The Philippines will hold month-long celebrations for the local film industry every year following a proclamation from President Rodrigo Duterte released on Thursday.

It is too early to decide on whether to ban face-to-face campaigns during the 2022 elections as the government is still preparing for the roll-out of its COVID-19 vaccination program, Malacañang said Thursday.

(Updated 5:19 p.m.) Vice President Leni Robredo is among the personalities being considered by the Liberal Party to become its standard bearer in the 2022 elections, party president Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan said.

The number of people who are still undergoing treatment or quarantine stands at 32,775 or 6.2% of the total. Nearly 95% of these are active cases.

Clinical trials for Janssen Pharmaceutical's candidate vaccine for the coronavirus are expected to begin any time this week, Science Secretary Fortunato de la Peña said Thursday.

More displaced workers in the tourism sector would get aid from the government after the Department of Labor and Employment and the Department of Tourism expanded the coverage of financial assistance.

“Based on current data, the benefits of these vaccines to the general public far outweigh the potential risk of adverse reaction to COVID-19 vaccines, as well as to the risk of developing severe COVID-19 and death,” PSAAI said.

“JUCRA members also reported the Aetas' petition for intervention, based on the same Supreme Court pleading. Should we all wait for a threat from Parlade, too? Is the general suggesting that justice reporters are supporters of terrorists?”

President Rodrigo Duterte has approved the acquisition of 15 Black Hawk helicopters for the Philippine Air Force, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles announced Thursday.

"The concern of the DILG is the continued recruitment of students to join the armed struggle, and that is different from activism, that is different from teaching the principles of ideologies from left to right...we have intelligence reports of what ...