"It’s not related to the elections. In fact, the basis of the Metro Manila mayors for this recommendation is the data we receive from the Department of Health," he said in Filipino. "The cases are going down anyway, and according to the matrix of ...

President Rodrigo Duterte has picked former Elections Commissioner Antonio Kho Jr. as the newest Supreme Court associate justice.

The Human Rights Watch urged presidential candidates to pledge to drop charges against detained Sen. Leila De Lima, who will mark her fifth year in detention on Thursday.

Lacson and Sotto said Filipinos have no reason to feel nostalgic about Martial Law where cronyism and persecution took place at the expense of public service. 

"We want to see concrete plans, not just the unity they're talking about," Precy Dagooc of the Alternative Politics Movement said. 

The "Galaw Pilipinas" is a routine which draws inspiration from Philippine folk dances, festival movements, and arnis stances. 

Estimates from Sen. Gatchalian's office showed that the Pantawid Pasada will only cost the government P1.94 billion if it offers fuel cards to all PUVs. Meanwhile, suspending fuel excise taxes will incur foregone revenues of P271.24 billion.

Past presidents of the Philippine Bar Association, the oldest voluntary organization of lawyers in the country, have endorsed the bid of presidential aspirant Leni Robredo who, they said, will return the people’s faith in the government.

All Metro Manila mayors recommended lowering the alert level status in the capital region to the most lenient Alert Level 1 starting March 1.

Sen. Cynthia Villar has urged the government to take action for wetlands, which are critically important ecosystems contributing to biodiversity, climate mitigation and adaptation, freshwater availability and to economies.