Health authorities on Thursday said 5,221 more individuals contracted the COVID-19, pushing the Philippines' total to 1,490,665.

"[T]he authority to hold such a meeting has been questioned and is not recognized therefore they are holding an activity with no legal basis for holding it."

"We will not allow this," Police Gen. Guillermo Eleazar said. "The PNP will track down and arrest the persons behind this kind of scam."

Opposition coalition 1Sambayan is unfazed by latest survey results showing their nominees lagging behind frontrunners Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte and her father, President Rodrigo Duterte.

The Supreme Court on Thursday launched its online platform for applicants in the historic 2020-2021 Bar examinations, the first digital and localized licensure test for Philippine lawyers.

Some 194,400 doses of Moderna would go to government, while 56,400 would go to the private sector.

“These are five actions that the Philippines can take after five long years of inaction by President Duterte in the West Philippine Sea.”

In a shift in opposition coalition 1Sambayan’s stance, it said that it would “welcome” a possible nomination of Sen. Manny Pacquiao as its presidential candidate in next year’s elections.

President Duterte is set to preside over the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan national assembly on July 17 in Clark, Pampanga, amid the feud between the factions of acting party president Sen. Manny Pacquiao and vice chairman Energy Secret...

A low-pressure area east of Central Luzon is expected to enhance the southwest monsoon and bring rains over parts of the country this weekend, the state weather bureau said yesterday.