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Mon, 22 Nov 2021 16:34:00 +0800
Lawyer: SEC says Omidyar PDR donation to Rappler staff has no legal effect in case
The Securities and Exchange Commission has told the court handling the appeal on the revocation of Rappler’s certificates of incorporation that Omidyar’s donation of the contested Philippine Depositary Receipts to staff has no legal effect, a law...

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 15:58:00 +0800
PNP defers to Comelec on drug testing for candidates
"That's presidential information. We'll take action; if the president will give us the name, then we will work on it," he said. 

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 14:46:00 +0800
DOJ wants inmates included in National Vaccination Days
The Department of Justice will ask the National Task Force against COVID-19 to include Persons Deprived of Liberty in the massive three-day vaccination drive in the country.

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 14:32:00 +0800
Lacson urges 'balance of power' in WPS following threats from Chinese ships
"This is my country and no foreign armed forces can tell me to stay out."

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 13:12:00 +0800
Palace: Duterte raised Ayungin incident at ASEAN-China summit
"We abhor the recent event in the Ayungin Shoal and view with grave concern other similar developments," the Palace quotes Duterte as saying.

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 13:06:00 +0800
Philippines starts rollout of COVID-19 booster shots, third doses
The Philippines on Monday started giving COVID-19 booster shots for the elderly as well as third doses for the immunocompromised, nearly nine months into its inoculation drive. 

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 11:34:00 +0800
MMDA mulling return of number coding scheme with rising vehicle volume
"Every day our volume goes up and it doesn't go down anymore. We're getting closer [to pre-pandemic traffic numbers,]" Recio said. 

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 11:15:00 +0800
Philippines sees 426 more Delta variant cases
The Department of Health said Monday 426 more cases of the highly transmissible Delta variant of COVID-19 were detected in the country from samples of patients collected in past months. 

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 11:10:00 +0800
PNP chief: Drug surrenderees will be 'taken care of' at recovery facilities for drug war 'finale'
"We will do a little tweaking on the current version, but at the end of the day we want to end this administration the best way we can for our anti-drug campaign."

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 10:59:00 +0800
Lawyers' group asks ICC to continue probe into Philippines 'drug war'
The Free Legal Assistance Group, among the lawyers’ groups that assist victims of the “war on drugs” in court, urged the International Criminal Court Office of the Prosecutor to lift its suspension on the investigation into the Philippines.



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