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Mon, 15 Mar 2021 16:05:00 +0800
With 5,404 new COVID-19 cases, Philippines posts biggest daily rise in 7 months
The Department of Health reported the highest single-day rise since August 14, when the country had 6,216 cases.

Mon, 15 Mar 2021 16:02:00 +0800
'Just passing through': Authorities confirm PNP retirees' Baler visit, insist no violations happened
"The retirees accordingly came to the place traversing the roads of Baler on their motorbikes and had lunch for an hour at Costa Pacifica and left for [the] Nueva Ecija area," Police Brig. Gen. Brandi Usana, PNP spokesperson, told Philstar.com in a...

Mon, 15 Mar 2021 15:43:00 +0800
DOH: 193K get first dose in first two weeks of COVID-19 vaccination drive
Out of the 1.125 million vaccine doses that arrived in the Philippines, the government has only administered 193,492 doses as of March 13, Health Secretary Franciso Duque III said.

Mon, 15 Mar 2021 15:28:00 +0800
Guevarra sees no link between Duterte and high number of lawyers killed since 2016
"The president himself is a lawyer, do you think he will have a policy that… will put his fellow members in the legal profession in personal jeopardy?" Guevarra said.

Mon, 15 Mar 2021 15:23:00 +0800
DOH makes new push for wearing face masks at home
The health department on Monday pushed anew for the wearing of face masks at home as part of efforts to curb the rising number of coronavirus cases in the country.

Mon, 15 Mar 2021 13:17:00 +0800
Vico Sotto in quarantine after driver succumbs to COVID-19
The local chief executive and some of his staff got tested Sunday, and are still waiting for their test results.

Mon, 15 Mar 2021 12:58:00 +0800
Duterte's spokesperson tests positive for COVID-19
Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque disclosed Monday that he tested positive for the coronavirus.

Mon, 15 Mar 2021 10:45:00 +0800
FLAG: 61 lawyers slain in Duterte term — higher than killings from Marcos to Aquino admins
The number of lawyers killed in nearly five years into the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte is higher than murders in the legal profession combined in the past six administrations spanning 44 years, a list collated by the Free Legal Assist...

Mon, 15 Mar 2021 09:33:00 +0800
Sanity break: Filipinos go on ‘workation’ during world's longest lockdown
"I was able to merge my hobby and work and I guess this design best works for a travel person like me."

Mon, 15 Mar 2021 07:37:00 +0800
LIVE updates: COVID-19 in the Philippines 2021
The latest updates on the spread of the novel coronavirus in the Philippines and general community quarantine of economic center of Metro Manila and other areas across the country.



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