Today on Rappler – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:
The Health Department on Friday, March 19, logs its highest daily rate of COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began, with 7,103 new infections. With this, the government is reimposing stricter limitations in Metro Manila and nearby provinces until April 4.
More than a week after the killings of 9 activists in Calabarzon, President Rodrigo Duterte says he would gladly go to prison for killing communists and human rights activists.
Six in 10 Filipinos agree it is ‘dangerous to print or broadcast anything critical’ of President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration ‘even if it is the truth.’
In the United States, police authorities do not rule out the possibility that the attacks in Atlanta, Georgia were provoked by anti-immigrant or anti-Asian sentiments.
Quote cards circulating online claim actress and humanitarian Angelina Jolie said ‘I hope we find a Rodrigo Duterte in America to help us eradicate drugs here.’ This claim is FALSE. – Rappler.com
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