Health authorities on Saturday recorded 6,739 additional COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of infections to 1,138,187.

The average new COVID-19 cases per day in Metro Manila has decreased by 30% to just 1,644 new infections over the past week, the independent OCTA Research said in its latest bulletin.

It is not yet clear if the three persons are also carriers of the variant from India which has been classified as being "of concern" by the World Health Organization, Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire told state-run PTV. 

National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. insisted that no further evidence is needed for the designation of Communist Party of the Philippines founder Jose Maria Sison and 18 others as terrorists which allows the Anti-Money Laundering Council...

Asked about the government's original target to vaccinate 70 million people by year-end, Galvez said the government is now looking to "at least" achieve "herd immunity" in NCR Plus, Metro Davao and Metro Cebu by then.

The Department of Education has created a national technical working group to review and revise the current policies involving districting of public schools nationwide.

The Department of Labor and Employment is preparing to deploy a rapid response team to help overseas Filipino workers in Israel, amid the escalating violence in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

Voter registration in the National Capital Region and its neighboring provinces of Bulacan, Rizal, Cavite and Laguna, also known as the NCR Plus bubble, is set to resume on Monday.

The Commission on Human Rights reminded local officials yesterday to avoid policies that may instill stigma against those who test positive for COVID-19.

The Department of Justice defended yesterday the decision of the Anti-Terrorism Council to designate at least 29 individuals as “terrorists,” as it clarified that the designation does not warrant an arrest.