"Investigation disclosed that the said casket was left abandoned by still unidentified male persons on board a color white van with no plate number," a spot report by the QCPD acquired by Philstar.com reads. 

“It is with deepest concern that I wish to inform you all that despite careful and religious observance of the minimum health protocols I have been tested positive for COVID-19,” Gandamra said in his message to residents of Marawi City.

A man died and two were injured in separate vehicular accidents that occurred in La Union on Saturday night.

A police officer reportedly shot dead a worker following a quarrel in Calamba, Laguna at dawn yesterday.

A lone bettor from Pagadian City in Zamboanga del Sur won the jackpot in the 6/55 Grand Lotto draw on Saturday night, the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office said yesterday.

A doctor at the President Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Hospital in this town yesterday died of COVID, the provincial health office said.

Mayors who skipped the COVID vaccination priority list have failed to respond to the show cause orders within the period set by the Department of the Interior and Local Government, a DILG official said yesterday.

Mayors and barangay captains are considered frontliners and are qualified to get vaccinated against COVID-19, Parañaque Mayor Edwin Olivarez said yesterday.

The Quezon City government has moved to prevent COVID-19 outbreaks in commercial establishments and residential areas, including subdivisions and condominiums.

Sen. Francis Pangilinan yesterday asked Malacañang to declare a state of calamity to help hog-raisers recover from the effects of African swine fever and not allow imported pork to flood the market.