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DAVAO CITY- The Department of Education (DepEd) is fielding up to 647,812 personnel across the country who will serve as poll workers during the election day on May 9.

The Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) approved the acceptance and recognition of the national COVID-19 vaccination certificates of Lao PDR and Rwanda.

Senate Committee on Health and Demography chairman Senator Bong Go thanked President Rodrigo Duterte for recently signing into law the grants for mandatory continuing benefits and allowances to public and private healthcare workers (HCWs) during the COVID...

Davao City has remained its COVID-19 Alert Level 1 status from May 1 to 15 based on the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) classification released on Thursday (April 28).

The Palace has welcomed the latest decision of the Supreme Court (SC) upholding Republic Act No. 11479 or the “Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020.”

President Rodrigo R. Duterte has urged for bolder vision and action to address water-related issues confronting the Asia-Pacific region, saying countries have to decide wisely for the benefit of current and future generations.

President Rodrigo Duterte has once again urged political candidates running for the May 9 polls to follow the rule of law and refrain from sowing chaos to gain advantage during the remainder of the election period.

President Rodrigo Duterte led the distribution of relief goods to the survivors of Tropical Depression Agaton in Leyte province on Good Friday (April 15).

President Rodrigo Duterte has decided to veto the consolidated Senate Bill No. 2395 and House Bill No. 5793, which seeks to mandate the registration of all SIM cards and social media accounts, with the purpose of deterring electronic communication-aided c...

As of 8 a.m. Sunday (April 10) PLDT and Smart have prepositioned personnel and mission-critical equipment including emergency generators in the Visayas and Mindanao as the country braces for Tropical Storm Agaton, the first tropical cyclone of the year.

The Philippine and Chinese governments through President Rodrigo Duterte and President Xi, respectively, discussed the matters of the West Philippine Sea (WPS) along with the conflict in Eastern Europe , and Covid-19 pandemic during the telephone She umm...

President Rodrigo R. Duterte led the groundbreaking ceremony of the Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) Center, which will serve as a one-stop shop catering to the needs of overseas Filipinos, aiming to addvance the welfare of overseas Filipino workers (OFW...

The Balikatan 2022 has been successfully completed by the members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the U.S. military on Friday ( April 8) as they also celebrate the 37th iteration of the annual bilateral exercise.

DAVAO CITY- Up to 16,820 uniformed personnel of the Philippine National Police (PNP) across the country who are undergoing mandatory career courses and field training exercises will be deployed to beef-up security preparations for the May 9 national and l...

President Rodrigo Duterte led the inspection Monday of one of evacuation centers constructed by the government in Batangas, bearing the lessons learned from January 2020 Taal Volcano’s eruption.

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has ordered its regional offices to submit reports on violations committed by political candidates especially on the non-compliance of minimum public health standards.