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President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has named journalists Paulino Gutierrez and Jose Torres Jr. as respective heads of the Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) and the Philippine Information Agency (PIA), Malacañang announced Tuesday, May 23.

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has appointed journalist Jose Torres Jr. as the new director general of the Philippine Information Agency (PIA), Malacañang announced Tuesday.

A kin of a fire victim in Quezon City wants a local news site to apologize over "irresponsible reporting" of her uncle's death.

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian on Monday, May 22, directed different Field Offices (FOs) to preposition additional family food packs (FFPs) and other relief supplies to areas along the expected path of the approaching weather disturbance.

The Department of Health (DOH) reported 12,426 COVID-19 cases from May 15 to 21, higher by 0.1% than the cases reported from May 8 to 14.

Manila Mayor Honey Lacuna said Monday, May 22, that the Manila Central Post Office fire damage is pegged at P300 million.