Mon Tulfo under fire for smuggled vaccine

Today on Rappler – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:

FDA probes Mon Tulfo vaccination with smuggled Sinopharm doses

The Food and Drug Administration is investigating the unregulated vaccination of Special Envoy for Public Diplomacy to China Ramon Tulfo Jr.

Philippines offers nurses in exchange for vaccines from Britain, Germany

The Philippines will let thousands of its healthcare workers take up jobs in the United Kingdom and Germany if the two countries agree to donate COVID-19 vaccines.

US names Vico Sotto among 12 global ‘anticorruption champions’

The United States names Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto as one of its global ‘anticorruption champions.’

Cayetano ally sues 17 Daily Tribune staff, officers over SEA Games reporting

Ramon Suzara, the former Philippine SEA Games Organizing Committee (Phisgoc) COO, files multiple counts of cyber libel against 17 journalists, officers, and the owner of the Daily Tribune newspaper over its reports on the alleged corruption in the agency.