The silence is deafening. It was, after all, President Rodrigo Duterte's administration that barred reporters of Rappler, which Ressa co-founded in 2012, from covering the chief executive's events.

"As early as now, I have instructed our unit commanders to begin preparing for the security that will be laid down for the upcoming All Saint's and All Soul's Day next month," said Eleazar, though he did not say what these preparations were. 

"The possibility of a landfall over mainland Luzon is not ruled out at this time," Pagasa said, adding that Maring is forecast to move over the Luzon strait Monday evening and Tuesday morning. 

Nearly three-fourths of the 140,000-strong Armed Forces of the Philippines are now fully inoculated against COVID-19, the AFP surgeon general said the other day.

Oil prices face another price hike of at least P1 per liter this week.

Sen. Panfilo Lacson yesterday vowed to pursue a zero-based budgeting system in the government if he wins the presidential race in 2022.

Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade has opted to focus on finishing projects instead of running for senator in the 2022 elections.

The government’s pandemic task force would look into the proposal of Metro Manila mayors to hold in-person classes in each city, Malacañang said yesterday.

The United States government is facilitating the delivery of 97.4 million doses of procured and donated US-made vaccines to the Philippines by year’s end, US embassy counselor for economic affairs David Gamble said on Friday. Twenty-one million of ...

Commission on Human Rights Chairman Jose Luis Martin “Chito” Gascon passed away early yesterday due to COVID-19. He was 57.