Vice President Leni Robredo's 20% of respondents in the last Pulse Asia survey in December shrunk down to just 16% for the month of January. 

“We know that we have a lot of work to do, but the love you show, that's what gives us strength for every day, to wake up early, work more than 18 hours."

"There have been no discussions yet of giving a second booster shot or 4th dose because the data is not complete ... We are looking at the vaccines being made now because there are many updated versions," Dr. Nina Gloriani said in Filipino. 

David said that the latest increase was still "generally within" OCTA's projections in late January, which see Metro Manila hitting pre-Omicron surge numbers by the end of February. 

The Department of Foreign Affairs is closely monitoring the situation in Ukraine after the United States warned of a possible Russian invasion.

The Department of Health yesterday documented 3,792 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the overall tally to 3,634,368 cases.

President Duterte has appointed two new commissioners to the Commission on Higher Education.

Oil prices are set to increase for the seventh straight week as global prices continue to soar.

Senatorial candidates Loren Legarda and Jinggoy Estrada have expressed support for labor policies of the Duterte administration and vowed to improve them should they win in the May polls.

The chief of the Philippine National Police threw his support behind the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority which prohibits campaign caravans along major roads on weekdays.