(BusinessWorld) THE JUSTICE department has directed the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to validate an anonymous tip of a supposed assassination plot against presidential candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos based on a video posted on social media platform TikTok. Justice… Continue Reading →

(CNN Philippines) Metro Manila — Restrictions will be eased in Metro Manila as the capital region is placed under Alert Level 2 from Feb. 1 to 15, acting Presidential Spokesperson Karlo Nograles announced on Sunday. The Inter-Agency Task Force for… Continue Reading →

(CNN Philippines, January 27) Metro Manila — Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Rowena Guanzon on Thursday revealed she voted to disqualify Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos from the 2022 presidential race. Guanzon — the presiding officer of the First Division handling the… Continue Reading →

(PhilStar) MANILA, Philippines — President Duterte has appointed Senior Deputy Executive Secretary Michael Ong as Court of Appeals (CA) associate justice. Ong replaced Justice Samuel Gaerlan, who was promoted to the Supreme Court on Jan. 8, 2020. Duterte signed Ong’s… Continue Reading →

(SunStar) THE Department of Health (DOH) announced for the second straight day below 20,000 new cases of coronavirus disease (Covid-19), with 15,789 infections added to the country’s tally. The positivity rate also went down to 35.8 percent from Tuesday’s (January… Continue Reading →

(BusinessWorld) THREE more patients infected with the highly mutated Omicron coronavirus variant have died, bringing the total to five, Philippine health authorities said on Wednesday. “We have five recorded deaths,” the Department of Health (DoH) said in a Viber group… Continue Reading →

(**Agency**) THE coronavirus disease (Covid-19) reproduction in Metro Manila has dipped to below 1, which indicates the decrease in active cases, Octa research fellow Dr. Guido David said on Tuesday, January 25, 2022. David said as of January 1, the… Continue Reading →

(BusinessWorld) THE PHILIPPINES will start vaccinating children aged five to 11 on Feb. 4, the country’s vaccine chief said on Monday night. The first batch of vaccines for children will arrive next week, vaccine czar Carlito G. Galvez, Jr. told… Continue Reading →