“We are working closely with the city’s vaccination team so inoculation can be done at the soonest possible time,” QCESU chief Dr. Rolando Cruz said in a statement sent to reporters Thursday. 

The lone winner of the P120.6-million jackpot of the 6/55 Grand Lotto drawn on Aug. 30 claimed his prize at the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office in Mandaluyong recently.

Two African men and a Filipina were caught with P3.4 million worth of shabu in a sting in General Trias, Cavite on Tuesday.

The Senate has approved on second reading a bill raising the age of sexual consent to 16 years old to help prevent statutory rape.

Minors in San Juan aged 12 to 17 can sign up online for their COVID-19 vaccine slots, Mayor Francis Zamora said yesterday.

Eight nuns belonging to the Congregation of the Religious of the Virgin Mary, more popularly known as the RVM Sisters, have died of COVID-19, an official of the congregation reported yesterday.

Isabela, Cagayan and Benguet have been flagged by the OCTA Research Group as provinces of concern due to their high number of COVID-19 cases and critical healthcare utilization rate.

Five New People’s Army guerrillas were killed in a two-hour ground, air and artillery offensive launched by government forces in Sta. Teresita, Cagayan on Tuesday.

The initial enforcement of the COVID-19 Alert Level 4 in Metro Manila has been a “success,” Metropolitan Manila Chairman Authority (MMDA) Chairman Benhur Abalos said yesterday.

With 179 votes, the House of Representatives approved on third and final reading a bill that seeks to institutionalize the agreement forged by the University of the Philippines and the Department of National Defense in 1989.