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Pope Francis condemned abortion as he returned to the Vatican after spending three days in Slovakia.
Abortion is more than a problem it is murder he told journalists on Wednesday. Scientifically speaking it is a human life he said.
The pope said that was why the church was so strict on the question. Pope Francis has previously said he opposes abortion. He also re

MANILA: An Indonesian woman suspected of planning a suicide bomb attack in the southern Philippines was arrested on Saturday in a pre-dawn raid the military said.
The arrest comes less than two months after a pair of female suicide bombers blew themselves up on Jolo island in the Muslim-majority Sulu province which killed 15 people and wounded 74 others.
Security forces blamed the Augus

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Manila
The death toll attributable to the coronavirus has topped 6000 in the Philippines with the cumulative number of cases hitting more than 330000 the Department of Health said on Thursday.
On Thursday the department reported 144 additional deaths from COVID-19 bringing the total toll to 6069.
A third of those deaths occurred in October while the rest were from Septe

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Manila
Nine out of 10 Filipinos approve of President Rodrigo Dutertes leadership despite criticism over alleged lapses in the governments response to the pandemic a survey showed on Monday.
Ninety-one percent of those surveyed approved of Dutertes performance according to a nationwide poll conducted for Pulse Asia in September. Just 5 percent of respondents disapproved

MANILA: An estimated 214000 additional babies are expected to be born at the end of the year in the Philippines after many couples failed to use contraception during the coronavirus lockdown a government agency said on Saturday.
The additional births were to come on top of the 1.7 million new babies that were earlier estimated to be born by the end of the year said Juan Antonio Perez III e

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Manila
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday warned social media giant Facebook that it should be wary of blocking accounts that promote government messages following the shutdown ofmore than 100 accounts linked to the military and police.
In a late-night televised address to the public Duterte said he does not understand the point of Facebooks operations in the Phil

MANILA: The Philippines death toll from the coronavirus outbreaktopped 5000 whilethe countrys caseload rose tomore than 294000 the government said on Wednesday.
The Department of Health reported 44 additional deaths bringing the total number of fatalities from COVID-19 to 5091.
Of the additional deaths nearly 50 per cent occurred in May to August but were only reported

MANILA: Hundreds of people on Sunday flocked to an artificial whitesand beach along Manila Bay in the Philippines a project that has drawn criticism from environmental and activist groups. The crowd gathered at Roxas Boulevard in Manila City where a 500-metre stretch of the coastline was covered with 500 tonnes of crushed dolomite as part of a clean-up and beautification project. (DPA)

MANILA: Two suicide attackers carried out a double bombing in the southern Philippines that killed 14 people and wounded scores the army chief said on Tuesday as he called for martial law to be imposed.
Mondays attacks -- the countrys deadliest this year -- happened on Jolo island in Muslim-majority Sulu province where government-backed security forces have long been fighting the Islam

MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has told security forces they should shoot dead anyone causing trouble in areas locked down due to the coronavirus pandemic.
About half the countrys roughly 110 million people are currently under quarantine -- including millions in deep poverty left jobless by tough restrictions on movement.
My orders are to the police and military