ST. PETER Parish in Quezon City is full to its adjusted capacity on March 2 as devotees in Catholic-majority Philippines flocked to churches in observance of Ash Wednesday, the start of Lent. Minimum health protocols such as face mask and distancing continue to be observed even as most other restrictions have been lifted in Metro Manila.

PHILIPPINE President Rodrigo R. Duterte on Monday night said he would hold a special meeting with Cabinet and security officials to discuss the local implications of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

THE PHILIPPINES would ask government agents to investigate 250 more cases of what could have been wrongful deaths in the government’s anti-illegal drug campaign, the country’s Justice chief told the United Nations Human Rights Council on Monday.

THE DEPARTMENT of Health (DoH) on Tuesday said it would stop reporting daily coronavirus infections starting March 7.

REGULATORS, financial institutions and other stakeholders vowed to tighten monitoring and reporting of digital transactions that could be related to vote buying even as they assured that mechanisms are in place to avert illegal practices.

THE SENATE filed a resolution, with 23 of the 24-member chamber signing, on Monday calling on the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (PAGCOR) to suspend the operation of online cockfighting establishments until the cases of the disappearance of gamblers is resolved. 

A GROUP of supporters of presidential candidate Vice President Maria Leonor "Leni" G. Robredo has asked the Supreme Court (SC) to stop the Commission on Elections (Comelec) from removing oversized campaign posters in private properties.

MAKATI CITY is reimposing by March 16 the full number coding scheme, wherein a vehicle is banned from roads once a week based on the license plate’s last number.

THE NATIONAL Irrigation Administration (NIA) has turned over a P9.18-million solar-powered pump irrigation project to farmers in Talugtug, Nueva Ecija, which covers 50 hectares of agricultural land.

THE SUPREME Court (SC) on Tuesday appointed Deputy Court Administrator Raul B. Villanueva as its new court administrator.

SIX presidential candidates on Sunday night said the Philippines should condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

METRO Manila rail companies on Monday said they would operate at 100% passenger capacity starting March 1 after the government lowered the lockdown in the capital region and 38 other areas to Alert Level 1.