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Earlier this week Myanmar's military seized power and declared a state of emergency. Civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other officials of the National League for Democracy have been detained. What led to this?

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More than 70% of the population in Manaus, Brazil have been infected with COVID-19. The infections are linked to the new variant. How much do we know about it?

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Defense secretary Lorenzana has fired the top AFP intel officer over the erroneous red-tagging list of UP alumni. How much do we know about the military's intelligence unit?

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The Malampaya power plant in Palawan provides 40% of Luzon's energy needs. But there are many in remote areas of the province who still don't have electricity. Broadcaster Gerry Ortega crusaded against this inequity until ten years ago, when he was silenced for it.

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What does it take to be a champion of the environment in the Philippines? Bravery. Love for the land. And belief in a better world. We talk to environmentalists who continued the work that Leonard Co started.

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Philippine Red Cross has started offering saliva-based tests for COVID-19. Genomic data scientist Dr. DJ Bandoy explains what we know so far.

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Journalists in East Africa share stories of  fighting the disinformation that continues to shroud Covid-19 efforts. But with vaccines rolling in and several countries poised to put an end to the pandemic, how long will governments keep up the charade? This episode is part of the Denial and Disinformation series initiated by International Media Support with PumaPodcast.

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The Defense Department has unilaterally scrapped an agreement that has stood between security forces and the University of the Philippines for 3 decades. What is in the UP-DND Accord? And what does its abrogation mean for the military and UP... and for everybody else? We ask Atty. Ted Te.

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Linmae Co used to go to UP Diliman with her father, Leonard, who taught biology there. He would tour her around and show her the wildlife that grew on campus. Once, he pointed to a native dita tree, and said, this was where he wanted to be buried. She fulfilled that wish sooner than anyone would have imagined.

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Around 30 elderly people died in Norway after receiving a coronavirus vaccine. The patients were frail and terminally ill to begin with. What should have been considered?

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