The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) approved 56 private Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) to increase their tuition and other school fees for Academic Year (AY) 2021-2022. CHED CHED released the official consolidated list of private HEIs with approved applications to increase tuition and...
Malacañang asked the public to stop spreading fake news about the government's coronavirus (COVID-19) response, saying the spread of baseless and malicious rumors is not helping and only causes undue panic. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles (Malacañang photo) Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles...
The country received its first batch of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines for 2022 with the arrival of 150,540 doses of Moderna shots on Friday morning, Jan. 7, at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). A total of 150,540 doses of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine arrive at NAIA Terminal 1 on Jan....
Las Pinas City Mayor Imelda Aguilar on Friday, Jan. 7, said the city government has it made it mandatory for residents and visitors to wear their face masks. Aguilar said the City Council passed and approved City Ordinance 1869, Series of 2020, requiring the use of face masks or other similar...
Alyssa Valdez Volleyball star Alyssa Valdez tested positive for COVID-19, her management disclosed Friday. In a statement posted on social media, the V Management Group said Valdez tested positive for the virus after experiencing some mild symptoms and a confirmatory RT-PCR test. “We’d like to...
The Philippine Olympic Committee opted to reset its first General Assembly (GA) from Jan. 12 to Jan. 26 following the surge of the COVID-19 infections and the threat of Omicron variant in the country. POC President Bambol Tolentino (MB File) POC president Rep. Abraham "Bambol" Tolentino made the...
The Muntinlupa City government is testing people for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) amid a rise in the number of new cases. At the Museo ng Muntinlupa grounds, people are lining up to undergo rapid SARS-CoV-2 antigen testing. If they test positive, they will undergo the confirmatory reverse...
There is “no compelling reason” for the government to declare martial law just to slow down the rapidly increasing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases, Department of National Defense (DND) Sec. Delfin Lorenzana said Thursday night, Jan. 6. Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana (Photo courtesy of...
Presidential aspirant Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. is currently under isolation due to exposure to at least two individuals who turned out positive for COVID-19. Lawyer Vic Rodriguez, Marcos Jr.'s spokesman, said Friday, Jan. 7, one of Marcos Jr.'s exposure was to his chief security, who tested...
The Coordinating Council of Private Educational Associations (COCOPEA), along with the country's largest associations of private schools, commended President Duterte for signing a law that aims to save the education sector from excessive taxes and collapse amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19)...
Gen. Andres Centino, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), it was confirmed on Friday, Jan. 7. Gen. Andres Centino, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, attends President Duterte's "Talk to the People"...
"No exception." President Duterte has ordered the Philippine National Police (PNP) to arrest individuals who are supposedly selling coronavirus disease (COVID-19) drugs and essential medicine in the black market. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) Duterte made the statement after Food...
