The Philippines plans to hold talks with Australian biotech giant CSL Ltd and partner University of Queensland, a senior health official said on Monday, as it looks to diversify possible sources for COVID-19 vaccines (See Yahoo News / Reuters for story).
Southeast Asian militants fighting under the banner of the Islamic State group, also known as ISIS, are likely to return to the Philippines to regroup, security analysts said at a conference in Singapore (See Newsweek for story).
Joseph Scott Pemberton
Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte has pardoned a US Marine in a surprise move that will free him from imprisonment for the 2014 killing of a transgender Filipino woman that sparked anger in the former American colony (See The Guardian for story).
Lloyd Cafe Cadena
Famed YouTube vlogger Lloyd Cafe Cadena has passed away, according to a post on his official Facebook page on Friday. He was 26. The cause of death was not announced (See Inquirer.net for story).
Hera Nalam
In a groundbreaking venture, a Winnipeg filmmaker took a chance at casting relatively unknown Filipino actors in the first Canadian-made movie with a mostly Filipino cast and a Filipina leading lady (See Inquirer.net for story).
The University of the Philippines maintained its position as one of the top 500 universities in the world, according to rankings released Wednesday by London-based publication Times Higher Education (THE). UP and De La Salle University were the only Philippine schools listed in this year's THE World University Ranking 2021 (See ABS-CBN News for story).
Emily Gil
Emily Gil, 18 who organized a Black Lives Matter rally in her northern New Jersey town was sent a $2,500 bill from officials for police overtime. The mayor rescinded the bill after the publicity created a backlash (See Inquirer.net for story)
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Monday partial restrictions in and around the capital Manila will be kept for another month starting Sept. 1 to tackle a rising number of coronavirus cases and further expand hospital capacity (See Yahoo News/Reuters for story).
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