A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck off the coast of Occidental Mindoro Monday morning, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported. The tectonic quake struck 110 kilometers northwest of the municipality of Lubang at 5:05 a.m. The earthquake was 28 kilometers deep. Intensity IV was felt in Lubang, Occidental Mindoro; Intensity III in Nasugbu, Batangas; Tagaytay City, Amadeo, Maragondon, Mendez, and Alfonso Cavite; Quezon City; Taguig City; Mandaluyong City; Makati City; Navotas City; Pasig City; Plaridel, Bulacan. Intensity II was reported in Talisay, Batangas; Palauig, San Felipe, and Castillejos, Zambales; Malabon City; and intensity I in Parañaque City. Phivolcs

The San Juan City government will start distributing the 19th wave of food packs for its residents on Thursday Claim stubs for the 45,000 packs will be distributed house-to-house to avoid crowding, according to a social media post of Mayor Francis Zamora. Based on its latest Covid-19 bulletin, five out of San Juan’s 21 villages account for the seven active Covid-19 cases — two each in Greenhills and West Crame and one each in Isabelita, Pedro Cruz, and Sta. Lucia. Of the 21,246 confirmed cases for the past two years, 20,878 recovered and 361 died. Despite the lowering of cases

For the first time this year, Eastern Visayas has recorded zero new Covid-19 cases on Monday after weeks of decline, the Department of Health (DOH) regional office here said. No new confirmed case was detected among the 150 samples examined by three laboratories in the region based on the result released on Monday. The region also reported seven new recoveries. “This is our first time to record zero new Covid-19 cases this year. We had one day without a new case last year. We continue to call the public not to be complacent since the threat of pandemic is still