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Last month, Communications Undersecretary Lorraine Marie Badoy denied the existence of a group of indigenous peoples in the country referred to as “Lumad,” wrongly claiming that it is a “made up word” of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and its allied organizations to forward their agenda.

After a five-day delay, the much-awaited first shipment of 600,000 doses of the Sinovac vaccine from China arrived in the country on Sunday, Feb. 28. Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque Jr. earlier said the Feb. 23 delivery was already cast in stone, but it wound up being delayed because manufacturers wanted an indemnity agreement.

In a video statement on Feb. 21, SAGIP Party-list Representative Rodante Marcoleta mistakenly claimed that teachers sit last in the government’s vaccination program against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

When Karim Khan assumes the position of chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in June, he faces the possibility of investigating alleged crimes against humanity committed in the Philippines’ campaign against illegal drugs.

“We do not advocate drinking pineapple drinks! This will not work,” the lead researcher of the study told VERA Files.

The comment had nothing to do with Bongbong Marcos' poll protest.

It has been 23 years since the Department of Health conducted its largest inoculation drive involving 22.9 million Filipinos aged 9 to 14 for the measles-rubella supplemental immunization activity, according to Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Singh-Vergeire.

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Nowhere in the hearing did DBP representatives discredit the former senatorial candidate.

There are no official records nor any report from news organizations of Galvez making such a remark.

There are no statements from British authorities nor reports from U.K.-based and international media that the Indonesian man has escaped.

Health experts and authorities say a direct link between the drug and ITP remains uncertain.

The radio and TV personality has made no announcement he would vie for public office. Neither has the presidential daughter said she was running in the upcoming polls.

The Adobo Chronicles describes itself as a “source of up-to-date, unbelievable news.”

A photo of this "river without a bridge" was taken not in the Philippines but in North Sumatra, a province in Indonesia.

Responding to critics who said the Philippines is falling behind the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination drive in Asia, Palace Spokesperson Harry Roque mistakenly claimed that only three countries in the region have started their vaccination rollouts as of Feb. 2.

Chief prosecutors of the international court have a non-renewable term of nine years. Bensouda’s started in 2012 and is scheduled to end in June.

The graphic and Lacson's endorsement was made to look recent and timed for the 2022 national polls.

Voting unanimously, the Supreme Court (SC), sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET), dismissed “the entire electoral protest” that former senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. filed against Vice President Leni Robredo to wrestle the country’s second highest post.

​Apart from COVID-19 itself, there is a battle being waged against vaccine-related misinformation.

The COVID-19 pandemic is real, with over 109.5 million cases of the disease recorded in 192 countries as of Feb. 17.

No presidential decree has been issued, nor a congressional act approved, to make the name change.

Enforcement of the Child Safety in Motor Vehicles Act has been deferred to give car owners with children 12 years and younger time to install appropriate car seats specified in the new law.

The image is a year old.

The secrecy rule applies only to the Norwegian Nobel Committee.

The water turned crimson after it mixed with dyes from a nearby batik factory.

The company’s head of corporate communications said Zobel de Ayala “did not say any of these things.”

RA 10868 provides a cash gift of P100,000 only for Filipinos who reach 100 years of age.