Voters in the pandemic-ravaged country want a leader who will get COVID-19 under control and restart the economy.
Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/program/the-stream/2021/10/7/philippines-election-who-will-succeed-president-rodrigo-duterte
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The Navotas mudflats are among the last of their kind and act as a crucial feeding ground for migratory birds, but they are being buried in plastic
There are stray, abandoned flip flops, old foil food wrappers, crumpled plastic bags, and discarded water bottles. The Navotas mudflats and mangroves in Manila Bay are buried in a thick layer of rubbish.
It is “almost choking the mangrove roots,” Diuvs de Jesus, a marine biologist in the Philippines who photographed the area on a recent visit, said.
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/05/photos-show-manila-bay-mangroves-choking-in-plastic-pollution
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Duterte had been expected to run for vice president. He is not eligible to run again for the top job as the constitution sets a single-six-year term limit.
Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/philippine-president-rodrigo-duterte-announces-retirement-politics-n1280620
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Covid death toll hits four-month high amid record case numbers in countries across south-east Asia
The more aggressive Delta variant of Covid-19, detected in the Philippines in mid-July, has spread across much of the country, reaching 13 of 17 regions, health officials have said.
On Sunday, the Philippines reported a sharp rise in daily Covid fatalities, with 287 deaths, the highest daily increase in four months. A further 9,671 new infections were also confirmed.
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/aug/09/manila-covid-lockdown-delta-cases-philippines
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Discovery of more transmissible COVID-19 variant comes amid strain’s rapid spread elsewhere in Southeast Asia.
Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/7/16/philippines-confirms-first-case-of-delta-variant
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The 200m-tonne haul dwarfs previous record as poachers turn to ivory substitute amid crackdown on elephant tusk trade
Around 200 tonnes of illegally harvested giant clam shells worth nearly $25m have been seized in the Philippines in one of the biggest known operations of its kind in the country.
Conservationists have expressed alarm over the surging illicit trade in the endangered creatures, which are used as a substitute for ivory following a global crackdown in the trade of elephant tusks.
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/17/philippines-seizes-illegally-harvested-giant-clam-shells-worth-25m
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The measures will affect more than 24 million people, as more contagious COVID variants fuel a resurgence in cases.
Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/27/philippines-announces-strict-covid-lockdown-in-and-around-manila
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Country is battling a surge in cases linked to new variants and has imposed curfews and movement restrictions.
Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/17/philippines-to-bar-entry-to-foreigners-some-citizens-over-covid
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The Philippines human rights watchdog has launched a probe after nine unarmed people died during a police operation. The deaths followed the president’s order to troops to “kill” rebels, but the govt insists the move was legal.
“The president’s ‘kill, kill, kill’ order is legal because it was directed at armed rebels,” presidential spokesman Harry Roque said in a briefing on Monday, as he responded to a barrage of criticism levied at leader Rodrigo Duterte.
The Malacañang Palace, the official residence of the president, nonetheless confirmed there would be an official investigation into the killings.
The country’s National Police chief, Debold Sinas, had confirmed earlier that the operation took place, with police and military personnel deployed to detain suspects who had been accused of being in “illegal possession of firearms.”
Nine people were killed by security forces and 15 individuals were arrested after the raids, according to Sinas. Bayan Muna, a left-wing political group in the Philippines, claimed that all of those targeted were unarmed political activists.
The human rights watchdog in the country sent a team to the area to fully investigate the killings and detention, calling on the government to cooperate and conduct an internal investigation.
“There should be a differentiation between those who take up arms and those who merely exercise their constitutional right to form and join associations,” Commission on Human Rights spokeswoman Jacqueline de Guia said in a statement.
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The operations took place several days after Duterte, who is seen by critics as an authoritarian leader, ordered the police and military to “kill” and “finish off” communist rebels across the country “if they find themselves in an armed encounter.”
Duterte sparked concerns among communist activists in the country when he said “Forget about human rights,” stating that he is “willing to go to jail” to counter the political ideology and stamp it out across the country.
The Philippines president also took aim at communism in other countries around the world, declaring that there is “no ideology” anymore, claiming that “even China and Russia are all capitalists now.”
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Source: https://www.rt.com/news/517494-philippines-human-rights-watchdog-communist-raids/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS
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Video footage of incident in Manila shows officers exchanging fire as pedestrians and shoppers run for safety.
Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/2/25/two-dead-as-philippine-police-shoot-it-out-with-drug-enforcers
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How the consequences of a 2016 dengue vaccination drive caused controversy and led to lasting fears among Filipinos.
Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/program/101-east/2021/2/4/philippines-vaccine-scandal
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Almost 1 million people evacuated from path of 2020’s most powerful typhoon
Thousands of homes and buildings are feared damaged or destroyed following a devastating typhoon that slammed into the Philippines on Sunday, causing mudslides and flooding.
Almost 1 million people were evacuated from the projected path of Typhoon Goni, the world’s strongest typhoon this year, which struck the country with gusts of up to 310km/h (190mph). The death toll stood at 16 on Monday.
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/02/typhoon-goni-philippine-president-visit-storm-hit-area-death-toll-climbs
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Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/typhoon-molave-philippines-update-today-death-toll-b1338599.html
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More than 50,000 infections reported in less than four weeks
Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/philippines-coronavirus-cases-death-lockdown-a9650151.html
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Authorities in Philippines started moving 200,000 people away from their homes in coastal and mountainous areas because of fears of flooding and landslides as Typhoon Vongfong made landfall on Thursday.
The typhoon, the first to hit the country this year, slammed into the eastern Philippines packing winds of 155kph and gusts of up to 190kph, according to the state weather bureau.
Social distancing measures to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus are likely to complicate efforts to move thousands of people into evacuation centers, such as classrooms and school gymnasiums.
The Philippines has reported more than 11,000 cases of the new coronavirus, most in the capital Manila, and more than 700 deaths, Reuters said.
Source: https://www.rt.com/newsline/488609-philippines-evacuates-typhoon-vongfong/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS
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