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Elderly, minority trial recruits vital to COVID-19 vaccine success: expert

Issam Ahmed, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Aug 06 05:39 AM

Past medical research in the United States has been plagued by focusing on homogeneous populations, skewing results, despite federal guidelines to include diverse groups, he said. Read more »

Drilon says opposition 'willing to cooperate' to help Philippines 'survive' COVID-19 crisis

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 23 12:31 PM

Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Wednesday said that the opposition bloc is "willing to cooperate" with the Duterte administration to help the Philippines "survive" the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis. Read more »

Solon hits ABS-CBN over Dengvaxia coverage

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 07 01:56 AM

(UPDATE) ABS-CBN found itself on the defensive Monday over a series of supposedly alarmist and sensational reports on deaths linked to a controversial dengue vaccine, which one congresswoman blamed for the decline in immunization coverage in the Philippines. Read more »

'Outraged' minority senators condemn PACC official's call to probe Robredo's COVID-19 relief drive

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 02 05:27 PM

The Presidential Anti-Crime Commission's (PACC) should "stop adding to the failures" of the Philippines in responding to the coronavirus crisis, minority senators said Thursday, hours after the agency urged authorities to probe Vice President Leni Robredo's donations for coronavirus-hit Filipinos. Read more »

CHR urges gov't to address concerns of minority groups amid COVID-19 pandemic

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 26 05:15 AM

The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) said Wednesday the government should include indigenous people and minority groups in addressing the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Read more »

Minority senators want special session for additional COVID-19 funds

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 17 07:08 PM

The Senate minority bloc has urged their colleagues to hold a special session to grant additional funds for executive agencies battling the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Read more »

After losing plenary vote, Dela Rosa says some majority senators now 'new minority'

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 03 05:18 PM

Sen. Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa on Tuesday said several members of the Senate majority bloc feel that they are the "new minority" after most lawmakers voted in favor of adopting a resolution that asks the Supreme Court to determine the Senate's role in the termination of treaties. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: November 15, 2019

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 16 02:05 AM

Here are the day's big stories in photos. Read more »

Isko meets Nur: Manila to establish Islamic cemetery

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 15 04:56 PM

Manila Mayor Isko Moreno shows to Moro National Liberation Front founding chairman Nur Misuari the proposed Muslim Cemetery at the Manila South cemetery during the latter's courtesy call on Friday. Read more »

House minority bloc calls for end to crackdown vs activist groups

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 06 05:47 PM

The House minority bloc said it stands united in condemning attacks on the Makabayan bloc. Read more »

Aiming at Olympic boom, Japan builds 'Ethnic Harmony' tribute to indigenous Ainu

Tim Kelly, Reuters
Posted at Oct 29 12:50 PM

On a wooded lake shore in northern Japan, the government is building a modernist shrine that has divided the indigenous Ainu community whose vanishing culture it was designed to celebrate.   Read more »

Philippines votes against UN resolution on Rohingya crisis

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 28 05:20 AM

MANILA—The Philippines has voted against a United Nations (UN) resolution that seeks to end human rights abuses of Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Myanmar. Read more »

Bangladesh to fence Rohingya camps in further crackdown

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 26 10:17 PM

Bangladesh is set to erect barbed-wire fencing, guard towers and cameras around Rohingya camps, the home minister said Thursday citing security concerns, in a move critics said would turn the refugee settlements into prisons. Read more »

Myanmar holds repatriation talks with Rohingya in Bangladesh

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jul 28 07:44 AM

KUTUPALONG, BANGLADESH - A top-level Myanmar government delegation began repatriation talks with Rohingya leaders in a Bangladesh refugee camp on Saturday, an official said, with many of the Muslim minority fearing for their safety if they return home. Read more »

'Lift martial law in Mindanao now': Drilon says 'unli' martial law 'untolerable'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 24 07:20 PM

MANILA - Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon said Wednesday it is time to lift martial law in Mindanao. Read more »

House minority to be a 'conscience bloc': presumptive leader

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 23 09:57 AM

The minority in the House of Representatives will be a "conscience bloc," its presumptive leader said Tuesday. Read more »

Kiko: House must elect 'genuine' minority leader

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 17 08:30 PM

Minority Sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan on Wednesday urged the House of Representatives to install a “genuine” minority leader, amid reports that another administration ally is eyeing the post, which has traditionally been given to opposition figures. Read more »

Battle for Senate committee chairmanships far from over - sources

Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 17 07:59 PM

MANILA - The battle for the chairmanship of highly coveted committees in the Senate is far from over, sources told ABS-CBN News. Read more »

Minority senators welcome UN rights council resolution on PH drug war

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 12 05:37 PM

MANILA (UPDATE) - Minority senators on Friday welcomed the move of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to adopt a resolution seeking a comprehensive report on the human rights situation in the Philippines, including alleged extrajudicial killings in the government's drug war. Read more »

Castro may seek minority leadership, Ungab wants appropriations committee - Salceda

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 10 09:00 AM

House Majority Leader Fredenil Castro might seek the minority leadership when the 18th Congress opens later this month, Albay Rep. Joey Salceda said Wednesday.   Read more »