The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council is recommending for President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to declare a national state of calamity for up to a year due to the impacts of Severe Tropical Storm "Paeng."

US Vice President Kamala Harris will be visiting the Philippines in November to strengthen ties between Washington and Manila, the White House said.

One of the alleged middlemen in the killing of broadcaster Percy Lapid “died from suffocation by means of a plastic bag over his head,” according to results of the second autopsy performed Wednesday by top forensic pathologist Raquel Fortun.

The Philippines sharply revised the death toll from Severe Tropical Storm "Paeng" (international name: Nalgae) ravaging the country downward on Saturday, saying only 45 people had been killed — correcting the earlier reported toll of 72.

Airport officials announced the cancellation of 94 flights for Saturday, October 29 due to bad weather caused by the Severe Tropical Storm Paeng, which has prompted the raising of Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No. 3 in some regions.

Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No. 3 remained hoisted over Metro Manila and several other areas as Severe Tropical Storm Paeng (international name: Nalgae) may cross the capital region and nearby provinces on Saturday until early Sunday morning.

Several local government units have ordered the suspension of classes for Saturday (Oct. 29, 2022) due to the inclement weather brought by Severe Tropical Storm Paeng.

Bivalent vaccines against COVID-19 are expected to become available in the country by December, according to Department of Health officer-in-charge Maria Rosario Vergeire.

Speaker Martin Romualdez yesterday gave President Marcos assurance that the House of Representatives will speed up plenary approval of bills that will digitalize the government’s voluminous records when Congress resumes session on Nov. 7.

SM City Sorsogon, the Bicol region’s newest destination mall, opened yesterday, becoming SM Prime’s 81st supermall and the fourth in Bicolandia after SM City Naga in Camarines Sur, SM City Legazpi in Albay and SM City Daet in Camarines Norte.