A weak currency can make oil imports more expensive for the country. 

The Philippines has detected 50 new cases of the BA.5 Omicron subvariant, 11 new cases of the BA.2.12.1 subvariant, and 2 new cases of the BA.4 subvariant.

“All hands are on deck to ensuring the peaceful and orderly conduct of President-elect Marcos’ inauguration. We have prepared for this and we will execute all protocols as planned for the success of this historic occasion,” Año said.

Under the new rules set by the government’s pandemic task force, unvaccinated employees will be required to undergo RT-PCR tests once every two weeks or weekly antigen tests.

Sen. Francis Tolentino, who is being eyed as among the next leaders of the chamber's Blue Ribbon Committee, said Tuesday that the committee must hold hearings that are time-bound and efficient. 

In an interview with TeleRadyo, Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said Metro Manila may log 3,800 to 4,600 COVID-19 cases a day by mid-July.

The program for the inauguration of President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Thursday is mostly set, with his office saying that this will be “traditional, solemn and simple.”

Metro Manila will still be under the country’s most relaxed quarantine classification until July 15.

"We have already obtained a statement from the victim and witnesses and so far we have identified three personalities there, and for the meantime, our identification continues for those in the viral video," he said in Filipino. 

Philstar.com editor in chief Camille Diola, Philstar.com business editor Ian Nicolas Cigaral and The Philippine Star’s Rhodina Villanueva will not face court over Uy’s cyber libel complaint as prosecutors said in a May 5 resolution that the artic...