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Apart from pharmacists and midwives, some medical students should be considered as vaccinators of the coronavirus vaccines, presidential spokesman Harry Roque suggested Monday.

A missing underwear sparked a shooting incident in Batangas City Sunday.

Public Attorney’s Office (PAO) Chief Persida Acosta on Monday, Jan. 18, expressed elation on the decision of Ombudsman Samuel Martires to dismiss the complaint against her and PAO forensic chief Dr. Erwin Erfe over the alleged illegal creation of her office’s own forensic laboratory.

Vice President Leni Robredo is rumored to be running for governor of her home province of Camarines Sur instead of president in 2022.

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has so far received more than 1 million applications for voter registration for the May 2022 national and local polls.

Some senators suspect that members of the House of Representatives have been insisting on prematurely convening a Constituent Assembly (Con-Ass) on their own to push for a joint voting and disregard the Senate in the efforts to amend the Constitution.

The selection of coronavirus vaccines should not be compared to choosing laundry soap as suggested by a comedian due to its limited global supply, according to Presidential spokesman Harry Roque.

Seven passengers of the Emirates Flight EK 332 that carried the Filipino who tested positive for the UK-variant of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are yet to be located, the Department of Health said Monday.

Vice President Leni Robredo is off to Laguna and Quezon to inspect her office’s livelihood and training programs and community learning hubs.

Senator Panfilo M. Lacson on Monday he is not prepared to accuse anybody in particular on the price differences of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines.

Sen. Risa Hontiveros urged the Department of Energy (DoE) and Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) Monday to review the surcharges that are passed on to electricity consumers especially amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon said Monday the chief implementers of the national task force for COVID-19 should disclose details of the term sheet agreement signed between the government and the manufacturer of Sinovac vaccines.

The World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) is supporting the testing on departure of all travelers to prevent the spread of the dreaded novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as the volume of travel is slowly picking up.

The Philippine Air Force is now conducting an in-depth investigation to determine why a Philippine Air Force (PAF) UH-1H Huey helicopter crashed in Impasug-ong, Bukidnon, killing seven military personnel, last Saturday.

The Office of the Ombudsman has dismissed the complaint filed against Public Attorney's Office (PAO) chief Persida Rueda-Acosta involving alleged corrupt practices in the creation of the PAO Forensic Laboratory.

The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) allayed public fears on Monday that the 15,000 rehired contact tracers (CT) by the agency this year is insufficient with the entry of the new COVID-19 variant in the country.

The leader of a gun-for-hire group and his driver were killed in a shootout with the Philippine National Police-Highway Patrol Group in Bacolor, Pampanga yesterday.

The start of the government's vaccination program against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) can be seen towards the third or fourth week of February, the country's testing czar said on Monday.