Tycoon Manuel V. Pangilinan has officially stepped down as president and chief executive of telco giant PLDT Inc.

"The JAO is still a draft and will still be presented to our principals for further comments as well as our respective Legal Offices, and then will go through stakeholder consultation. After the public consultation, the draft will be finalized."

Local health authorities on Tuesday reported 4,777 more COVID-19 infections, bringing the national caseload to 1,280,773.

It was a year of heartbreak for ABS-CBN Corp. in 2020 after a bitter battle with the government for its license and a pandemic-induced recession drove the embattled media company to a massive loss.

"We shall be proposing the inclusion of indoor activities in a safe manner," Trade and Industry chief Ramon Lopez said on Tuesday.

The Philippine team will have at least four athletes competing in the Tokyo Paralympics set from August 24 to September 5.

Foreign nationals with approved visas may leave the Philippines even though they have not yet been issued their alien certificate of registration identity card, the Bureau of Immigration said Tuesday.

The city bought the property for P20 million. The hotel will serve returning residents of Vigan City who will come home when movement and pandemic restrictions ease.

Alex Eala bounced back from a shock exit in the French Open Girls’ Singles tournament with a two-set victory in the first round of the Girls’ Doubles tourney with Russian partner Oksana Selekhmeteva.

Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire told Philstar.com that the drug regulator has amended the emergency use authorization granted to the Pfizer-BioNTech shot to include individuals 12 years and older in its indication for immunization.