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Roque downplays PH surpassing Indonesia in COVID-19 cases | Evening wRap

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Roque downplays PH surpassing Indonesia in COVID-19 cases | Evening wRap
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Today on Rappler – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:

Roque’s spin: Philippines has less cases than Indonesia because we test more. Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque downplays news that the Philippines replaces Indonesia as the Southeast Asian country with the most COVID-19 cases.

Morales: No reason to doubt people at PhilHealth. State health insurance Philhealth’s president Ricardo Morales defends himself and his fellow executives from accusations of corruption.

Majority of Filipinos agree: ‘Dangerous to print or broadcast anything critical’ of Duterte gov’t. A new Social Weather Stations survey shows majority of Filipinos agree it is “dangerous to print or broadcast anything critical” of President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration, “even if it is the truth.”

Twitter moves to reduce reach of ‘state-affiliated’ media. Twitter will add new labels to state-affiliated accounts and would “no longer amplify” their tweets.

FALSE: Spain doctors’ quote on Duterte’s COVID-19 response. Searches do not yield any results for a ‘Spain Medical Doctors Association.’ Velma Dinkley, who is cited in the quote, is a fictional character in the Scooby-Doo franchise.

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