95 face masks.
• The QR codes for contact-tracing in these four cities and one municipality are interchangeable, no need to download a QR code for each one.
• Actor Dingdong Dantes testified before a Senate hearing on the proposed Eddie Garcia Law on workplace safety yesterday and told lawmakers that everyone involved in production should work no more than 12 hours.