The local government of Quezon City will help in the conduct of swab testing for the hundreds of Bar examinees to take the test at the University of the Philippines this weekend.

"Each local government has an autonomous power to enact their own laws," MMDA chair Benhur Abalos said. 

Nearly a hundred former government officials, mostly who served during the administration of the late President Benigno Aquino III. Have endorsed the run of Vice President Leni Robredo.

Metro Manila Development Authority Chairman (MMDA) Benhur Abalos said Tuesday that he will coordinate with the Education department on the resumption of pilot face-to-face classes in the National Capital Region (NCR), which is now under Alert Level 2...

President Rodrigo Duterte has called on Filipinos to continue with the “bayanihan” spirit and compassion in celebrating Lunar New Year.

"The goal in the NCR is for the positivity rate to decrease to less than 10% within two weeks," David said, adding that cases have already peaked in most parts of the country. 

The Senate wants the state to recognize August 30 of every year as National Press Freedom Day in honor of Filipino journalist Marcelo H. del Pilar, after majority of its members passed the bill on its third and final reading on Monday.

The Senate passed on the third and final reading a bill that provides allowances and other benefits to health workers on the frontline of keeping COVID-19 at bay. 

The United States Centers for Disease and Control Prevention discouraged travel to the Philippines due to the “very high level of COVID-19” in the country.

Gatherings "for no specific purpose" are prohibited, while gatherings in residences among persons not belonging to the same household are allowed but "discouraged."