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A total of 150 faculty clubs have submitted to the House of Representatives a resolution seeking to increase the salaries of the country’s public school teachers.

In a rare instance, President Duterte was friendly to the United States, which he once spurned for China, and asked the global superpower not to forget the Philippines, a treaty ally.

President Duterte once more defended law enforcement agencies on the killing of drug suspects against human rights advocates, claiming that Filipinos are the ones benefiting from such operations.

The Department of Health (DOH) on Monday, August 2, reported more than 8,000 new cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

More than 282,000 family food packs (FFPs) have been readied for distribution to the local government units (LGUs) that are in need of relief augmentation support, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said Monday, August 2.

The Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Textile Research Institute (PTRI) is seeking to develop a cloud-based digital apparel prototyping platform that seeks to benefit Filipino textile technologists, designers, manufacturers and customers.

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rolando Joselito Bautista took time to personally visit the families displaced by Taal Volcano’s unrest in Batangas to check on their condition.

The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has partnered with the local government unit of Los Baños to develop a “resilient” and “seamless” vegetable supply chain management system.

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said southwest monsoon rains had affected more than 215,000 families or over 856,000 individuals.

President Duterte seemed to be on the edge about fielding Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Mark Villar as a senatorial candidate in the 2022 polls, saying the Executive Department will lose a “top performer” if he won the elections.

A total of 503 new confirmed COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) cases and 56 new fatalities were recorded among Filipinos abroad over the previous week.

To avoid mass gathering, the Department of Health (DOH) said walk-ins will not be allowed in vaccination sites during the enhanced community quarantine.

There will be enough food supply in the National Capital Region (NCR) and other major consumption areas in the country during the upcoming two-week enhanced community quarantine (ECQ), Department of Agriculture Secretary William Dar said.

Around 415,040 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines donated by the United Kingdom (UK) arrived on Monday afternoon at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) in Pasay City.

Thank you for waving the country’s banner at the 62nd International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) held from July 14 to 24.

Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire on Monday, August 2, said half of the provinces and cities in the country already showing increase in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases and healthcare utilization rate.

When a Grab driver was accompanied by police anti-kidnapping operatives for a case conference over the kidnap-slay of a female online seller from Cavite, he accidentally glanced at a group picture of policemen that was posted at the Sta. Rosa Municipal Police Station in Nueva Ecija.

The House of Representatives on Monday, August 2, adopted a resolution conferring the Congressional Medal of Excellence on Hidilyn Diaz for ending a nearly century-long Olympic gold medal drought for the Philippines.