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[PODCAST] Coronavirus: Bakit mahal magpagamot ng COVID-19 sa ospital?
Subscribe to Rappler podcasts on iTunes and SpotifyMANILA, Philippines – Mahal magkasakit ng COVID-19.Maliban sa problemang dinudulot nito sa kalusugan, dagdag pa rito ang gastos na maaaring pasakit sa...
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[PODCAST] Law of Duterte Land: Will petition to disclose Duterte health work?
MANILA, Philippines – Will a mandamus petition to compel President Rodrigo Duterte to disclose his state of health work at the Supreme Court?This is the first time that Section 12, Article VII of the...
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Who is Winston Ragos, the former military man killed by police?
MANILA, Philippines – After eating lunch with his blind aunt and two nephews, Winston Ragos stepped out of their house on Tuesday, April 21, for his usual fix of coke and a cigarette. He never returned...
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No food, no water, no sex: What we need to know about Ramadan
MANILA, Philippines – Can you go about your daily chores without eating and drinking anything, not even water, from sunrise to sunset? And can you do this repeatedly for a period of 29 to 30 days?It’s...
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EXPLAINER: What happens under general community quarantine?
MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) – There's a new buzzword in the Philippine response to the novel coronavirus: "general community quarantine" or GCQ.GCQ is a form of quarantine with more relaxed measures...
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Undocumented in a pandemic: Thousands of Filipinos in UK suffer in silence...
LONDON, United Kingdom – Imagine living in a wealthy country like the United Kingdom but finding yourself locked in a room, watching a loved one die because you could not bring him to a hospital for...
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FALSE: CHED says LET is 'toughest exam to pass'
Claim: The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) said the Licensure Exam for Teachers (LET) is the toughest license exam to pass in the Philippines.The claim was made in a text article published by...
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Coronavirus response: Online outrage drowns out Duterte propaganda machine
MANILA, Philippines – Against the royal blue and rich red of the Philippine flag, President Rodrigo Duterte stood behind a podium bearing the presidential seal, eyes focused on the camera as its lens...
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Hoarding medicine: Fighting lupus during the COVID-19 pandemic
MANILA, Philippines – When news broke in March that commonly used antimalarial drugs might cure COVID-19, people across the world were buzzing – and then they began to buy the drugs for themselves and...
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'Iisang Dagat': China embassy pens song of 'friendship' with PH during...
First they tried to claim the West Philippine Sea, then they wrote a song about it. The China embassy released on Friday, April 24, "Iisang Dagat (One Sea)" – a song in Mandarin and Filipino that...
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What you need to know about the Cebu City Jail
CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Cebu City Jail – formerly known as the Bagong Buhay Rehabilitation Center – is currently the most crowded jail facility in the country with about 5,805 inmates, according...
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[FRONTLINERS] QC garbage collector: Call of duty is keeping homes safe from...
Alquin Flores has been a garbage collector since he was 14 years old. When the coronavirus disease pandemic struck, he and his team did not have the money nor the gear to protect themselves. He took a...
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FALSE: Ex-Anakpawis lawmaker apologizes for asking people to revolt vs gov't
Claim:According to a graphic that circulated on social media, former Anakpawis party list representative Ariel Casilao apologized to the residents of Norzagaray, Bulacan and asked that the charges...
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Should the middle class receive subsidy?
MANILA, Philippines – In early April 2020, Cavite Governor Jonvic Remulla asked President Rodrigo Duterte to include middle-class families in his province in the government's emergency subsidy program...
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FALSE: Angel Locsin 'tests positive' for coronavirus
Claim:Actress Angel Locsin "tested positive" for the coronavirus after conducting several relief operations.Facebook Claim Check, the site's monitoring tool that identifies suspicious posts, flagged at...
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FALSE: North Korea ruling party 'confirms' Kim Jong Un's death on April 25
Claim: North Korea's ruling Workers' Party confirmed that their leader Kim Jong Un has died and will be replaced by his sister Kim Yo-jong.This was reported by the website The Stuffpost (nycinews.com)...
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TIMELINE: The bid to release low-risk, sick, elderly prisoners in PH
MANILA, Philippines – The decision on whether or not to release en masse persons deprived of liberty (PDL) who are low-risk, sick, or elderly remains uncertain in the current pandemic environment where...
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FALSE: Aspirin with lemon juice and honey cures coronavirus
Claim: Aspirin dissolved in lemon juice boiled with honey can be a home remedy for the coronavirus.A message allegedly sourced from a Viber group chat linked to the University of Santo Tomas (UST)...
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Rappler Talk: Taiwan's Ambassador Peiyung Hsu on fighting the coronavirus
Bookmark this page to catch the interview on Wednesday, April 29, at 7 pm! MANILA, Philippines – Taiwan is hailed by many for its effective response while the rest of the world grapples with the...
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FALSE: Nobel Prize winner Dr Tasuku Honjo says coronavirus is 'manufactured'
Claim: A Nobel Prize-winning scientist said the coronavirus is "not natural" and that "China manufactured it."Facebook posts shared as early as April 25 contained a supposed quote from Dr Tasuku Honjo,...
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