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A Philippine coastguard ship is seen sailing past a Chinese coastguard ship near Scarborough shoal, in the South China Sea. - AFPn

Philippines' Duterte refuses to stop South China Sea patrols
MANILA: In this January 31, 2020 file photo, people buy protective masks at a medical supplies store. - AFPn

Philippines' virus cases top 1 million
MANILA: Residents caught by police breaking quarantine health protocols sit in a police vehicle in Manila yesterday on day one of government's imposing stricter lockdown, as hospitals in the capital struggle to cope with a surge in coronavirus infections. - AFPn

Philippines locks down economic hub to fight virus surge
This undated handout photo taken by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and received from the Philippine Communications Operations Office (PCOO) yesterday shows Chinese Maritime vessels anchored at the Whitsun Reef, around 320 kilometers (175 nautical miles) west of Bataraza in Palawan in the South China Sea. - AFPn

Philippines accuses China of 'incursion' in disputed sea
MANILA: A city employee disinfects a street at an informal settlers area on Tuesday. - AFP n

Philippines to shut border to foreigners
QUEZON CITY: In this photo taken on Feb 11, 2021, Filipino teacher Kristhean Navales conducts an online class on his mobile phone at his home in suburban Manila. - AFP n

Philippines faces 'learning crisis' amid shutdown
MANILA: Roman Catholic devotees wearing face masks, face shields and observing social distancing to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus attend mass on a road near Quiapo church in Manila yesterday, during the annual celebration of the feast of the Black Nazarene. — AFP

Devotees flock to Manila church for miracle from Catholic icon
In this photo taken on December 2, 2020, Donna Valdez, 15, -- whose name AFP has changed to protect her identity -- carries her child at a health centre in Manila. - The Catholic-majority country has one of the lowest ages of consent in the world, allowing adults to legally have sex with children as young as 12 if they agree. Congress now looks set to approve a bill to raise the age to 16. (Photo by Ted ALJIBE / AFP) / To go with AFP story Philippines-crime-teenagers-sex, FOCUS by Allison JACKSON

Victory for children: Philippines set to raise age of consent to 16
People push a half-submerged tricycle through a flooded street due to heavy rains caused by tropical depression Vicky in San Francisco town, Agusan del sur province on the southern island of Mindanao on December 18, 2020. (Photo by erwin mascarinas / AFP)

Two die, hundreds flee floods as storm batters Philippines
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