For the third consecutive month, the Philippines has ranked last among the world’s 53 largest economies in terms of resilience to the COVID-19 pandemic.

While most of the people in the world are praying to be able to go back to “normal” as in their pre-pandemic lives, there are those of us who are “Resisting Return.” Yes, we like our lives the way they are, considering what it took to get here and what we learned to give up during this pandemic and live without, in order to find the true basics in life.

"Political rallies are still prohibited. The campaign period has not started yet," Local Government Secretary Eduardo Año said.

Following the three-day national vaccination program this week, the Quezon City government said it has inoculated over two million people against COVID-19.

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas remains unfazed by the emergence of the COVID-19 Omicron variant as it aims to maintain an accommodative monetary policy stance that will allow the country to fully recover from the pandemic.