To avoid the splitting of votes in the upcoming elections, conveners of 1Sambayan will field and endorse a unified slate of opposition candidates, they said during the coalition's media launch held Thursday.

Of the 640,984 total confirmed cases, 66,567 or 10.4% are active.

The Department of Justice main office in Manila will again be placed on lockdown as active COVID-19 cases among employees reach 17.

The Supreme Court has inked a partnership with the Union Bank of the Philippines for an ePayment solution, as the Judiciary streamlines court processes.

According to separate memoranda, the DSWD will be implementing a "three-day lockdown to allow the Administrative Service to conduct disinfection/decontamination of the entire DSWD Central office."

The health official stressed the benefits of getting the vaccine outweigh the potential risks, and the jabs approved by the country’s Food and Drug Administration “remain safe and effective instrument in helping prevent severe cases.”

"There is already an ongoing assessment on alternative work arrangement for our uniformed personnel," Eleazar said. 

Two senators on Thursday scored the government anew for the slow pace of vaccination in the country.

Some members of the ruling Partido Demokratiko Pilipino—Lakas ng Bayan are continuing their push for President Rodrigo Duterte to run for vice president despite the warning from their party president, Sen. Manny Pacquiao, against politicking.

Beijing appears to be the top violator of the Convention on the Law of the Sea with the most multiple operational challenges in the East and South China Seas