Auring affects 31,884 families in four regions
The number of families affected by tropical depression Auring has climbed to 31,884 residing in Regions 5 (Bicol Region), 10 (Northern Mindanao, 11 (Davao...
PLDT, DITO enter into interconnection accord
The country’s oldest and newest telecommunications companies, PLDT and DITO Telecommunity, have entered into an agreement for the construction of a transmission facility that...
Protestors defy Myanmar junta’s threat of use of lethal force
Protesters gathered in Myanmar’s biggest city on Monday despite the ruling junta’s threat to use lethal force against people who join a general strike...
WHO pleads rich nations to give other nations chance to get Covid vaccines
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) pleaded with rich countries on Monday to check before ordering additional coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccine...
La Trinidad records chilling 7.9 degrees Celsius temperature
La Trinidad town in Benguet province recorded the coldest temperature recorded for this year on Sunday with chilling 7.9 degrees Celsius.
The 7.9 degrees Celsius was...
PH falls in global ranking for web-borne threats
The Philippines slipped two notches down from its previous ranking in the latest top 10 global list of countries with the most web-borne threats...
FDA head defends Sinovac Covid vaccines as safe
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Director General Eric Domingo on Monday said that the Sinovac Biotech's vaccine for the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) is...
Anti-red tape agency reiterates no-noon break policy for public offices
The Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) has reiterated its call to government agencies to refrain from imposing cut-offs and quota system and to strictly observe...
House OKs on 3rd reading Covid vaccination indemnification measure
The House of Representatives on Monday night approved on third and final reading a bill establishing a vaccine indemnity fund and expediting the purchase...
Duterte refuses less strict quarantine for PH unless vaccination starts
President Rodrigo Duterte has refused to place the entire Philippines under the least restrictive modified general community quarantine (MGCQ) until after the government kicks...
