Duterte, who has described the corruption in the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) as "grave," vowed to act on citizens' complaints and to summon officials tagged in irregularities.

After recalling Mauro in October last year, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said the DFA would review its policy allowing diplomats to bring Filipino domestic workers with them instead of hiring them locally in their foreign posts.

The Philippines will resume sending domestic helpers to the United Arab Emirates this month after it struck a new labor deal with the Gulf state, according to the Department of Labor and Employment.

The Department of Health logged 2,067 new COVID-19 cases Tuesday.

An initial 525,600 doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine was supposed to arrive in the Philippines Monday but the delivery was postponed due to a “global supply problem,” the Department of Health said.

The health department on Tuesday said some 20 individuals who received the Sinovac experienced adverse effects but sought to stress that these are common after being inoculated.

"The focus should be on the letter V as in virus, and not on the Vice President."

Already on its fourth day, SC justices will continue their interpellation of the seven oralists for the petitioners.

The Court of Appeals granted former Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV’s bid to reverse the Makati court’s ruling that revived the rebellion case against him over the supposed revocation of amnesty.

As the Philippine government finally starts its rollout of vaccination program against the coronavirus, an advocacy group for political prisoners asked health authorities to not forget inmates languishing in the country’s overcrowded prisons.