CEBU CITY – The Central Visayas Regional Development Council (RDC) is requesting the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) to amend its guidelines for the Type Z Benefit Package particularly for early-stage breast cancer patients.... Read full article
MANILA – The use of self-administered Covid-19 test kits does not require healthcare workers to perform nasopharyngeal or oropharyngeal swab collection.... Read full article
MANILA – Another 421 coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases raised the country's total tally of confirmed infections to 2,839,111, the Department of Health (DOH) reported on Tuesday.... Read full article
MANILA – Acting presidential spokesperson and Communications Secretary Martin Andanar clarified Friday that his recent statement on the presidential candidate who might get President Rodrigo Duterte’s support was based on his instincts.... Read full article
LEGAZPI CITY – More than 1,170 participants from various government agencies, including the Commission on Elections, and Department of Interior and Local Government, and cycling enthusiasts joined the fun bike calling for a safe, peaceful local and n... Read full article
MANILA – The government must tighten regulations on "e-sabong" (online cockfighting) operations if it is not willing to suspend it, according to Partido Reporma standard-bearer Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson on Wednesday.... Read full article
MANILA – Some 100 illegal Chinese vessels had returned to Julian Felipe Reef, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Thursday.... Read full article
MANILA – Couple Richie Penalan, 32, and Vanessa Pedrosa, 36, recently lost their jobs and have applied for the “Balik Probinsya, Bagong Pag-asa (BP2)” Program to return to Masbate where they can live simpler, "rent-free" lives.... Read full article
MANILA – Philippine National Police (PNP) chief, Gen. Dionardo Carlos, has formed a special investigation task group to look into the slaying of journalist Jesus Malabanan in Calbayog City, Samar on Wednesday evening.... Read full article
MANILA – The government's science and disaster response agencies together with the World Bank (WB) will launch the "PlanSmart Ready to Ready Rebuild" web application on Sept. 14.... Read full article