"We’ve been campaigning that vaccination is the solution. More than face shield, it’s the vaccine," he also said in a radio interview.

The son of President Rodrigo Duterte told local media there that he was prompted to withdraw his certificate of candidacy for vice mayor upon the advice of his sister, Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio.

Cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers and thunderstorms are expected within 24 hours in some provinces in northern Luzon due to the northeast monsoon.

Another police officer has died of COVID, bringing the death toll in the Philippine National Police to 124, the PNP reported yesterday.

Three persons were killed in separate shooting incidents in Nueva Ecija on Sunday.

Close to 200 wild birds were rescued by personnel of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Bulacan recently.

The number of COVID fatalities in this city is nearing 1,000 after 18 more deaths were recorded within eight days since Monday last week.

The Sandiganbayan has upheld the conviction of a former councilor of Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija in connection with an extortion case filed against him in 2013.

Two suspected medical personnel of the New People’s Army were arrested following a brief chase that resulted in the seizure of firearms and explosives in Calinog, Iloilo on Sunday.

More than 110 people were rescued from a landing craft tank that ran aground in Cebu on Sunday, the Philippine Coast Guard reported yesterday.