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Tue, 23 Feb 2021 17:20:00 +0800
COVID-19 vaccine indemnity fund clears Congress
The bill which creates a P500-million fund to compensate people who experience adverse effects due to coronavirus vaccines has cleared both houses of Congress, with the Senate approving the measure in a 22-0 vote a day after the House of Representati...

Tue, 23 Feb 2021 16:29:00 +0800
Lack of plans to safely reopen schools will hurt students, economy — PBED
"With no alternatives left, we are abandoning a generation of young people," the Philippine Business for Education said on Tuesday.

Tue, 23 Feb 2021 16:00:00 +0800
Philippines logs 1,414 new COVID-19 cases as total hits 564,865
The number of people who are still undergoing treatment or quarantine stands at 28,817 or 5.3% of the total, the Department of Health reported.

Tue, 23 Feb 2021 15:34:00 +0800
Palace: Government mulling 50% insurance subsidy for hog raisers amid shortage
Augmenting the supply of pork in the market was one of the topics discussed during Monday night's Cabinet meeting at Malacañang, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said.

Tue, 23 Feb 2021 15:12:00 +0800
Cardinal Tagle gets another Vatican post
Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle earned an additional role in the Vatican after Pope Francis appointed him as a member of the body that operates like the Holy See’s central bank.

Tue, 23 Feb 2021 14:44:00 +0800
'Auring' leaves 1 dead and 2 missing; 31,884 families displaced
Tropical Storm Auring (international name Dujuan) has left tens of thousands affected in its aftermath, with a single casualty so far and at least two missing per the latest from disaster response officials.

Tue, 23 Feb 2021 13:59:00 +0800
With gov't submission of requirements, arrival date for AstraZeneca jabs may be set this week
The Philippines is expected to receive around 5.5 million to 9.2 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine this year.

Tue, 23 Feb 2021 13:16:00 +0800
Citing relentless red-tagging and arrests, SC urged to temporarily stop anti-terror law implementation
In another show of unity, petitioners against the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 made another push to urge the Supreme Court to temporarily stop the implementation of the reviled law as debates on their pleas continue to run long.

Tue, 23 Feb 2021 11:10:00 +0800
De Lima appeals denial of bail, bid to junk charge in 2nd drug case
Sen. Leila De Lima on Tuesday appealed the dismissal of her plea to post bail and junk the second drug case she is facing, as she questioned the "conspicuous absence" of one of their pleadings in Muntinlupa court's denial order.

Tue, 23 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0800
Tighten watch over pork imports, Customs told
Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III directed the Bureau of Customs to watch out for traders who may misclassify pork imports once the new minimum access volume allocations and tariff rates are approved.



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