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Thu, 16 Sep 2021 16:02:00 +0800
DOH logs 21,261 more COVID-19 cases
Thursday's new cases pushed the Philippines' total COVID count to 2,304,192.

Thu, 16 Sep 2021 15:29:00 +0800
Lawmakers ask court to compel health officials to approve ivermectin vs COVID-19
The Department of Health has so far said that "evidence has shown it does not give you any benefit in preventing, shortening the duration of hospitalization or the progression of your disease when you have COVID-19."

Thu, 16 Sep 2021 15:22:00 +0800
ICC drug war probe a 'major step to justice' — groups
In a joint statement, the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers and Rise Up for Life and for Rights—an organization of relatives of those killed in the “drug war”—called ICC’s decision to investigate a “major step to justice.”

Thu, 16 Sep 2021 13:36:00 +0800
Metro Manila student councils call for longer voters' registration
In a petition, student leaders called to stretch the signups until the end of the year, warning a "massive scale" of eligible voters could be denied the right to participate in the 2022 polls. 

Thu, 16 Sep 2021 10:05:00 +0800
Philippines gets 753,480 new Pfizer doses
More doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine procured by the government arrived in the Philippines on Wednesday night. 

Thu, 16 Sep 2021 09:54:00 +0800
Calls for justice on attacks vs legal profession grow as another lawyer killed in South Cotabato
Calls for justice on continuing attacks on members of the legal profession continue to grow as another public interest lawyer was brutally killed, the 65th in the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte, on Wednesday night.

Thu, 16 Sep 2021 00:00:00 +0800
4 business groups oppose jail term for SALN comments
Four business groups are against a proposal to put behind bars anyone who makes public comments on the statements of assets, liabilities and net worth of government officials, saying this violates freedom of speech and could affect investments in the...

Thu, 16 Sep 2021 00:00:00 +0800
Facebook restricts account of Pinoy Pulitzer prize-winning journalist
Social media platform Facebook has temporarily restricted the account of Filipino Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Manny Mogato after he posted about the government’s controversial procurement of COVID-19 supplies.

Thu, 16 Sep 2021 00:00:00 +0800
COA: No overpricing in Pharmally mask deal
Contrary to opposition senators’ claims, there was no overpricing in the Department of Budget and Management procurement of face masks at the height of the pandemic in 2020, the chairman of the Commission on Audit declared yesterday.

Thu, 16 Sep 2021 00:00:00 +0800
Dominguez open to abolition of PS-DBM, PITC
Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III said yesterday he was open to proposals to abolish the Procurement Service of the Department of Budget and Management and the Philippine International Trading Corp., two agencies flagged for dismal disbursement ...



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