Comelec in November identified 34 barangays in Albay, Davao del Sur, Isabela, Leyte, Maguindanao, Metro Manila, and Negros Oriental, as venues for the exercise. 

Vice President Leni Robredo said Friday that she remains open to talking about the possibility of consolidating forces for the 2022 elections to ensure victory for the opposition.

DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said 48.5% of all hospitals in the country had no new patients seeking treatment for COVID-19 from December 5 to 9.

People can expect punishment for those who err under a Robredo administration, but the vice president, who has joined the 2022 race to Malacañang, said she would not be singling out political foes.

Department of Justice prosecutors have blocked Sen. Leila De Lima’s request that she may be allowed to shoot campaign materials for her re-election bid in her detention room.

Acting presidential spokesperson Karlo Nograles said that Portugal will be included in the so-called “red list”—composed of countries and territories considered as high-risk for COVID-19—beginning December 12.

Ateneo de Manila University on Friday announced that it plans to hold limited on-site classes starting January 2022 for the first time in almost two years. 

Those who wish to study more about human rights and how this can address global problems may now avail of course offerings under the learning institution the Commission of Human Rights launched on Friday.

"Nurses whose visas shall expire by 31 December 2021 shall be given preference," a resolution of the task force reads. 

The future is “scary and depressing” with the Supreme Court upholding most of the feared Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020, in a vote that in no way gave a win to the petitioners and the Filipinos, lawyers said.