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BAGUIO CITY – “Baguio in My Pocket (BIMP) will now serve as database for those who wish to be inoculated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in this city.

A nation that is united has a higher chance of surviving the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, Senator Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go, chairman of the Senate Health and Demography Committee, said on Monday.

Business establishment owners based in Antipolo City in Rizal have three options in securing a business permit, whether for renewal or new application, as part of the measures to ensure their safety during the pandemic. The city also extended the deadline for the payment of business permits until February 26, 2021.

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has vowed to work closely with the local government units (LGUs) to strengthen their capacity and improve the delivery of social services to ensure that more Filipinos will have an improved quality of life.

The world is falling short of promises made under the Paris climate deal to help the most vulnerable nations deal with the increasingly devastating impacts of climate change, according to the United Nations.

India's Covid-19 vaccination drive had a successful start with more than 224,000 people receiving their first jabs and just three people hospitalised for experiencing side effects, the health ministry said Sunday, as reports emerged about concerns over a homegrown vaccine.

Over 80 people have been killed in two days of ongoing clashes in Sudan's restive Darfur, doctors said Sunday, just over two weeks since a long-running peacekeeping mission ended operations.

Joe Biden's goal of seeing 100 million doses of coronavirus vaccine injected within his first 100 days in office is "absolutely" achievable, top US scientist Anthony Fauci said Sunday, days before he is to become the new president's chief advisor on Covid-19.

Brazil's health regulator gave emergency approval Sunday for two coronavirus vaccines, kicking off a mass inoculation campaign amid a devastating second epidemic wave killing over 1,000 people in the vast South American nation daily.

Mayor Sara Duterte Carpio, the iron lady from Davao City, can best sustain the programs and other gains made by her father President Duterte in Malacañang, according to Presidential spokesman Harry Roque.

The Philippine Air Force (PAF) on Sunday rendered military honors to four airmen who died in a tragic helicopter crash in Impasug-ong, Bukidnon.

A fire broke out inside a chemical warehouse in Pasig City on Sunday night, the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) said.

Filipinos who are currently working in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) can avail themselves of free COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) vaccination being offered by the host government to all local residents to stem the spread of the disease.

The government may tap more hotels and school buildings to serve as temporary isolation and quarantine facilities in a bid to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus variant in the country.

Because he was not wearing a face mask, Makati Police busted a man carrying over P200, 000 worth of shabu in Makati City last Saturday night, January 16, 2021.

In a bid to boost its contact tracing efforts, the Quezon City government will launch a contact tracing application to be used by residents and workers of the city.

Despite the lingering threat of the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19), thousands of devotees physically attended masses on the feast of the Santo Niño de Tondo and de Pandacan on Sunday.

Malacañang assured the public that the government did not purchase one of the most expensive COVID-19 vaccines in the world, saying the vaccine of China's Sinovac is only around P650 per dose.