The Philippines on Friday recorded 10,726 additional COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of infections to 914,971.

DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said the department needs more evidence and recommendations about this from health authorities abroad.

State prosecutors found probable cause to charge Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office board member Sandra Cam and her son over the killing of Batuan, Masbate Vice Mayor Charlie Yuson III in 2019.

Former President Joseph Estrada was moved back into an intensive care unit on Thursday night after suffering a "slight set back", his son and former senator Jinggoy said. 

The travel ban on foreigners, which took effect on March 22, was supposed to end on April 21.

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More than 137,000 inmates have been released to decongest cramped jails since the pandemic last year, the Office of the Court Administrator said.

Following heavy backlash on social media, ABS-CBN News Channel has ended its partnership with Chinatown News TV and will no longer air the Mandarin-language newscast.

Police Brig. Gen. Ronaldo Olay on Friday will take over as the Philippine National Police's new spokesperson. 

The government submitted its first Nationally Determined Contributions to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change on Thursday.