A sighting of a Beaver blood moon was visible on Tuesday, November 8, in a number of locations around the world. The natural phenomenon allowed the world to witness its last appearance until the year 2025. 

The blood moon consisted of the Earth casting its shadow completely over a full moon, blocking reflection of all direct sunlight from the lunar orb and dimming the color of the moon to a reddish hue.

Carlos Yulo took home a silver and a bronze for the vault and parallel bar divisions, respectively, at the 2022 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships held in Liverpool, England from October 29 to November 6.

Last July, Vice President and Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Sara Duterte expressed the intent to address the learning loss among learners during the pandemic by requiring full face-to-face classes starting November 2, 2022. 

The Philippines’s inflation rate continued to accelerate in October, reaching 7.7 percent—the highest since the global financial crisis in December 2008, National Statistician Dennis Mapa said on Friday, November 4.

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. renounced the notion of declaring a year-long state of national calamity, saying that it is unnecessary since the damage caused by Severe Tropical Storm Paeng did not affect all parts of the country.

In a briefing with President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. last Saturday, October 29,  National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) Executive Director Raymundo Ferrer recommended the declaration of a national state of calamity for at least one year to allow access to response funds and implement a price freeze on basic goods.

Tourism Secretary Christina Frasco reported on Tuesday, October 25, that President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. agreed to release an executive order declaring the voluntary wearing of face masks indoors. 

The decision was made more than a month after Marcos Jr. issued a decree making it optional to wear face masks outdoors, and a week after the Department of Health (DOH) detected 81 cases of the Omicron XBB Subvariant in two regions and 193 cases of the XBC variant in 11 regions.

Following the increase in the Philippines’ balance of payments (BOP) deficit, the Philippine Peso (PHP) nearly depreciated to its all-time low value and is currently pegged at Php 58.986 per $1. 

The BOP, or the summary of the country’s worldwide transactions recorded by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) as of September 2022, was publicized last October 21.

By Aura Sison The Department of Health (DOH) confirmed on Sunday, October 23, that former Philippine National Police Chief  Camilo Cascolan has been appointed as an undersecretary of the agency.  Cascolan filled the undersecretary position of Roger Tong-an, while the position of assistant secretary was handed to Atty. Charade Mercado-Grande. Along with Lilibeth David, Carolina…

“I will not comment anymore on other issues there, but it will not happen,” Department of Justice (DOJ) Secretary Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla said as declined the general public’s demand for his resignation due to the drug-related allegations against his son, Juanito Jose Diaz Remulla III.