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Today on Rappler – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:

• After glaring, ‘painful’ grammar errors, DepEd vows to improve TV episodes for distance learning. Filipinos online criticize the Department of Education over glaring and “painful” grammar errors spotted on TV.
• ‘Big brother, big sister’ Cabinet secretaries won’t take over mayors’ pandemic efforts – Malacañang. The Duterte coronavirus task force takes a new step to try to arrest the spread of COVID-19 by assigning Cabinet members to monitor specific Metro Manila cities and the provinces of Bulacan, Cavite, Rizal, and Laguna.
• PhilHealth suspends IRM amid corruption allegations. State health insurer PhilHealth suspends the implementation of the Interim Reimbursement Mechanism or IRM with hospitals amid allegations of corruption in the program.
• Ayala sees silver linings in pandemic as profits plunge 79% in H1 2020. Ayala Corporation, the Philippines’ oldest and largest conglomerate, suffers a 79% drop in its earnings in the 1st half of 2020.
• In Bulacan, police ‘kidnap’ passersby then kill them in fake ‘nanlaban’ case – NBI. The National Bureau of Investigation files complaints of murder, kidnapping, and planting of guns and drugs against 11 officials of the San Jose Del Monte police – including its drug enforcement chief Police Major Leo Dela Rosa. – Rappler.com