Tuesday's new coronavirus cases pushed the country's total to 2,121,308.

DOST Undersecretary Rowena Guevara said the government is all set for the WHO Solidarity Vaccine Trial and is just waiting for the UN health agency to give the go signal for it to proceed.

The weather bureau said Jolina was last seen in the vicinity of Baleno in Masbate at 1 p.m. on Tuesday.

"This also paved the way for the identification of the gray areas in the coordination protocol and subsequent outlining of improvements and institutionalization of measures to prevent [a] repeat of the incident," Eleazar said. 

Nearly 2,000 people are stranded in ports in Eastern Visayas and Bicol regions as Typhoon Jolina continues to bring heavy rains to parts of the country, the Philippine Coast Guard said.

Jolina is seen to make its next landfall in the vicinity of southeastern Quezon by Tuesday night or early Wednesday morning.

As the country experiences its worst spike in coronavirus cases, the faction of PDP-Laban led by Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi will be holding a national convention on Wednesday where up to 400 people would be physically present at a convention cente...

The warrant for Yang's arrest will require the signature of Senate President Vicente Sotto III, who told Philstar.com that he intends to sign it.

"For us to do effective granular lockdowns, it needs to be based on very good epidemiological data so we can maximize its impact," the World Health Organization's representative to the Philippines said Tuesday.

“I expect the continued aggressive campaign of our police not only against those who make and sell fake vaccination cards and RT-PCR but also against those who buy and use them."