"Liability clause is a regular compliance in the banking industry. This has been part of the normal compliance for a long time. There was no added clause due to the recent incident," the bank said. 

The Supreme Court on Tuesday released its guidelines for the historic 2020/21 Bar Examinations, the first digital and localized test for aspiring lawyers in the Philippines.

A number of foreign governments have vowed to provide relief assistance to victims of Super Typhoon Odette which devastated portions of Visayas and Mindanao last week.

"In this calamity, the government must act with lightning speed to safeguard the welfare of our people and ensure they have access to the basic necessities."

Odette, the most destructive typhoon to hit the country after Super Typhoon Yolanda in 2013, left provinces isolated due to the loss of power and communications.

The Supreme Court has extended the period for filing of pleadings in local courts located in Odette-stricken cities and municipalities.

The US, in partnership with the COVAX Facility, this week donated an additional 3.4 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to the Philippines. 

In 2020, Benguet farmers and traders also donated vegetables to communities affected by COVID-19 lockdowns and by the eruption of Taal Volcano.

A division of the Commission on Elections has ordered presidential aspirant Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to answer the three disqualification cases he faces.

The PNP's National Disaster Operations Center said 4,980 people have had to be rescued by local police, with over 4,000 of them coming from the Mimaropa region.