In-person classes will be limited to health or medical-related courses or programs.

Manila Vice Mayor Honey Lacuna, who tested positive for COVID-19 on August 8, was discharged from Sta. Ana Hospital on Thursday.

Three pedestrians died and three others were wounded when a Toyota Fortuner rammed a waiting shed along the highway in Barangay Sto. Niño in Tanauan, Leyte on Tuesday.

Philippine National Police chief Gen. Guillermo Eleazar ordered yesterday an investigation into a beach party on Camotes Island in Cebu for breach of quarantine protocols.

There is no indication of a local transmission of the Lambda variant of COVID-19 in Negros Occidental, where the first case in the country was detected, Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said yesterday.

Another member of the House of Representatives tested positive for COVID-19 yesterday.

Citing a decline in Bulusan Volcano’s abnormal parameters in the past weeks, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology lowered its alert alevel from one to zero yesterday.

The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration is looking into the allegedly questionable purchase of P1.2 million worth of hygiene products from a hardware store.

A United States Navy warship is in the Philippines for a “contactless” routine port visit.

Former University of the Philippines president Jose Abueva passed away yesterday. He was 93.