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Selling, serving, and/or delivery of alcohol, wine, beer, liquor, and other intoxicating beverages will be strictly prohibited from March 15 to 31.

“All incoming Kindergarten, Grades 1, 7, and 11 in public elementary and secondary schools shall pre-register to allow the Department to make necessary preparations and incoming plans for the coming school year,” Education Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones said in a news release on Monday.

President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday night said he wanted government agencies to bring Covid-19 vaccination to the slum areas, stressing that “mobile” vaccination would provide easy access to poor families who do not have means to travel to hospitals.

Pasig City is preparing for the possible entry of new COVID-19 variants by establishing a separate quarantine facility.

Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Sunday dismissed speculations that the presidential and local elections set in May next year may be postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The bulk of COVID-19 vaccines will arrive in the second quarter this year, National Task Force Against Covid-19 chief implementer Carlito Galvez Jr. assured on Sunday.

In an online consultation with farmers in Isabela, Senator Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan recognized the efforts of Nagkakaisang Magsasaka ng Isabela Agricultural Cooperative (NMI) who would have lost 10 million kilos of rice harvest if not for the direct purchase allowed by the Sagip Saka Law.

Senator Risa Hontiveros on Friday said that Dito Telecommunity Corporation should be more transparent with respect to its relationship with the authoritarian Chinese regime, amid the Senate's granting of the third telco's franchise.

In a speech in Negros Oriental, Duterte lamented that many low-income settlements within urban areas are often cramped with little space to observe physical distancing.

Heads up, Metro Manila residents! Starting March 15, there will be a 10 pm to 5 am curfew for two weeks.