"The urban poor were hit the hardest by the pandemic, not just by the virus itself but by the underlying results of the lockdown, which brought about losses of income and jobs, health, education insecurity, and vulnerability to human rights abuses. ...

The NDRRMC's operation centers have been raised to red alert, which means that all disaster officials in the region are required to report to their headquarters 24/7.

President Rodrigo Duterte had picked Go, his long-time aide and constant companion, to be his successor.

The Department of Health said that two imported cases of the Omicron variant were detected from the 48 samples sequenced Tuesday.

The areas are Andorra, France, Monaco, Northern Mariana Islands, Réunion, San Marino, South Africa, and Switzerland.

The Philippines will remain under Alert Level 2 until December 31 despite a continued decline in new cases due to the looming threat of the potentially more infectious Omicron coronavirus variant.

"Odette is forecast to move west-northwestward until this afternoon or evening, then westward thereafter," Pagasa said. 

The International Criminal Court must proceed with its full probe into alleged crimes against humanity committed over President Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody “war on drugs” to not further delay the service of justice to victims, the Human Rights Wat...

BRP Mamanwa, a Landing Craft Utility, can transport equipment, vehicles and troops from amphibious assault ships to beachheads or piers.

Signal No. 1 is now up in several parts of the country as a result of severe tropical storm Odette (international name Rai), which slightly intensifies as it nears typhoon category, government weather forecasters said Wednesday morning.