Malacañang Friday denied that President Rodrigo Duterte has entered into a fishing agreement with Chinese President Xi Jinping, contradicting a 2019 statement of a previous Palace spokesman who claimed that the deal was "informal" but "binding."

In a briefing, Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said the government has yet to start inoculating workers who belong to the A4 priority group.

The Quezon City government on Friday said it would shoulder the burial expenses of a senior citizen who passed away while queuing at a community pantry. 

That means soured loans are yet to reach a peak even as they begin to accumulate this year.

In a briefing, FDA Director General Eric Domingo said that 19 of the reported deaths are coincidental or unrelated to vaccination.