President Rodrigo Duterte still will not cooperate with an investigation by the International Criminal Court into alleged crimes against humanity due to the bloody "drug war," Malacañang's spokesperson said.

Officials said six are from Central Luzon, three from the National Capital Region, two from CALABARZON and one from Bicol Region. 

There are four possible senatorial bets being considered by both Duterte and by the Lacson-Sotto tandem.

"Occasional gusty conditions will prevail over the rest of Luzon especially in coastal and mountainous areas due to Southwest Monsoon," Pagasa said. 

A radio commentator in a Cebu-based station was shot on Thursday morning after he finished his program, the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines reported.

A batch of 1.5 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine made by Chinese drugmaker Sinovac Biotech arrived in the country on Thursday morning.

The military has vowed to give its full support to ongoing plans and efforts to develop and protect Pagasa Island and the entire Kalayaan Island Group in the West Philippine Sea.

More than five million Filipinos have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, Malacañang said yesterday, as various sectors called for a more aggressive rollout amid the threat posed by the highly transmissible Delta variant.

Those physically attending President Duterte’s last State of the Nation Address and joint session of Congress at the Batasang Pambansa complex on Monday will each be issued QR-coded face shields after passing at least two COVID-19 tests.

With the threat of the Delta variant, the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases will be reviewing the appeal of Metro Manila mayors to reinstate the restrictions covering children five years old and above.