Health authorities on Tuesday logged 8,560 new coronavirus cases to bring the country's total to 1,676,156.

A petition signed by nearly 58,000 individuals was also sent to Senate President Vicente Sotto III to pass a bill that will address the problem from the very first stages—at extraction and production.

Figures as of August 9 show that 13.38 million Filipinos, or 12.27% of the population, have received a first dose of the life-saving shot.

"We're not using that...there's no such thing as a census [because] these are voluntary," he also said. "This is not a census."

DepEd on Tuesday said that President Rodrigo Duterte has approved the release of funds for the incentive, which amounts to P910 million in total. 

The Department of Justice’s Office of Chief State Counsel is taking the lead in studying the possible extradition of a former United States diplomat who was indicted for engaging in sexual activity with a minor in the Philippines.

"I make sure that our police will follow the guidelines signed by the DOJ and DILG regarding the handling of incidents of health protocol violations," Eleazar said. "The police will also strictly follow the ordinances."

The report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change on the physical science basis of climate change should prompt governments to take urgent and bolder actions to avert climate catastrophe.

"The President did not identify the LGU so we can’t act unless there is a specific and clear instruction," DILG spokesman Jonathan Malaya said.

The House of Representatives is eyeing to confer the Congressional Medal of Distinction to Filipino boxers Nesthy Petecio, Carlo Paalam and Eumir Marcial for bringing home Olympic medals.