MANILA – Cloudy skies with rains will reign while moderate to strong winds will prevail in northern Luzon on Saturday, Jan. 8, due to the northeast monsoon or "amihan."
Amid the upward trend in confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 cases in the Philippines, the national government on Thursday night (Dec. 30) received the last shipment of COVID-19 vaccines for the year — 609,570 doses of Pfizer.
MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte has renewed his call to give unused government-owned lands to the poor, including those displaced by Typhoon Odette.
Delta Air Lines, United Airlines, JetBlue Airways, and American Airlines canceled more than 750 flights combined on Christmas Day (Dec. 25) with cancellations set to drag on through Sunday (Dec. 26, upending plans during one of the busiest travel periods of the year, major U.S. media reported.
The Visayan Electric Company, Inc. (VECO) said it has energized the city's major lifeline areas to light up hospital zones and water pumping stations using 18 megawatts (MW) of power supply days after the major outages caused by Typhoon Odette.