The viral load of the Delta COVID variant is so much greater than the original SARS-CoV-2 that it has managed to infect some fully vaccinated individuals and even children.

Lockdowns aim to contain the deadly COVID-19 pandemic. But they unintentionally unleash a worse killer, tuberculosis.

With the re-imposition of the hard lockdown all over the national capital region starting today, both chambers of the 18th Congress have decided to also suspend their respective plenary sessions.

The United States underscored its rejection of China’s unlawful maritime claims in the South China Sea in line with the 2016 Arbitral Tribunal Award when Secretary of State Antony Blinken addressed the East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers’ Meeting yesterday.

President Duterte has cited the contribution of the United Kingdom’s outgoing ambassador in improving the Philippines’ access to COVID-19 vaccines.