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Tue, 20 Apr 2021 16:06:00 +0800
Duterte query answered: UN could pressure China on West Philippine Sea
An order from the United Nations could pressure China to surrender its excessive claims in the South China Sea, a retired Supreme Court justice told President Rodrigo Duterte after he claimed otherwise. 

Tue, 20 Apr 2021 16:00:00 +0800
Active COVID-19 cases hit 127,006 after Philippines logs 7,379 new infections 
The Philippines on Tuesday recorded 7,379 additional COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of infections to 953,106.

Tue, 20 Apr 2021 15:21:00 +0800
Human Rights Watch: Community pantry organizers should be 'extolled, not vilified'
Community pantries that feed Filipino families left hungry during the pandemic should be “extolled, not vilified,” the Human Rights Watch said Tuesday.

Tue, 20 Apr 2021 14:54:00 +0800
Duterte orders clinical trial for ivermectin as COVID-19 treatment
"Perhaps the president really wants to try it on Filipinos that's why he ordered the DOST to study it too," Domingo said in Filipino.

Tue, 20 Apr 2021 14:43:00 +0800
Harassment of community pantries leads to clamped operations
"It is beyond comprehension why allegedly certain members of our PNP approached them to ask for the organizer's cellphone number and her affiliations."

Tue, 20 Apr 2021 12:37:00 +0800
A look at the tribunal ruling dismissing Marcos' poll protest vs Robredo
Two months after the historic voting, the SC on Monday released the full copy of the ruling on Marcos’ poll protest against Robredo in the 2016 national elections.

Tue, 20 Apr 2021 12:14:00 +0800
‘Bising’ keeps strength as it moves slowly over Philippine Sea
Typhoon “Bising” (international name: Surigae) maintained its strength as it moved slowly over the Philippine Sea, state weather bureau PAGASA said in its latest bulletin.

Tue, 20 Apr 2021 11:59:00 +0800
Youth leaders abducted by state forces after ‘randomized swab testing’— Anakbayan
Alicia Lucena, who is still missing as of Anakbayan's latest update, is the daughter of NTF-ELCAC agent and Hands Off Our Children frontman, Relissa Lucena.

Tue, 20 Apr 2021 11:43:00 +0800
Permit or not? Mixed messages as gov't unsure how to address community pantries
"We told the barangays, don't require them to have a permit anymore. Just let it happen," Interior Spokesperson Jonathan Malaya told DZMM TeleRadyo in Filipino.

Tue, 20 Apr 2021 07:44:00 +0800
Signal No. 2 still up in 3 Bicol areas as 'Bising' further weakens
As of 4 a.m. on Tuesday, Bising was located 505 km east of Infanta, Quezon with maximum winds of 175 kph and gusts of up to 215 kph.



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