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The National Planetarium temporary closes as its building will be decommissioned

In its place, a new world-class national planetarium will be “designed to serve the public well for many more decades,” said the National Museum

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PH top borrower of COVID loans but ranks last in pandemic response?

The country has $3.07 billion in COVID-related loans from ​​the World Bank yet the latest Nikkei COVID-19 Recovery Index ranks the Philippines last

Last chance: Voter reg will be extended to Oct 31

Comelec has approved the extension of voter registration from Oct. 9 to 31

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What to know about PAREX and why critics think it will ‘harm’ Pasig River

The P95 billion road infrastructure to be financed by San Miguel Corp. has been criticized by mobility and environmentalist groups. But what is it really?

What is and what’s not allowed during NCR’s GCQ Alert Level 4?

ICYMI: Metro Manila will be under a general community quarantine Alert Level 4 starting Sept. 16 to 30. Here’s what that means

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Online shoppers care about shopping-induced waste, so it’s time e-commerce platforms do, too

Greenpeace Philippines, Youth Strike 4 Climate Philippines, and JuanBag are leading a petition for major e-commerce platforms to “reveal, reduce, and redesign” their waste systems

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What’s a granular lockdown again and how is it different this time?

Basically, COVID-19 hotspots in NCR will be locked down while the rest of Metro Manila is under a more lax general community quarantine

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Mu variant as vaccine-resistant as Beta, says WHO, but further studies needed

The variant first identified in Colombia last January “has a constellation of mutations that indicate potential properties of immune escape,” according to the health body

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Voter registration in MECQ areas now allowed again

Last chance to register before the deadline on September 30

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You may be watching false COVID info on YouTube. 1 million videos have been taken down and there’s more

Do you go to YouTube for news? Careful, the video streaming platform just removed over a million “dangerous” COVID-19 videos