Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Debold Sinas on Sunday ordered the cops to continue to man checkpoints in the NCR Plus (Metro Manila, Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, and Rizal) and three other areas under the less restrictive modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) from April 12 to April 30.
House Committee on Ways and Means chairperson Joey Salceda is looking for P140 billion budget to fund more household emergency subsidies and other forms of cash assistance for COVID-19-affected families.
Saying the country’s diplomatic protest only ends up as ‘pambalot ng tinapa’, Surigao del Norte Rep. Robert Ace Barbers said its time that the Philippines stand up against China.
Albay Rep. Joey Salceda is optimistic that the Philippines can once more become the research and development hub in Southeast Asia.
China is considering the mixing of different Covid-19 vaccines to improve the relatively low efficacy of its existing options, a top health expert has told a conference.
A security guard was wounded in a bomb blast outside a military-owned bank in Myanmar’s second-biggest city Sunday morning, as the civilian death toll from the junta’s brutal crackdown on dissent topped more than 700 at the weekend.
Pope Francis made a rare Sunday outing from Vatican grounds to celebrate a mass on “divine mercy” with prisoners, refugees and health workers.
Jordan’s King Abdullah appeared in public Sunday alongside his half-brother Prince Hamzah, state TV showed, their first joint appearance since a palace crisis involving the prince rocked the kingdom.
The Philippine armed forces will hold joint exercises with hundreds of US soldiers over the next two weeks, its military chief said Sunday, amid growing tensions with Beijing in the South China Sea.
Makati Mayor Abby Binay publicly shamed barangay officials in posh Dasmariñas Village for creating its own COVID-19 registration app.
