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Tue, 13 Apr 2021 16:23:00 +0800
As gov't continues vaccination program, inmates wait to be included in priority list
As the task force against COVID-19 refines and updates its priority vaccination list, inmates sharing cramped spaces in Philippine jails and prisons continue to wait to be included in the government’s priority vaccination list.

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 16:10:00 +0800
Lawmaker wants to put up monument for frontliners, scholarships for their kids
A lawmaker is pushing for the creation of a monument commemorating frontline workers who served during the COVID-19 pandemic and died, and for their children to receive scholarship grants and financial assistance from the government.

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 16:01:00 +0800
Clinical trials for Sinovac jab yet to start in Philippines — Vaccine Expert Panel
“They haven’t started yet. They’re still laying the groundwork because they want an amendment, which is not yet fully submitted at this time,” Dr. Nina Gloriani, VEP head, said in a briefing Tuesday.

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 16:00:00 +0800
Philippines logs 8,571 new COVID-19 cases, active cases at 165,534
It has been 392 days since the Philippines hoisted its first enhanced community quarantine. The country is still under the world's longest lockdown. 

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 15:48:00 +0800
'I’m partly to blame': Kris Aquino on netizens' heavy bashing of sons Josh, Bimby
“Queen of All Media” Kris Aquino admitted that she’s partly to blame if her sons Josh and Bimby were affected in the bashing on them on social media. 

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 15:29:00 +0800
Clash looms as pissed lawmakers vow to repeal Duterte EO on pork tariffs
Lawmakers are not ruling out the possibility of reversing President Rodrigo Duterte's order to lower tariffs on imported pork.

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 15:27:00 +0800
As Filipinos decry anti-Asian attacks in the US, anti-Chinese sentiment festers at home
"The Philippines saw many incidents of physical altercations, parody and memes, racial slurs of 'chingchong,' and service refusals to mainland Chinese people unleashed by COVID-19," Dr. Jonathan Corpus Ong said in an Internews report.

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 15:14:00 +0800
Macaulay Culkin, Brenda Song welcome baby boy
It's a baby boy for Macaulay Culkin and Brenda Song.

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 15:00:00 +0800
Meralco energizes new COVID-19 treatment center in Pasay City
Meralco energizes a new DPWH-initiated COVID-19 treatment center located at J.W. Diokno Boulevard, Zone 10, Barangay 76, Pasay City.

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 14:55:00 +0800
Carlo Aquino, Trina Candaza slam basher who threatened to harm daughter
Kapamilya actor Carlo Aquino and partner Trina Candaza called out a social media user threatened to harm their baby Mithi. 



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