Duterte, who earlier said that the government's budget has been "depleted" because of pandemic-related expenses, assured typhoon survivors that they would receive assistance within the week.

The National Vaccination Operations Center on Thursday reported that 6.4 million doses were administered in the second run of the Bayanihan Bakunahan program, but the tally may still rise as more information is sent by local government units affecte...

The Philippines inched up three spots in a global COVID-19 resilience ranking, placing 50th of 53 countries after three months at the bottom of the listing due to rising infections, inadequate testing, economic disruption and slow vaccinations.

"We have these mammoth funds for projects that are stalled for years while the government is saying it is scrimping on funds to provide immediate aid to typhoon-affected [areas]."

The Philippines’ drug regulator has given the first emergency use authorization for an anti-COVID pill, allowing wider use of the drug that was previously only available through select health facilities.

The Masungi Georeserve called for support for environmental defenders protecting watersheds as they decried the detention of five of their forest rangers — allegedly by police — in the town of Baras, Rizal province.

The Philippines’ drug regulator has granted emergency use authorization to the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer-BioNTech to be used on children aged five to 11.

Around 15 million learners in 35,698 schools were affected by the recent typhoon and 671 schools are being used as evacuation centers.

Reported death toll due to Typhoon Odette rose to 258, while combined damage to infrastructure and agriculture ballooned to more than P3.6 billion, the country’s disaster agency reported.

The Commission on Audit has called out 17 government agencies over delayed, abandoned and idle infrastructure projects amounting to P1.44 trillion, saying this may result in complete wastage of government funds.