Local health authorities on Friday reported 13,177 more COVID-19 infections, bringing the national caseload to 1,713,302.

The Partido Demokratiko Pilipino – Lakas ng Bayan wing led by Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi has expelled Sen. Manny Pacquiao from the ruling party.

The National Task Force Against COVID-19 estimates that nearly half of Metro Manila's residents will be fully vaccinated by August 20, when the two-week lockdown imposed over the capital region is set to expire. 

The United States authorized an extra dose of Covid vaccine for people with weakened immune systems, as the country struggles to thwart the Delta variant.

Commission on Elections Commissioner Antonio Kho Jr. has withdrawn his application to become an associate justice of the Supreme Court.

Samira Gutoc, who mounted a failed senatorial bid under the opposition slate Otso Diretso in 2019, has joined the national executive board of Aksyon Demokratiko.

A total of 575,800 doses of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine procured by private firms arrived Friday in the Philippines.

Former Supreme Court Associate Justice Jose Portugal Perez, the Judiciary’s homegrown justice who dedicated his 45 years to the tribunal, has passed away. He was 74.

Inbound travelers from "green" territories who are fully vaccinated only need to go through a seven-day quarantine and a RT-PCR test in a government-accredited facility on their fifth day.

The faction of Partido Demokratiko Pilipino—Lakas ng Bayan led by Sen. Manny Pacquiao denied claims that he is turning his local party into a national party, as purported by the ruling party’s wing led by Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi.