"Business establishments are enjoined to adopt multiple and staggered work shifts (workers are to be allowed to adopt work shift schedule starting at e.g., 7 a.m., 8 a.m., 9 a.m., and so on) to allow more workers to report to work but still maintaining the physical distancing requirements, to spread out the congestion on our roads, and to ease the demand for public transportation."

Accounting for casualties and recoveries, there are still 529 active coronavirus cases in the Philippine National Police, marking a significant drop from the 969 active infections in early October when the agency's tally breached the 6,200-mark.

A PBA player has tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) inside the bubble.

Vice President Leni Robredo and part of her staff are under quarantine after an exposure to a person who tested positive for the coronavirus, she announced in her weekly radio program on Sunday. 

The United States said Friday it will deploy coast guard patrol ships in the western Pacific to counter “destabilizing and malign” activities by China in disputed fishing grounds of the South China Sea.