"First and foremost, I do not want to scare them. Whoever you are, please come immediately and report yourselves, submit yourselves for testing immediately and report yourselves immediately to authorities. We’re not scaring you; we want your cooper...

As of December 8, there are no active COVID-19 cases in Bureau of Jail Management and Penology personnel and Persons Deprived of Liberty.

"The stick brought by the police is used as a reminder to follow social distancing. It can also be used as a disciplinary tool ... this will be a last option," he said in Filipino. 

Philippine Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa will fly to Oslo to collect the award in person, after a fourth court approved her application to attend Friday's ceremony.

A supposed Social Weather Stations survey, sourced from the Commission on Election, on aspirants for mayor of Pasig City has been posted on social media.

"Airstrikes will leave a lifelong scar on farmers and affected peasant communities. It's like hell falling from the sky," Ramos said.

The Philippine Bar Association said it is offering free legal services to “targeted journalists and media organizations” in the libel suits filed by Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi and businessman Dennis Uy.

The tandem of presidential candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and vice presidential candidate Sara Duterte-Carpio is set to start their sortie in Metro Manila today.

President Duterte has offered the health secretary post to a priest and molecular biologist, saying Health Secretary Francisco Duque III has expressed a desire to take a rest.

Revitalizing micro, small and medium enterprises battered by the pandemic is among the keys in solving poverty and hunger, Sen. Manny Pacquiao said yesterday.