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Madagascar receives its first shipment of 50,000 doses of the Covishield vaccine manufactured by the Serum Institute of India.
2021-05-8

The Netherlands suspends the administration of the Oxford–AstraZeneca vaccine to people under 60 years old following the death of a woman who had received the vaccine.
2021-04-2

Lesotho receives its first shipment of 36,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine manufactured by the Serum Institute of India through the COVAX vaccine-sharing initiative.
2021-03-4

President Rodrigo Duterte agrees to provide an advance payment to pharmaceutical companies developing a COVID-19 vaccine in order to secure millions of vaccines.
2020-11-19

Maria Ressa, CEO of Philippine news site Rappler, is found guilty of libel by a Manila court over a 2012 story linking a businessman to various crimes. She faces up to six years in prison.
2020-06-15

A statue honouring comfort women, sex slaves raped by Japanese World War II soldiers, in Manila, Philippines, is removed less than five months after it was installed.
2018-04-28

Jamalul Kiram III, claimant to the Sultanate of Sulu and leader of the militant group behind the 2013 Lahad Datu standoff, dies in Manila. "([https:--www.washingtonpost.com-world-asia_pacific-philippine-sultan-who-claimed-vast-malaysian-region-dies-at-75-2013-10-20-59c069e8-393e-11e3-89db-8002ba99b894_story.html The Washington Post])"
2013-10-20

Honduras declares a state of emergency after an outbreak of dengue fever kills 16 people and sickens 12,000.
2013-07-30

Flooding in the Philippines capital Manila forces at least 20,000 people to flee their homes with the death toll after eight days of heavy rain throughout the country reaching 53.
2012-08-7

At least 24 people are injured after a grenade is thrown at the De La Salle University in Manila, where bar examinations were being held.
2010-09-26