Former Negros Oriental Governor Pryde Teves denied involvement in the killing of former political rival Roel Degamo, saying his conscience is clear.

Traces of oil from a sunken tanker off Oriental Mindoro are just around 2.5 kilometers away from Verde Island, considered a global center of marine biodiversity, a satellite image from the Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) showed.

COVID-19 cases are slightly increasing in the country, but the rise is not yet significant, the Department of Health said on Tuesday.