Despite one of the longest lockdowns around the world, as of July 29, the Philippines, a nation of 107 million people, has 83,673 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 1,947 deaths, according to data from "Together," he said, "we shall fight this pandemic with the same fervor as our campaign against illegal drugs, criminality, insurgency and corruption in high places and entrenched parochial interests. A former parish priest has been accused of sexually assaulting a 4-year-old child he had baptized in the church. In 1984, Abad was one of ten recipients for the Ten ...Google's homepage got a refresh in the name of Pacita Abad, an artist and activist from the Philippines who broke gender barriers. Facebook. By. Email. 0. The Philippines was in the limelight this week after being described in a press report as having the fastest-growing number of COVID-19 infections among … University of the Philippines Diliman political science professor Aries Arugay told The Post Duterte's government did not know how to deal with a threat, except by using force and limiting people's freedoms. Search the world's information, including webpages, images, videos and more. The victims came from ...MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines now has its own professional 3-on-3 basketball league. The Airbus A320's ...On this edition of Your Call's Media Roundtable, we're discussing A Thousand Cuts, a new documentary about prominent journalist Maria Ressa and her fight.At least 212 environmental campaigners worldwide were murdered in 2019, making it the deadliest year on record for frontline activists battling the destruction of ...Doctors in the Philippines have appealed to the government to reimpose tighter movement restrictions in the area around Manila as coronavirus cases continue ...ARC gin, distilled in the southern outskirts of Manila, is making waves in the industry and redefining craft distilling in the Philippines.The Philippines does a u-turn on easing its coronavirus lockdowns, after a surge in infections in the capital.Statues and old religious paraphernalia at St. Joseph the Worker Parish Church on the outskirts of Cadiz City. Viber. Coverage of breaking news and current headlines from the Philippines and around the world. "As cases rose, the government announced a variety of new techniques that it planned to use to try to stop the pandemic, according to the Police were going to go from house-to-house checking if inhabitants had symptoms; they were asking neighbors to report suspected cases; and people were going to be picked up and taken to testing facilities, and faced having to go into quarantine centers if they had, or were likely to have, COVID-19.Checking houses one by one, and having neighbors identify the sick resembled police tactics used in the drug war.House-to-house inspections had led to violent outcomes — including police killing suspects in their homes — and asking neighbors to report each other could result in lies, The Post reported. BDO, the Philippines’ largest bank by assets, said it is one of the Asian banks involved in an investigation into about 1.9 billion euros ($2.1 billion) of missing cash at Germany’s Wirecard AG. Ezra Acayan/Getty Images