Local health authorities on Wednesday reported 4,289 more COVID-19 infections, bringing the national caseload to 1,450,110.

Dr. Tony Leachon said a travel ban on Indonesia would be crucial, citing its proximity to the southern part of the Philippines. 

Police Gen. Guillermo Eleazar, PNP chief, branded the move as “discriminatory” and “insulting.” 

The Department of Labor and Employment said that it deems it “safe” to resume sending workers to Israel as tensions between it and Palestinian militants appear to have simmered down.

In its second report on alleged human rights violations in the Philippines, Investigate PH said military operations in Mindanao are "perpetuating violence against and entrenching the marginalization of Moro communities."

The Bureau of Immigration has launched a helpline for the public to report fixers in the agency.

Sen. Manny Pacquiao has yet to file a resolution urging the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee to launch a probe into alleged corruption in government agencies, the panel's chairman Sen. Richard Gordon said Wednesday. 

The nine activists killed in the "Bloody Sunday" raids in March were all shot in the chest and the deaths merit homicide investigations, forensic pathologist Racquel Fortun said.

More than three million doses of the single-shot coronavirus jab developed by Johnson&Johnson are expected to reach the Philippines this month, vaccine czar Carlito Galvez said Tuesday. 

“We are aware of these allegations but we also inform our compatriots that more than 18,000 police officers have been punished in the past five years and this includes the dismissal of more than 5,000 in our ranks due to various cases of abuse of p...