Presumptive president Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s long-time chief of staff and spokesperson Atty. Victor “Vic” Rodriguez was nominated as the next executive secretary of the incoming administration.
The Department of Health (DOH) and Philippine Genome Center (PGC) are intensifying the monitoring and surveillance activities amid the entry of the more transmissible BA.4 Omicron subvariant.
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake rocked Calatagan, Batangas, early Sunday morning, May 22, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported.
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) in Central Visayas turned over a P200,000-grant under its Community Empowerment through Science and Technology (CEST) Program to the University of Eastern Philippines (UEP) for the rehabilitation of Catubig River.
National Task Force Against COVID-19 Medical Adviser Dr. Ted Herbosa said Saturday, May 21, that there is no need to close Philippine borders amid the detection of monkeypox in several countries.
