Tuesday's new cases brought the Philippines' total COVID count to 2,401,916.

"We are expecting protest actions today so I have instructed our police especially in Metro Manila to ensure that peace and order and public health protocols are observed," said Police Gen. Guillermo Eleazar in Filipino.

Guevarra told reporters in a text message that his department will issue a lookout order against Ongpin as police have slapped drug charges against him.

The health, trade and science agencies are in talks with several foreign manufacturers in Cuba, China and Russia for possible “technology transfer,” the FDA chief said.

Citing initial police reports, Eleazar in a statement sent to reporters Tuesday said that there was a Facebook group created for students to share answer keys for their respective exams.

Jonson, 30, was found unconscious in a room in San Juan, La Union early last Saturday morning and later declared dead on arrival at the Ilocos Training and Regional Medical Center.

COCOPEA said some of their members are already in a "critical state" and are worried how to continue operations with another low enrollment turnout this year.

In a statement on Tuesday, Samahan ng Ex-Detainees Laban sa Detensyon at Aresto cautioned the public against the “monstrous” Duterte-Marcos tandem being floated in the run-up to the 2022 elections.

Senators pledged Tuesday to increase the 2022 budget for the office of Vice President Leni Robredo, which they praised for its programs that responded to the needs of the people during the pandemic.

Vice President Leni Robredo urged Filipinos on the 49th anniversary of the declaration of martial law by the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos to proclaim the truth about this dark time in the country, warning that not doing so may allow money and power...