A SENATOR on Wednesday urged the central bank and financial institutions to suspend fees on online transactions as the capital region grapples with mobility restrictions and shorter branch operations due to a surge in coronavirus cases.     

A PETITION has been filed asking the country’s Highest Court to stop a Commission on Elections (Comelec) ruling that bars around 200,000 voters in 63 villages from voting for local positions in the May elections. 

THE HIGHLY mutated Omicron variant has now dominated Philippine coronavirus infections, its health chief said, as the country breached 3 million cases on Tuesday.

THE LOCAL Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the generic version of Pfizer, Inc.’s anti-coronavirus pill, its chief said on Monday night.

AN OVERSIGHT committee composed of members of Congress and the Commission on Elections (Comelec) should convene to investigate the alleged hacking incident of the poll body’s system, a solon said Tuesday.

THE P1.3-billion national free WiFi project succeeded before he left office, the former acting chief of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) said on Monday, after the House of Representatives approved the blue ribbon committee’s report suggesting that there should be charges filed against him over the “botched” project.

VACCINATION against the coronavirus has started to regain momentum in Panglao, the main tourism island of Bohol which was among the provinces hit hardest by typhoon Odette, internationally known as Rai, in mid-December.

ONE of the main government-owned hospitals in Bicol is temporarily closing its out-patient department starting Jan. 12 and moving consultation services to its telemedicine facility in preparation for another surge of coronavirus cases.

THE PRESIDENT of a company under probe for alleged anomalies in multi-billion pandemic supply contracts was released from Senate custody Tuesday after testing positive for coronavirus with mild symptoms.

PRESIDENT Rodrigo R. Duterte might further tighten the lockdown in the Philippine capital and nearby cities, according to the presidential palace, as the country posted record coronavirus infections of more than 33,000 on Monday.

A PROPOSAL at the House of Representatives to lift presidential term limits through a constituent assembly is too late, senators said on Monday. 

PASSPORT processing and other consular services of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) will be affected by the temporary closure of several offices within the period Jan. 10 to 20 due to a rising number of coronavirus cases among personnel.