Local health authorities on Wednesday reported 12,805 more COVID-19 infections, bringing the national caseload to 2,535,732.

Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Wednesday said that a law must be passed to compel Filipino people to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said in a briefing that 45.3% of the 748 newly-sequenced samples were found to have the Delta variant.

The Armed Forces of the Philippines said it will ink an agreement with the Department of Health and hospitals for the deployment of military medical personnel to hospitals needing assistance.

“The DOH confirmed that pediatric vaccination will start among 12 to 17 year olds with comorbidities as part of priority group A3,” the agency said in a statement.

President Rodrigo Duterte and his daughter, Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio, posted losses in the latest survey by private pollster Pulse Asia, but the presidential daughter still emerged as Filipinos’ top pick for the presidency.

There are so far 63.36 million registered voters for the 2022 national polls, and this number is expected to rise with the extension of the sign-up period until the end of October, the Commission on Elections said on Wednesday.

A grenade was thrown past Wednesday midnight at the residence of House Deputy Speaker Rufus Rodriguez in Barangay Nazareth, Cagayan de Oro City.

As New York enforced its COVID-19 deadline for unvaccinated health workers, Gov. Kathy Hochul signed yesterday an executive order waiving existing regulations and allowing licensed medical professionals in other countries, including the Philippines, ...

Senators dismissed yesterday President Duterte’s latest tirades against the Senate and vowed not to be intimidated or distracted from continuing its probe on alleged anomalies in the administration’s procurement of COVID-19 supplies.