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Human rights groups said domestic mechanisms have been "rendered ineffective in obtaining justice and accountability"

The Philippines reported on Tuesday 4,479 new COVID-19 cases, the lowest in nearly a week

Cardinal Jose Advincula of Manila led Church leaders in offering prayers for former president Benigno Aquino III, who died on June 24

Senator Imee Marcos, daughter of the late strongman, Ferdinand Marcos, paid tribute to Aquino for his "kind and simple soul"

The suspension would be for a further six months while President Rodrigo Duterte "studies ... particular aspects of the agreement”

Seniors living in areas under looser quarantine restrictions will be allowed to go out from Wednesday

Only 4.5 million of the 7 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines that were scheduled to arrive in May were delivered

The festival is part of the Rimini International Choral Competition, which takes place in September every year

the groups noted the spate of killings, "judicial harassment, arbitrary arrests and detention and threats" on human rights defenders

Church and religious groups across the country have been under attack in recent years primarily because of their work in poor communities