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  2. 2023–2024 transport strikes in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    Mar Valbuena (Manibela) Mody Floranda (PISTON) The 2023-2024 transport strikes in the Philippines are a series of strikes by operators of traditional public jeepneys and minivans held in various cities across the Philippines to protest against the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program. [1] The strikes were held since March 2023.

  3. COVID-19 vaccination in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    The COVID-19 vaccination program in the Philippines was a mass immunization campaign against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), in response to the pandemic in the country. The vaccination program was initiated by the Duterte administration on March 1, 2021, a ...

  4. COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    The COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines was a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 . As of June 2, 2024, there have been 4,140,383 [1] reported cases, and 66,864 [1] reported deaths, the fifth highest in Southeast Asia , behind Vietnam , Indonesia , Malaysia , and ...

  5. 2022–2023 Philippine sugar crisis - Wikipedia

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    2022–2023 Philippine sugar crisis. There has been a noted shortage of supply of sugar in the domestic market of the Philippines after a poor harvest of for the 2021–22 crop year. This led to the price increase of the commodity and there has been suspicions of traders taking advantage of the situation through hoarding and/or smuggling.

  6. List of maritime disasters in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    Maritime Vessel Shipping line 1 Date Deaths 1 Missing 1 Survivors 1 Remarks SS Corregidor: Compania Maritima 17 December 1941 900-1,200: Un­known 282 The ferry was sailing to the Visayas and was carrying around 1200-1500 passengers, mostly refugees fleeing the bombing of Manila by the Japanese during the Second World War, when it struck a mine off Corregidor Island and sank in five minutes.

  7. Philippine Daily Inquirer - Wikipedia

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    Inquirer Bandera, Inquirer Libre, Cebu Daily News. ISSN. 0116-0443. Website. www .inquirer .net. Media of the Philippines. List of newspapers. The Philippine Daily Inquirer ( PDI ), or simply the Inquirer, is an English-language newspaper in the Philippines. Founded in 1985, it is often regarded as the Philippines' newspaper of record.

  8. List of newspapers in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    Name Language Type Area reporting covers ABS-CBN News: English/Filipino: Daily: National Bulatlat: English: Daily: National Cebu Daily News (CDN Digital) English

  9. Extrajudicial killings and forced disappearances in the ...

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    Nature. Philippine extrajudicial killings are politically motivated murders committed by government officers, punished by local and international law or convention.They include assassinations; deaths due to strafing or indiscriminate firing; massacre; summary execution is done if the victim becomes passive before the moment of death (i.e., abduction leading to death); assassination means ...