Read more about the article PCIJ REPORT | Milk and the pandemic: Milk Code confusion cripples LGUs response for infants
Hazel breastfeeds her child, two-month old Pia, not their real names, inside their house in Barangay Inarawan, Antipolo City. Hazel's mother, Maryjoy Mota, posted several comments on social media asking for help in buying formula milk for her infant grandchild after the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) was enforced in March. The family's breadwinner, Ricky, lost his job as a construction worker when the ECQ began. Hazel and her boyfriend are teenage students with no jobs. With little money to buy formula milk for Pia, Maryjoy encouraged Hazel to breastfeed her infant daughter. (Photo by Buck Pago)

PCIJ REPORT | Milk and the pandemic: Milk Code confusion cripples LGUs response for infants

The indiscriminate distribution and use of breastmilk substitutes, especially during emergencies, can change feeding practices and put babies at greater risk of illness.

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Read more about the article Illegal Chinese workers in Misamis Or just ‘tip of iceberg’, says group
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Illegal Chinese workers in Misamis Or just ‘tip of iceberg’, says group

The suspicion that nearly 50 Chinese nationals are working in a Misamis Oriental steel plant with no work visas is just a “tip of the iceberg” that needs to be probed by the government, says a local advocacy group.

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Read more about the article Militia leader, ‘mastermind’ of Lianga massacre killed in NPA ambush
Hawudon Jomar Bucales, Indigenous Peoples Mandatory Representative of Lianga town, Surigao del Sur in an interview last September 2015. (Photo courtesy of Froilan Gallardo)

Militia leader, ‘mastermind’ of Lianga massacre killed in NPA ambush

The alleged leader of a paramilitary group in Surigao del Sur tagged in the 2015 Lianga massacre of a Lumad school administrator and two community leaders was among those killed in an ambush staged by the New People’s Army on October 4.

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Immigration eyes probe of Chinese nationals working in Misamis steel plant

The presence of several Chinese workers alleged to be working without work visas in a steel factory in Barangay San Martin, Villanueva town, Misamis Oriental has caught the attention of the Bureau of Immigration (BI) which is now investigating this matter.

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