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Former three-term Senator and Deputy Speaker Loren Legarda has called for the protection of the indigenous peoples’ weaves and traditional cultural heritage.

Senator Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara on Sunday said there is a need to pay more attention to the situation of out-of-school youth, particularly at this time when their numbers are growing due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on education.

Malacañang believes Baguio City Mayor Benjamin “Benjie” Magalong can be convinced to stay in his concurrent post as the country’s contact tracing czar.

Some 5,000 job order and contractual workers of the city government of Taguig will receive a gratuity pay of up to PHP3,000, Mayor Lino Cayetano said on Monday.

“The volume of this plastic waste is staggering, what with the popularity of online shopping. In fact, Lazada has reported that during the first hour of the 11.11 sale alone, over 2 million items were purchased by Filipino consumers,” Biazon said.

House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco paid his respects to traditional master weaver and “Manlilikha ng Bayan” awardee Fu Yabing Masalon Dulo through a filed resolution.

Marikina Mayor Marcelino Teodoro on Thursday signed an executive order creating a task force that will oversee the city's vaccination drive against the COVID-19.

With less than eight months left before the September 30 deadline, the Senate can help the Comelec craft guidelines for the conduct of the 2022 elections in the time of the Covid-19 pandemic, Senator Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan said Friday.

Malacañang on Thursday said it “appreciates” the assurance made by the European Union that its export controls on Covid-19 vaccines will not hamper the Philippines’ access to them.

Local chief executives in the National Capital Region have expressed willingness to be the first to get vaccinated once the COVID-19 vaccines arrive in their cities.