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Mon, 21 Feb 2022 17:25:00 +0800
Regional think tank joins call for fair, free and safe elections
“We echo the EU's call for fair and free elections. The emerging vitriol and violence in the ongoing electoral campaigns is alarming. We should let the Duterte government know that the world is watching."

Mon, 21 Feb 2022 17:19:00 +0800
PNP: 1 dead, 2 injured in Quezon helicopter crash
Police Patrolman Allen Noel Ona was in critical condition when he was found by paramedic rescuers at the crash site and eventually expired.

Mon, 21 Feb 2022 17:10:00 +0800
Gov't to change strategies to ramp up COVID-19 booster administration, elderly vaccination
DOH Undersecretary Myrna Cabotaje, who heads the National Vaccination Operations Center, said some 3.44 million individuals were immunized during the third round of the national vaccination days, failing to meet the target of inoculating five million...

Mon, 21 Feb 2022 16:25:00 +0800
'Class A of its own': San Juan City mall on US list of notorious markets for knockoffs
Greenhills Shopping Center, a mall based in San Juan City, Metro Manila, is still among the world's 35 physical markets known for counterfeiting and piracy, according to a new report by the United States Trade Representative (USTR). 

Mon, 21 Feb 2022 15:47:00 +0800
Warm welcome casts doubt on 'Solid North' narrative, Lacson-Sotto tandem say
Lacson and Sotto said they witnessed "how warmly they were received by businessmen, farmers, and tricycle drivers in Baguio, Pangasinan and Nueva Ecija as they explained their reforms and advocacies if they get elected into office."

Mon, 21 Feb 2022 15:37:00 +0800
CHR studying possible admin complaint vs cops who arrested community doctor
"it was only after significant media coverage, national attention and messages of support from members of the public did the Philippine National Police finally decide to reveal the whereabouts of the accused to her legal counsel and to CHR investigat...

Mon, 21 Feb 2022 14:29:00 +0800
Palace: Gov't assisting Hong Kong OFWs who contracted COVID-19
Some of Hong Kong’s foreign domestic workers had been sacked by employers after testing positive for COVID-19, forcing them to sleep outdoors.

Mon, 21 Feb 2022 14:01:00 +0800
UP statistics professors: Do not accept survey results as they are
Faculty members of the University of the Philippines School of Statistics reminded the public on Monday to be critical of biased surveys being publicized by several entities as elections day draws closer.

Mon, 21 Feb 2022 12:32:00 +0800
'Oplan Baklas' cops get warning as PNP stresses they only followed Comelec request
"What happened in Santiago, Isabela, it was not the police who voluntarily dismantled the campaign materials...The election officer himself asked for help from the police because they were short of numbers."

Mon, 21 Feb 2022 11:35:00 +0800
Ex-senators, gov't officials endorse Robredo for president
In a joint statement, 16 former government officials said appealed to Filipino voters to choose Robredo as President Rodrigo Duterte’s successor. They said that Robredo has the political will to bring about hope and change.



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