Mom, GF of Pinoy with new Covid-19 variant test positive

MANILA – The mother and the girlfriend of a patient found positive for the UK variant have contracted the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte...

House probe on termination of DND-UP accord sought

MANILA – A resolution seeking a congressional inquiry on the unilateral abrogation by Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana of the Department of National Defense-University of the Philippines (DND-UP)...

PRRD orders Galvez, Duque to answer Senate queries on vax deals

Palace hopes for ‘close, friendly’ ties with Biden administration

MANILA – Malacañang on Wednesday expressed optimism that President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration would maintain its “close and friendly” ties with the United States (US) under the leadership...

Revoking accord to put UP ‘in its proper role as premier univ’

MANILA – Multi-sectoral groups on Tuesday expressed support for the termination of the University of the Philippines-Department of National Defense (UP-DND) Accord of 1989, saying the move...

Duterte supports Lorenzana’s move on UP-DND pact: Roque

MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte backed Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana’s move to scrap the Department of National Defense’s (DND) pact with the University of the Philippines (UP)...

Duterte to receive Covid-19 shots in private

MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte is still willing to receive the first dose of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccine from China’s Sinovac Biotech Ltd., but he’ll do...

House leader files bill renewing ABS-CBN franchise

MANILA – Deputy Speaker Vilma Santos-Recto has filed a bill that would give broadcast giant ABS-CBN Corp. a fresh 25-year legislative franchise. Santos filed on Jan. 5...

Palace hails Biden vow to prioritize immigrants’ legal status

MANILA – Malacañang is counting on US President-elect Joe Biden to stay true to his promise to prioritize offering legal status to an estimated 11 million illegal...

Claims Duterte already got Covid-19 vax just ‘speculation’

MANILA – Malacañang on Monday rejected rumors that President Rodrigo Duterte has already received a coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccine shot along with members of his close-in...