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Fri, 11 Jun 2021 16:00:00 +0800COVID-19 cases in the Philippines rise to 1.3M with 6,686 new infections
Local health authorities on Friday reported 6,686 more COVID-19 infections, bringing the national caseload to 1,300,349.
Fri, 11 Jun 2021 15:57:00 +0800Chief justice: SC working on issues on search warrants, attacks on lawyers
The Supreme Court under the helm of recently-appointed Chief Justice Alexander Gesmundo is working on the guidelines on the use of body-worn cameras in police operations and revision of guidelines on the issuance of search and arrest warrants.
Fri, 11 Jun 2021 15:03:00 +0800SC starts vaccination program for court employees
The Supreme Court has started rolling out its vaccination program for its officials and employees, Chief Justice Alexander Gesmundo said Friday.
Fri, 11 Jun 2021 14:14:00 +0800DOH urges public not to lie about health conditions to get COVID-19 vaccine
In a briefing Friday, Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire asked the public to wait for their turns to be inoculated. She said Filipino will get their vaccine doses once the delivery of vaccines is stabilized.
Fri, 11 Jun 2021 14:02:00 +0800Gabriela solon eyes raps vs pro-Duterte vlogger over lewd call
Rep. Arlene Brosas (Gabriela party-list) said Friday that she is eyeing to file charges against a pro-Duterte vlogger who subjected her to a peppering of vulgar and lewd language over a phone call.
Fri, 11 Jun 2021 13:35:00 +0800Retired military, police urge united stance on West Philippine Sea ahead of Independence Day
Advocates for National Interest (ANI), a group composed of retired police and military officers, on Friday called on Filipinos to "unite and rally to our flag in assertion of our rights in the West Philippine Sea."
Fri, 11 Jun 2021 13:30:00 +0800OPAPP rejects renewed calls for peace talks with Reds
The Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process rejected renewed calls for the resumption of peace talks with communist rebels, arguing that localized peace negotiations and the so-called “whole-of-nation” approach to quelling the reb...
Fri, 11 Jun 2021 12:29:00 +0800Polio outbreak in Philippines declared over
In a statement, the WHO and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Philippines said the Department of Health officially concluded the polio outbreak response on June 3 “as the virus has not been detected in a child or in the environment in t...
Fri, 11 Jun 2021 10:30:00 +0800LIVE: Chief Justice Gesmundo holds press conference
Watch the press conference LIVE starting 11:00 a.m. on Friday, June 11.
Fri, 11 Jun 2021 10:16:00 +0800Fully-vaccinated seniors in GCQ, MGCQ areas allowed to leave homes
The government’s pandemic task force has allowed fully-vaccinated senior citizens in areas under general community quarantine and modified general community quarantine to leave their homes.