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Drive-through pet baptisms help owners and pastors avoid spread of Covid-19 Philippines

Because of the Covid-19 pandemic, pet owners in Manila took their furry friends to a special drive-through baptism ceremony on October 4, 2020, World Animal Day. The baptisms, which are normally done in large gatherings, took place with people and pets staying in their vehicles to ensure social-distancing rules remain in place to fight the spread of the coronavirus.

October 5, 2020
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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said he has “huge trust” in Russia’s newly announced coronavirus vaccine. Speaking on August 10, 2020, Duterte said he has accepted Russian President Vladimir...02:35
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Duterte will take Russian Covid-19 vaccine
August 13, 2020
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The Philippines reimposed a strict Covid-19 lockdown starting August 4, 2020. The decision follows a call from health care workers for stronger measures to fight the spread of the coronavirus in...02:42
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Philippines returns to Covid-19 lockdown
August 4, 2020
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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte told the nation on July 27, 2020, that he had asked Chinese President Xi Jinping to help Manila get priority access to a made-in-China vaccine against the Covid...03:09
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Duterte’s 2020 State of the Nation
July 28, 2020
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Parts of Manila went back into a two-week lockdown starting July 16, 2020, after coronavirus infections spiked in the Philippine capital. In Navotas city, where Covid-19 case numbers have tripled...01:56
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Armoured trucks enforce Covid-19 lockdown in Philippines
July 17, 2020
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How far would you go to protect your family if you were a doctor working with Covid-19 patients? Dr Jan Claire Dorado regularly comes in contact with coronavirus patients while she works in an...02:31
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Filipino coronavirus doctor isolates at home
July 2, 2020
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An American backpacker got stranded in a remote village in Cebu province, the Philippines for four months. As the government imposed a stringent coronavirus lockdown, Dustin Borglin couldn’t find...01:54
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Living like a local in the Philippines during Covid-19
June 26, 2020
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Cockfighting is often seen as barbaric and banned around the world, but in the Philippines, questions about the blood sport are often framed as a debate over culture versus cruelty. The practice...11:40
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Inside one of Manila's brutal cockfighting pits
November 16, 2024
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In the Philippines, a group of teachers and volunteers has set up a special trolley school for students unable to continue face-to-face education during the coronavirus pandemic. They use a little...03:10
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School on wheels keeps lessons on track
February 23, 2022
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In response to a Covid-19 case surge after the Christmas holidays, the Philippines is expanding a lockdown of unvaccinated people in and around Manila. The rules were widened on January 5, 2022, to...01:40
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Unvaccinated ordered to stay home in Philippines
January 6, 2022
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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in the Philippines. From Santa Claus traffic officers to Christmas displays, people are getting into the spirit of the season. However, the threat of...02:12
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Christmas spirit in the Philippines
December 22, 2021
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The Philippines is giving out cash to the poor during the Covid-19 lockdowns. In the capital Manila, residents have been queuing to collect their subsidies, worth 1,000 pesos (US$20) for every...03:02
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Covid-19 cash relief for Philippine poor
August 12, 2021
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More workers are becoming digital nomads as they flee Manila to work remotely at Philippine beach resorts. The influx of mobile workers at resorts has helped the country’s tourism industry stay...02:45
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Remote working at Philippine beach resorts
June 18, 2021
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The Philippines passed the 10,000 mark for new daily Covid-19 infections for the first time, on March 29, 2021. Manila and surrounding provinces were put back under enhanced community quarantine ...02:08
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Manila back into lockdown
March 30, 2021
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Researchers wearing headlamps and protective suits have been catching and swabbing thousands of bats in the Laguna province of the Philippines, looking for other strains of coronavirus. They call...03:44
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‘Virus hunters’ hoping to prevent pandemics
March 23, 2021
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Authorities in the Philippines are reimposing lockdowns in targeted areas from March 17, 2021, as well as a two-week nighttime curfew across Metro Manila starting on March 15. The orders are going...01:51
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Targeted lockdowns in the Philippines
March 17, 2021
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During the year-long closure of classrooms because of measures taken to curb the spread of Covid-19, classes have gone virtual in the Philippines. But during the pandemic, not all students have...03:27
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‘Learning crisis’ in the Philippines
March 16, 2021
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The Philippines rolled out its long-stalled coronavirus vaccination programme on March 1, 2021, the day after Manila took delivery of its first batch of free jabs from China. Health care workers,...04:13
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Vaccinations begin in the Philippines
March 2, 2021
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Hundreds of Filipino Catholics attended Ash Wednesday services in Manila on February 17, 2021. Apart from requiring churchgoers to wear masks, the ritual was also specially adapted to avoid...01:14
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Filipinos mark Ash Wednesday
February 18, 2021
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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has reimposed orders for children aged 10 to 14 to stay home as the country battles an outbreak of the British variant of the coronavirus. Last Friday, the...01:01
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Duterte reimposes stay-at-home order for children
January 27, 2021
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The Philippine government has urged people to tone down or skip festivities to prevent a surge of Covid-19 infections over the holiday season. Coronavirus-weary Filipinos were seen visiting...02:04
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Christmas cheers Filipinos despite Covid-19
December 16, 2020
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The number of people going hungry in the Philippines has increased during the pandemic. Nearly one-third of all Philippine families - or 7.6 million households - did not have enough food to eat at...03:13
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Covid-19 brings hunger to the Philippines
December 14, 2020