Beyond ordinary profits, Big Pharma rake in superprofits by setting prices way past their cost of production. This is particularly repugnant when companies engage in price-gouging in the case of life-saving medicines and vaccines. Pfizer in March announced that it would price its 2-dose Covid-19 vaccine at no les than $40 in the US. Moderna […]

On August 3, 2020, the PA 3rd ID boldly proclaimed: “NPA [in Negros] suffers consecutive setbacks; fall of [guerilla] fronts looming.” Endowed with a false sense of grandeur and impunity, MGEN Vinoya wallows in his delusional thinking that the people’s army will no doubt be wiped out, considering the series of defeats sustained by the […]

In a televised address a few days ago, Duterte angrily rebuked Filipino health workers for publicly calling for urgent changes in his goverment’s strategy in addressing the Covid-19 and challenged the people that “if revolution is what you want, do it, and do it now.” Duterte is itching to use all-out the powers he has […]

PORTLAND, A CITY in Oregon, US became the subject of a number of news reports since the deployment of federal agents there by Donald Trump last July 4 to suppress mass protests being conducted in the area. Citizens were enraged and raised alarm over the spate of kidnapping and arbitrary arrests perpetrated by operatives in […]

Aside from profits, China aims to expand its influence and owned favors from countries needing a vaccine. In its haste to be first in the market, it has authorized the military to use of one of its vaccines, Sinopharm’s Ad5-nCoV ng Si­nop­harm, in June 25 even if it has not entered the thrid phase of […]