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Moody’s Analytics, an economic research think tank, reported that the Philippines and other countries in Southeast Asia should re-open their economies with caution due to the prevailing risks from new COVID-19 strains.

Some prominent names in the Philippines emerged in a far-reaching new investigation by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) media consortium, which found that more than a dozen heads of state and government around the world are using offshore tax havens to hide assets worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

The US State Department has revealed the number of nuclear warheads the country stockpiles for the first time in four years, after former president Donald Trump placed a blackout on the information.

Laurencio Jun Yulaga of the Philippine Green Republican Party, a self-proclaimed international scientist and Harvard graduate, who filed his COC for President, claims to have a cure for Covid-19 that Filipinos may find literally shocking. When reporters asked for his platform of government after filing his Certificate of Candidacy with the Commission on Elections, Yulaga said Covid patients just need …

By Jonathan P. Gesmundo  Certificates of candidacies (CoC) for 18,000 national and local positions – from President to town councilor – are being filed at various Commission on Elections (COMELEC) offices and satellite registration sites nationwide while observing strict health protocols. 

President Rodrigo Duterte ordered members of the executive department including cabinet secretaries to ignore any summons issued by the Senate Blue Ribbon committee, chaired by Sen. Richard Gordon, that is investigating highly anomalous purchases of multi-trillion-peso worth of medical supplies integral to the pandemic response. 

Metro Manila residents are advised to temporarily stop buying vegetables due to the abundance of smuggled agricultural products and because of possible contamination, according to Agriculture Secretary William Dar. 

Minors with comorbidities will be vaccinated first when the Department of Health (DOH) begins the COVID-19 inoculation program for children. 

Farmers revealed they have been competing against smuggled agricultural produce from China and other countries for many years now, with the surge in smuggled vegetables getting public attention only recently. 

Energy officials gave assurances that Luzon will not experience power interruptions while the Malampaya gas facility is undergoing preventive maintenance from October 2 to 22, 2021. The shutdown, however, will possibly result to an increase in consumers’ electricity rates.