Thousands of cops to enforce uniform curfew in NCR

MANILA – The Philippine National Police (PNP) will deploy thousands of policemen to enforce unified curfew hours from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. starting Monday in Metro...

DOLE advisory against ‘no vax, no work’ policy draws praise

MANILA – Labor groups lauded the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) for its advisory against the “no vaccine, no work” policy being planned by some employers....

PNP vaccination resumes with AstraZeneca jabs

MANILA – The Philippine National Police (PNP) has acquired additional doses of the CoronaVac and AstraZeneca vaccines to inoculate its medical front-liners, Lt. Gen. Guillermo Eleazar, deputy...

PDEA chief tests positive for coronavirus

MANILA – Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Director General Wilkins Villanueva on Sunday admitted that he tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). “As I was preparing...

PH logs 13,371 new Covid-19 recoveries

MANILA – Additional 13,371 patients have recovered from the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), pushing the country’s overall recoveries to 560,512 on Sunday. In its latest case bulletin, the...

Newly OK’d rules on disposal of seized drugs take effect Tuesday

Bulk of government-procured vaccines arriving by midyear: Galvez

MANILA – The bulk of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccines will arrive in the second quarter this year, National Task Force Against Covid-19 chief implementer Carlito Galvez...

1.4K PAL retrenched workers get P2.3-B separation pay: DOLE

MANILA – Some 1,400 retrenched workers of Philippine Airlines (PAL) have received their separation pay amounting to more than PHP2 billion. In a statement released on Saturday,...

PH detects first P.1 variant in Pinoy traveler from Brazil

MANILA – The Philippines has detected its first case of P.1 variant, a potentially more transmissible coronavirus that emerged in Brazil, the Department of Health (DOH) reported...