Acting presidential spokesperson Karlo Nograles said the government is monitoring developments about the variant found to have a large number of mutations.

The annual grand procession of Black Nazarene devotees “Traslacion” will be suspended for the second consecutive year due to the pandemic, the Manila City government announced on Friday.

The La Union court is set to hear next week the appeal filed by state prosecutors to reverse the dismissal of drug charge against Julian Ongpin, son of tycoon Roberto, Prosecutor General Benedicto Malcontento said.

The prayer for the 2022 polls will be launched on November 28, the first Sunday of Advent, Archbishop Romulo Valles, president of the CBCP, said in a circular released Thursday.

This new policy, adopted by the government’s pandemic task force, will be in effect from December 1 up until December 15 and will affect nationals of 159 countries and territories who are not required to obtain a visa to come to the Philippines.

Sen. Richard Gordon, chair of the Blue Ribbon Committee, said Friday that Michael Yang’s petition to the Supreme Court is a ploy to distract the panel in its investigation into the government's anomalous deals with Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp. 

Prioritizing human rights cases and making justice more accessible to the marginalized and underserved are on the roadmap of justice reform in the next four years among the Philippine justice and law enforcement sectors.

The vaccines were procured by the national government through the Asian Development Bank.

The government will continue to step up its efforts in addressing fire-related incidents to reduce fatalities and losses, especially in poor communities, Sen. Bong Go said as he visited fire victims in Barangay Manresa, Quezon City the other day.

Presidential aspirant Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. is open to a dialogue with President Duterte to clear up issues between them leading to next year’s elections, the former senator’s chief of staff said yesterday.