DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that 100 vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine were damaged in Bingawan, Iloilo.

"Dinagat Islands badly need our help...The entire region has still no access to basic necessities [and residents are] running out of food." 

"We are going to prioritize local government units stricken by tropical cyclone wind signal number 4 of typhoon Odette,” said MMDA chairman Benhur Abalos. "This financial aid will help especially in these trying times. It's Christmas after all, a t...

In a 67-page Memorandum and Formal Offer of Evidence, petitioners through their lawyers led by Theodore Te make a last bid to the Comelec’s Second Division to deny due course or cancel Marcos’ COC for the 2022 national elections.

Authorities identified three close contacts of the individual. Vergeire said all underwent home quarantine and tested negative for COVID-19.

"Police units in the regional, provincial, city and municipal levels were given added duties to monitor prices of goods in their respective areas."

‘Odette’—the strongest tropical cyclone to hit the Philippines this year—left Dinagat Islands in Caraga region “leveled to the ground,” Jeff Crisostomo, the province’s information officer, said.

Here's a running list of initiatives and donation drives where you can send donations of relief goods or monetary support to those affected by the super typhoon. 

The number of affected persons due to Typhoon Odette has risen to 1.8 million, the latest report from the Department of Social Welfare and Development showed.

The governor called on water supply concessionaires and local governments that have water refilling capabilities on trucks to send equipment to the island province.