The Food and Drug Administration said that it needs a new law to give it more flexibility in regulating experimental drugs during emergencies like the coronavirus pandemic.

The Philippines on Thursday recorded 8,767 additional COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of infections to 971,049.

At least four people have died and 13 others were injured due to Typhoon Bising, latest data from the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council showed.

Berlin-based search engine Ecosia, which invests its profits into ecological conservation projects, is now reforesting parts of the country. Since it was founded in 2009, it has planted over 123 million trees in 9,000 sites across the globe. 

The Food and Drug Administration granted yet another private hospital a compassionate special permit to use anti-parasitic drug ivermectin as a treatment for COVID-19.

Two senators on Wednesday night revived proposals to defund the government's anti-communist task force after one of its red-tagging spokespersons' outburst over a community pantry organizer left them in disbelief.  

"We decided to close the community pantry because my family is worried that we might be red-tagged," the post by Arellano reads. 

A total of 33 Department of Tourism-accredited accommodation establishments have been awarded the World Travel and Tourism Council safe travels stamp on Wednesday morning.

“The justice secretary explained to them how the special investigation under AO 35 would proceed and emphasized that much would depend on the willingness to cooperate of all parties concerned."

The petitioners said the findings of the CHR are expected to provide an unprecedented basis for future climate justice litigation and policymaking needed to keep global temperatures below 1.5 °C