Five Filipino domestic workers in Kuwait are crying for help after their employment agency locked them inside a room, feeding them spoiled meals and preventing them from contacting their family members.

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Gov. Benjamin Diokno was the highest paid government official for the second straight year after receiving P41.81 million in salaries and allowances last year.

"I've not been briefed on the status of education nationwide so I haven't seen the data yet," she also said. 

Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said the number of cases nationwide in the past week rose by about 60% to 70%. In Metro Manila, the number of cases doubled.

"They must be able to see things from the perspective of a commuter," advocacy group The Passenger Forum said of government planners.

A netizen on Facebook made a post claiming "mainstream media" did not equally cover Swedish Ambassador Annika Thunborg's meeting with president-elect Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., adding that they focused more instead on the envoy's courtesy call...

"We know that there's a limited budget, but we've been doing this injustice to our teachers for several years already...it's not merely about increasing, it's about correcting the injustice that has been done to our teachers."

John Albert Laylo died Sunday at 10:33 p.m. Philippine time after being “badly hit” in the head, his mother, Leah Bustamante Laylo, said on her Facebook account.

A little over 70 million Filipinos have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, the National Task Force against COVID-19 said over the weekend.

Although she has taken her oath, vice president-elect Sara Duterte cannot assume her post yet, according to the Commission on Elections.