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• Isko Moreno: ‘Pagkakaisa’ can’t feed hungry Filipinos

Presidential candidate and Manila Mayor Isko Moreno hits presidential race frontrunner Ferdinand Marcos Jr. as the dictator’s son decides to skip the upcoming debate organized by the Commission on Elections (Comelec).

• Marcos, Sara score big in Tawi-Tawi with support of province’s key leaders

Presidential bet, ex-senator Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. and his running mate Davao Mayor Sara Duterte scores big in Tawi-Tawi province as the governor and all the province’s town mayors declare their support for the tandem.

• Comelec drops campaign permit requirement in areas under low alert levels

Candidates, political parties, and groups mounting campaign activities in areas under alert levels 1 and 2 no longer need to secure a campaign permit from the Commission on Elections (Comelec).

• EU envoys slam Russian ambassador to PH’s ‘blatant’ lies about Ukraine invasion

European ambassadors in the Philippines slam the ‘blatant untruths’ and disinformation on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in an opinion piece written by Russian Ambassador to the Philippines Marat Pavlov.

• Poland’s Karolina Bielawska is Miss World 2021

Karolina Bielawska of Poland is Miss World 2021 at the pageant’s finals night held in San Juan, Puerto Rico on Wednesday, March 16, Thursday morning, March 17 in Manila. – Rappler.com