(Updated) The Philippines on Friday logged 12,225 new COVID-19 cases, pushing national caseload to 840,554.

The condition of former President Joseph Estrada, who has been hospitalized for COVID-19, continues to improve, his son former Sen. Jinggoy Estrada said Friday.

As the country commemorates Day of Valor and grapples with rising COVID-19 infections, President Rodrigo Duterte paid tribute to the frontliners while Vice President Leni Robredo rallies for unity amid "dark times" amid pandemic.

Lawyer Richard Cambe, former chief of staff of Sen. Bong Revilla, died in the New Bilibid Prison while serving his sentence for plunder — in a case where his former boss was acquitted by the Sandiganbayan in 2018.

ABS-CBN News' Chiara Zambrano reported that she and her crew were supposed to visit Ayungin Shoal, where the Philippine Navy maintains its presence through BRP Sierra Madre. The Filipino boat, however, failed to even get near the shoal.

Sen. Bong Go reiterated his appeal to the Department of Social Welfare and Development and affected local government units to expedite the distribution of the Supplemental Amelioration Program to an estimated 22.9 million low-income Filipinos.

Face shields are not mandatory for active transport users, the Department of Health (DOH) yesterday reiterated following reports of cyclists and other such transport users getting arrested for not wearing shields.

With available vaccines not enough to meet demand and the supply concentrated in the hands of “too few,” the United Nations Children’s Fund is calling for “speed” and “simplicity” to remove barriers to acquisition, manufacture and distr...

Following reports from European Medical agencies regarding the link of blood clotting with AstraZeneca vaccination and after local health agencies announced the temporary suspension of the vaccine for persons below 60, presidential adviser for entrep...

The United States has warned China over its increasing aggressive acts in the South China Sea, and reminded Beijing that any attack on the Philippines would trigger a military response from the US under its defense treaty with Manila.