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• Cop kills 52-year-old woman in Quezon City, faces murder complaint

A policeman shot and killed a 52-year-old woman in a store in Quezon City Monday evening, May 31. Police Chief Guillermo Eleazar orders the filing of a murder complaint and an administrative case against him.

• ‘NCR Plus’ stays under GCQ until June 15; MECQ imposed on 14 areas

Metro Manila, Bulacan, Rizal, Laguna, and Cavite  will remain under general community quarantine or GCQ ‘with restrictions’ in June.

• Rotational blackouts hit Luzon again 

Rotational blackouts hit parts of Luzon again on Tuesday, June 1, as power supply thinned due to an additional plant outage.

• Duterte’s party urges Congress to increase NTF-ELCAC funding 

Ruling party PDP-Laban urges lawmakers to increase the funding for the government’s task force against communists NTF-ELCAC.

• Wilfredo Keng withdraws 2nd cyber libel suit vs Maria Ressa 

Businessman Wilfredo Keng withdraws his 2nd cyber libel case against Rappler CEO Maria Ressa. He filed a manifestation last May 25, and Makati Judge Andres Soriano dismisses the case in open court Tuesday, June 1.

• Naomi Osaka withdraws from French Open citing depression 

Japan’s Naomi Osaka stuns the tennis world Monday, May 31, by withdrawing from the French Open. She opens up about suffering from depression since the US Open in 2018. – Rappler.com