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The Philippines is the world’s second most “Instagrammable” places for this year, according to a travel website.

The Senate Committee of the Whole has wrapped up its inquiry on the government’s COVID-19 immunization program.

Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Friday reminded the National Task Force for COVID-19 that the public has the right to information regarding the vaccines that would be procured by the government to combat the pandemic.

Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat on Friday warned hotels to comply with the government’s protocols for operating amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Senator Cynthia Villar insisted on Friday that private companies should have the right to decide to distribute the COVID-19 vaccines that they have directly purchased for their employees without the government's intervention.

Health practitioners are advising against the use of different brands of COVID-19 vaccines.

Pfizer has committed to give "as quickly as possible" the needed supplies of COVID-19 vaccines for the country's upcoming inoculation program.

The Philippines could strengthen its territorial claim against China in the West Philippines Sea (WPS) if it becomes a state party to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), Senator Francis Tolentino said on Friday.

The Philippine government should prioritize its negotiations with Pfizer-BioNTech for the purchase of COVID-19 vaccines since the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has already authorized its emergency use, Senator Grace Poe said on Thursday.

Senators have called for the immediate and proper action from the government to prevent the spread of the more contagious COVID-19 variant that has been detected in the Philippines.

Senators will call for an executive session to ask authorities about the cost of the COVID-19 vaccines that the Philippines will purchase from pharmaceutical companies, Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri said.

Senate President Tito Sotto has criticized some congressmen for "rushing" the proposed amendments to the Constitution.

To allay doubts on the proposed Charter change (Cha-cha), the plebiscite on the “one-liner” amendments to the Constitution’s economic provisions be held at the same time as the 2022 elections, Senate President Vicente Sotto III suggested on Wednesday.

Senate President Vicente Sotto III said House constitutional amendments panel chairman and congressman Alfredo Garbin Jr. was "wrong" in declaring that they have already convened a Constituent Assembly (Con-Ass) in discussing the proposed amendments to the 1987 Constitution.

Sen. Joel Villanueva on Wednesday called on the intergency task force handling the COVID-19 pandemic to start coming up with a "clear-cut" masterlist of the beneficiaries of the governement's COVID-19 immunization program.

Senate President Tito Sotto said Wednesday that he plans to file a bill that will amend the current Party-List System Law, a move he sees will address President Duterte's concerns on the country's party-list system without having to tweak the 1987 Constitution.

Don't like the COVID-19 vaccines from the government? Then don't take it.

This was how Senate President Vicente Sotto III weighed in on the much-criticized remarks of Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque that Filipinos cannot be choosy on the brand of coronavirus vaccines under the government's free inoculation program.

Senator Grace Poe was disappointed over the Ombudsman’s decision to dismiss the graft charges filed against former transportation secretary Joseph Emilio Abaya and other respondents for an allegedly anomalous MRT-3 maintenance contract.