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Here are the top stories of The Manila Times for Wednesday, April 21, 2021.
READ: Government to build more pop-up hospitals
The government will build more “pop-up” or modular hospitals to treat coronavirus disease 2019 or Covid-19 patients, the Department of Public Works and Highways said.
READ: 14M doses to arrive in 2nd quarter
Nearly 14 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines are expected to arrive in the Philippines in the second quarter of the year, vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. announced on Monday.
READ: Church to parishes: Set up community pantries
Even the Church has been taken by the rage of setting up community pantries.
Meanwhile, in other news…
READ: Palace certain Chinese vessels will leave
On Tuesday, Malacañang expressed confidence that China would soon withdraw its vessels in the West Philippine Sea.
READ: FDA allows emergency use of India, US vaccines
The Food and Drug Administration or FDA has approved both the vaccines from Indian biotechnology company Bharat Biotech and a subsidiary of American pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson for emergency use against Covid-19.
READ: ‘Bising’ leaves 2 dead
Typhoon ‘Bising’ with international name: “Surigae” weakened after pummeling Bicol and Eastern Visayas, leaving two persons dead, the disaster council said.
READ: Manila breaks ground for Covid hospital
Also on Tuesday, Manila started the construction of a mobile hospital in Rizal Park that will cater to Covid-19 patients.
In regional news,
READ: Special forces storm NPA training camp
On Friday, special forces of the Philippine Army overran a New People’s Army or NPA training camp in Bukidnon, killing a female combatant and recovering a cache of firearms, ammunition, personal belongings and subversive documents.
In world news,
READ: EU: A spark can start a war between Russia, Ukraine
On Monday (Tuesday in Manila), the European Union’s foreign policy chief said in the face of the big military buildup of Russian troops near Ukraine’s borders, it will only take “a spark” to set off a confrontation.
In business,
READ: BSP enhances rules on recovery plan
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas or BSP has strengthened its guidelines on the recovery plan of domestic systemically important bank or D-SIB.
And in sports,
READ: Vaccination key to opening of PBA season
Vaccination is the main priority of the Philippine Basketball Association or PBA for it to begin its 46th season as it looks to have the whole PBA family inoculated against Covid-19.
Rigoberto Tiglao and Fr. Ranhilio Aquino are the featured columnists on the front page of The Times.
Tiglao suggests
READ: Use P15B for new Senate building to defend PH sovereignty
Fr. Aquino talks about
READ: The Philippine College of Jurisconsults
In The Times editorial, there is a call that
READ: We must put an end to ‘charity-shaming’
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With Aric John Sy Cua, this is Dafort Villaseran reporting. Have a great week!