President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Wednesday met with more diplomats, including the Finnish Ambassador to the Philippines Juha Markus Pyykkö, Norway Chargé d’Affaires Bjorn Jahnsen, Ambassador of Hungary to the Philippines Dr. Titanilla Toth...

The proposed law, which has been pushed for decades, bans discrimination on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression.

Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said six more cases of the BA.5 subvariant and 10 more cases of the BA.2.12.1 subvariant.

“When has it been wrong for the media to report on issues that involve peasant rights and public interest?” Altermidya asked.

State auditors flagged the National Youth Commission’s “illegal” use of funds meant for the mandatory and continuing training of Sangguniang Kabataan officers for the government’s controversial anti-communist campaign.

"As long as their statements do not constitute an actionable offense, such as inciting to sedition or oral defamation, rallyists enjoy freedom of expression," Justice Secretary Guevarra also said.

President Rodrigo Duterte apologized for the effects of e-sabong operations around a month after he ordered to end the online cockfighting activities, following Senate probes into the disappearances of over thirty aficionados. 

Instead of baselessly linking groups as fronts for communist rebels that puts them in danger, officials who have been red-tagging them should just file appropriate complaints, outgoing Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said.

Gun ban will be imposed in Davao region from June 16 to 21 and from June 27 to July 2 in Metro Manila, said Police MGen. Valeriano de Leon, PNP director for operations.

Overall trust in news among Filipinos has risen, putting the Philippines among the few countries that have furthered gains made at the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic.