The Philippine Star - March 23, 2021

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March 23, 2021

Palace: No ‘Ayuda' During GCQ Bubble

The government does not need to provide aid or Ayuda similar to the multibillion-peso package given during last year’s lockdown because people can still work despite the stricter measures currently in place to address the surge in COVID-19 cases, Malacañang said yesterday.

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Wounded Sayyaf Leader Dies From Blood Loss

ZAMBOANGA CITY – A leader of the Abu Sayyaf bandit group, who was wounded and captured following an encounter in Tawi-Tawi on Saturday, has died due to loss of blood, the military confirmed yesterday.

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Taiwan Begins COVID Vaccination Drive

Premier, health minister receive 1st AstraZeneca doses

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Pope Decries Racism, Like ‘Virus' Lurking In Wait

VATICAN CITY (AP) – Pope Francis on Sunday denounced racism, likening it to a “virus” that lurks in waiting and only to emerge and show that “our supposed social progress is not as real or definitive” as people think.

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Russia Launches 38 Satellites For 18 Countries

MOSCOW (AFP) – A Russian Soyuz rocket carrying 38 foreign satellites blasted off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan yesterday, after takeoff was twice postponed due to technical issues, Russian space agency Roscosmos said.

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Trump To Launch Own Social Media Platform – Ex-Aide

WASHINGTON (AFP) – Former US President Donald Trump plans to return to social media soon, using “his own platform” after being banned from Twitter and other outlets, a former adviser said last Sunday.

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