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Here are the top stories of The Manila Times for Wednesday, October 27, 2021.
READ: New party vows support for Go
A newly formed political party established on Tuesday an alliance with the ruling Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan to support the vice presidential bid of Sen. Christopher Lawrence "Bong" Go in the 2022 elections.
READ: Crowding at dolomite beach fuels controversy
Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso asked on Tuesday the national pandemic task force to press charges against officials of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources who approved the reopening of the Manila Baywalk dolomite beach for disregarding rules limiting crowd numbers.
READ: Quarantine exemption for travelers proposed
Presidential adviser for Entrepreneurship Jose Maria "Joey" Concepcion 3rd expressed on Tuesday hope that the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases will approve his proposal to exempt from quarantine returning Filipinos and visitors from North America.
Meanwhile, in other news...
READ: Times forum scans growth prospects amid pandemic
The Philippine economy contracted by a record 9.6 percent in 2020 due to the combined effects of the Taal Volcano eruption and the Covid-19 pandemic.
READ: Duterte worried over failure to hit jab target
President Rodrigo Duterte has sounded the alarm over the possible failure of government to reach its target number of inoculated Filipinos against Covid-19 by year's end.
READ: PH readies shift from pandemic to endemic
Health Secretary Francisco Duque 3rd said the Philippines was now preparing a future where Covid-19 would shift from a pandemic to an endemic disease while also preparing for possible emergence of new variants with increased severity.
READ: Complaint junked vs ex-DoTr exec, 2 others
The Office of the Ombudsman has dismissed the complaint filed by Busan Universal Rail Inc. against now former Transportation undersecretary Cesar Chavez and two others.
In regional news,
READ: 17 bets in Isabela unopposed
For 17 local bets in the province of Isabela, the May 2022 elections will literally be a "walk in the park."
In world news,
READ: Asia suffered hottest yr in '20 ‒ UN
Asia suffered its hottest year on record in 2020, the United Nations said on Tuesday ahead of the COP26 summit with extreme weather taking a heavy toll on the continent's development.
READ: Global warming pace speeding up ‒ survey
President Joe Biden heads to a vital United Nations climate summit at a time when a majority of Americans regard the deteriorating climate as a problem of high importance to them, an increase from just a few years ago.
In business,
READ: BoP goes into deficit in Sept
The country's balance of payments or BoP posted a deficit of $412 million in September, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas said.
And in sports,
READ: PBA final series gets physical, emotional
TNT may be without one key player when it shows up against Magnolia in Game Four of the PBA Philippine Cup at the Don Honorio Ventura State University gym in Bacolor, Pampanga on Wednesday.
Rigoberto Tiglao and Fr. Ranhilio Aquino are the featured columnists on the front page of The Times.
Tiglao expresses
READ: From the mouth of...centennials
Fr. Aquino analyzes
READ: History, my story and freedom
In The Times editorial, it is pointed out that
READ: Populist sound bites no solution to fuel price woes
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With Aric John Sy Cua, Paolo Dimaapi and Christian Maghanoy, this is Dafort Villaseran reporting. Have a great week!