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Thu, 20 May 2021 16:16:00 +0800
Metro Manila mayors support 'brand agnostic' vaccine policy
Most Metro Manila mayors said they would comply with the instruction from the health and interior departments to withhold vaccine brand information until the scheduled vaccination date for beneficiaries. 

Thu, 20 May 2021 12:40:00 +0800
UN helps develop farms of former Moro fighters
There is this “arms-to-farms” initiative supported by the World Food Programme converting into productive agricultural enclaves the lands where Moro rebels and government forces had fought deadly battles.

Thu, 20 May 2021 00:00:00 +0800
30 bus passengers quarantined in Davao
Thirty passengers of a bus that arrived in this city from Cagayan de Oro on Tuesday were quarantined after one of them tested positive for COVID-19.

Thu, 20 May 2021 00:00:00 +0800
Foreigner held for child prostitution, human trafficking
A foreigner claiming to be a citizen of the former Yugoslavia was arrested in Compostela, Cebu yesterday for seven counts of child prostitution and eight counts of violation of the Expanded Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act.

Thu, 20 May 2021 00:00:00 +0800
CAAP unveils P85 million aerodrome simulator
The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines inaugurated yesterday the country’s first 3D aerodrome tower simulator.

Thu, 20 May 2021 00:00:00 +0800
Electricity restored in Albay town
Power was restored in Rapu-Rapu, Albay on Tuesday, two days after the town was plunged into darkness as generator sets supplying electricity to households on the island were shut down over unpaid bills of the customers amounting to P32 million.

Thu, 20 May 2021 00:00:00 +0800
CIDG, BJMP execs face raps over peasant leader’s death
Officials of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group and Bureau of Jail Management and Penology in Central Luzon are facing charges in connection with their alleged negligence in the case of peasant leader Joseph Canlas, who died of complicati...

Thu, 20 May 2021 00:00:00 +0800
‘Significant’ spike in CDO, Davao, Iloilo COVID-19 cases
A significant increase in COVID-19 cases has been recorded in the cities of Cagayan de Oro, Davao and Iloilo in the past week, according to the OCTA Research Group.

Thu, 20 May 2021 00:00:00 +0800
Flashfloods hit parts of Mindanao
Flashfloods swept through villages in General Santos City and several towns in South Cotabato amid heavy rains on Tuesday night.

Thu, 20 May 2021 00:00:00 +0800
Makati, Red Cross open isolation facility
The Makati government, in partnership with the Philippine Red Cross, has converted unused dormitories at the Makati Science High School into a 56-bed quarantine facility that will accommodate asymptomatic COVID-19 patients.



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