MANILA – The country’s risk classification for Covid-19 is down to moderate on Monday as the two-week growth rate of infections nationwide has gone negative.... Read full article
MANILA – Operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) arrested two persons and confiscated a total of PHP68 million worth of shabu in two separate operations in Las Piñas City on Saturday afternoon.... Read full article
MANILA – Informal settlers in Barangay Payatas will finally own the land they are occupying after the Quezon City government acquired the approximately 96,169-square-meter area from Land Bank of the Philippines (LandBank).... Read full article
MANILA – The shipment of three million doses of the Sinovac jab that arrived Sunday night will be part of the government's recalibrated vaccine deployment, focusing outside the National Capital Region (NCR).... Read full article
MANILA – The quarantine classification in Abra, Baguio City, and Bohol has been upgraded to general community quarantine (GCQ) with heightened restrictions, while the quarantine level in Ilocos Norte has been downgraded to regular GCQ, Malacañang ann... Read full article
MANILA – Passports for pick-up at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Aseana will be released at the Double Dragon Plaza in Pasay City starting Sept. 24.... Read full article
MANILA – All Commission on Higher Education (CHED) offices nationwide have achieved the required vaccination level to protect their employees during the pandemic.... Read full article
MANILA – The House of Representatives on Tuesday night approved on final reading a proposal imposing a 12 percent value-added tax (VAT) on digital transactions in the country to generate new funding sources for the country's Covid-19 response efforts... Read full article
MANILA – A bill institutionalizing the 1989 University of the Philippines (UP) - Department of National Defense (DND) accord into the UP Charter hurdled third reading approval at the House of Representatives.... Read full article
MANILA – Online money-lending platforms that use clients’ data for harassment or other forms of intimidation are still prevalent as digital commerce flourishes.... Read full article