Increasing hospital beds dedicated to COVID-19 patients would prevent provinces from being placed under stricter alert levels, Malacañang said, as it urged regional health offices to continue monitoring the healthcare capacities of local governments...

The Philippines logged 30,552 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of people who have been recorded as having tested for the coronavirus to 3,387,524.

Malacañang clarified that the government is not issuing cards exempting unvaccinated persons from mobility restrictions and reiterated its appeal for Filipinos to avail of COVID-19 jabs.

“We believe her questions will just focus on negativity about BBM which the UniTeam dislike,” said Marcos’ spokesperson Vic Rodriguez in a statement.

Aftershocks and damage are expected after a magnitude 6.5 quake hit Davao Occidental on Saturday morning, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology reported.

Twitter said Friday that it suspended more than 300 accounts promoting Marcos for violating the social networking site’s policies.

The Department of Foreign Affairs yesterday welcomed the US State Department study that found China’s maritime claims in the South China Sea as “unlawful” and “inconsistent” with international law.

Four investigational drugs are highly effective against COVID-19 even with the circulation of the Omicron variant in the country, an infectious disease expert at San Lazaro Hospital said yesterday.

The government needs 38.67 million anti-COVID jabs for the vaccination of minors, National Task Force (NTF) against COVID-19 chief implementer and vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. said on Thursday.

The Commission on Population and Development yesterday debunked accusations that the government has rolled out vaccines against COVID-19 to “depopulate” the country.