COVID-19
Cases
4,405 new COVID cases: PH logs less than 7,000 new infections for 9th straight day
The Philippines on Monday announced 4,405 new COVID-19 cases, pushing the country's total to over 2,761,307, data from the health department showed.
ABS-CBN
Department of Health
After Delta surge, Philippines now low risk for COVID-19 – DOH
After the record-breaking surge in infections driven by the highly-transmissible Delta variant, the Philippines is now "low-risk" for COVID-19, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Monday, October 25.
Rappler
DOH eyeing COVID-19 vaccination rollout for children beyond NCR
The Department of Health (DOH) is considering expanding the COVID-19 vaccination of children with comorbidities aged 12 to 17 beyond the National Capital Region (NCR)
Philippine Daily Inquirer
IATF/NTF COVID-19
IATF yet to approve COVID-19 booster, third shots for health workers, elderly – Palace
The proposal to give COVID-19 vaccine booster and third shots to healthcare workers, the elderly, and persons with co-morbidities has yet to get an approval from the government’s task force on pandemic response, Malacañang said Monday.
UNTV Web
PH injection rates fail to catch up with vaccine supply
The Philippines has now over 94 million doses of coronavirus vaccine—55 million already administered—but has fully vaccinated only 23.24 percent of the target population or 25.6 million Filipinos.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Regions
Luzon including NCR
Downgrade of NCR’s alert level status ‘possible’: Roque
Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque on Monday said there is a big possibility that the current Alert Level 3 status of the National Capital Region (NCR) will be downgraded as the average daily attack rate continues to decrease.
Philippine News Agency
Dolomite beach overcrowding violates IATF rules, says DOH
The overcrowding of people in Manila Bay's dolomite beach over the weekend is a violation of rules set by the Inter-Agency Task Force against COVID-19, the Department of Health said Monday.
ABS-CBN
Visayas
Cebu City to accept fully vaccinated travelers without negative COVID-19 test
Fully vaccinated travelers can now travel to Cebu City without presenting a negative COVID-19 test, the city government said Monday.
ABS-CBN
Mindanao
World
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OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
Duterte keeps high approval, trust ratings
President Rodrigo Duterte has maintained high approval and trust scores in the third quarter as the Philippine election season approaches, according to the third quarter survey by a political consultancy firm.
Philippine News Agency
‘We thank God,’ Duterte says, noting drop in COVID-19 reproduction number
“We thank God for the decline” in COVID-19 cases in the Philippines, President Rodrigo Duterte said in his taped address that aired late Monday night.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
DOJ report on drug war is proof that gov’t is working to check errors — Roque
The Department of Justice (DOJ) investigation and its report on the drug war should serve as proof that the government is addressing concerns about possible abuses of the program, presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said on Monday.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
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Armed Forces of the Philippines
Navy war games set in western Mindanao
Nearly a thousand Navy officers, sailors, and members of the Navy Seals and Marines would start four days of drills in western Mindanao on Monday afternoon, October 25.
Rappler
Philippine National Police
As Duterte term nears end, PNP wants ‘strong finish’
The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Monday vowed to have a “strong finish” against illegal drugs as the end of President Rodrigo Duterte’s term draws near.
Manila Standard | Philippine News Agency
EDUCATION
INFORMATION, COMMUNICATION AND TECHNOLOGY
ELECTION RELATED
Makabayan to continue to cooperate with Robredo-Pangilinan campaign
The Makabayan bloc will continue to coordinate with the campaign of Vice President Leni Robredo and Senator Francis Pangilinan, even as it still considers the non-inclusion of Bayan Muna chair Neri Colmenares in the senatorial slate of the tandem as a “lost opportunity.”
Philippine Daily Inquirer
ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES
LABOR
‘No vaccine, no work’ may change soon, says DOLE chief
Secretary Silvestre Bello III of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) affirmed on Sunday that inoculations remain voluntary and employers cannot compel workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19 as provided in the immunization law, or Republic Act No. 11525.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
LEGISLATIVE
Senate of the Philippines
Senators to file bill removing withdrawal as ground for candidate substitution
Some senators will be filing a bill that would amend the Omnibus Election Code to remove withdrawal as one of the grounds for candidate substitution, according to Senator Sherwin Gatchalian.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
House of Representatives
LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS (LGUs)
Duterte urges LGUs to be more systematic in pinpointing unvaccinated individuals
President Rodrigo Duterte appealed to local government units in a taped televised briefing on Monday to devise a more “systematic and efficient way” of determining who among their constituents had not been vaccinated against COVID-19.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
FOREIGN RELATIONS
PH, Japan reaffirm cooperation in sea activities, support in maritime claim
The Philippines and Japan reaffirmed their commitment to sustain activities at sea following international law, including the 2016 arbitral ruling that ruled in favor of the Philippines in a maritime dispute.
Manila Bulletin
West Philippine Sea
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE
HOUSING and SETTLEMENT
POVERTY
SOCIAL WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT
TRANSPORTATION
DOTr wants PUVs passenger capacity restored to 100% in Metro Manila
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) wants the existing 50-percent passenger capacity of public transportation vehicles (PUVs) in Metro Manila to be restored to 100 percent, an official told senators Monday.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
TOURISM
WATER and ENERGY
Economic managers OK P1 billion fuel subsidy
The government’s economic team has committed to transfer P1 billion to the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) for cash grants to public utility vehicle (PUV) drivers hurting from soaring fuel prices.
Philippine Star
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