Bong Go struggles to defend bill renationalizing 2 hospitals

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Renationalizing hospitals: Go tries but fails to end Senate debates

Senator Bong Go tries to take the easy way out by moving to end the plenary debates Thursday, May 20, after his colleagues exposed a fundamental fiscal issue in the bills renationalizing two hospitals that he is sponsoring.

Only 3 out of 10 adult Filipinos willing to get vaccinated months into rollout

Months after the Philippines launched its mass vaccination campaign against COVID-19, only 3 out of 10 Filipinos say they are willing to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

Israel-Hamas truce takes hold after 11 days of fighting

An Egyptian-mediated truce between Israel and Hamas begins Friday, May 21, but Hamas warns it still has its ‘hands on the trigger’ and demands that Israel end the violence in Jerusalem.

Nicole Scherzinger, Jon Jon Briones, Manny Jacinto, Darren Criss, complete ‘Trese’ voice cast

Netflix announces the complete English and Filipino language voice cast for the upcoming original anime series Trese. Filipina actress Liza Soberano will lend her voice to the character Alexandra Trese in the Filipino dub. Shay Mitchell is her English counterpart.

BTS releases ‘Butter’ music video

Global K-pop sensation BTS drops the highly-awaited official music video for their latest English-language single ‘Butter’ on Friday, May 21. – Rappler.com