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ILOILO CITY — Starting May 16, there will be a water shortage in key parts of Iloilo City as well as the towns of Leganes, Pavia, and Sta. Barbara.

Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. Luis “LRay” Villafuerte bared his pick for the speakership race in the upcoming 19th Congress: Leyte 1st district Rep. Martin Romualdez.

In an announcement that would further seal the deal on the matter of the speakership, Pampanga 2nd district Representative and former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has endorsed Leyte 1st district Rep. Martin Romualdez for the top post in the House of Representatives in the upcoming 19th Congress.

Outgoing Vice President Leni Robredo has called on her supporters to accept the outcome of the elections although it did not go in their favor.

BEIRUT, Lebanon — Syrian rebels killed 10 soldiers in northern Syria Friday, in the deadliest such attack since a truce deal reached over two years ago, a war monitor and state media said.

VATICAN CITY, Holy See — Pope Francis will travel to Canada at the end of July, where he is expected to meet Indigenous survivors of abuse committed at church-run residential schools, the Vatican said Friday.

Actor Robin Padilla continues to pace the senatorial race in the count being conducted by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) en banc, which is sitting as the National Board of Canvassers, at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC).

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Tributes poured in from around the world on Friday after the United Arab Emirates announced the death of its president, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. He was 73.

NEW DELHI, India — At least 27 people died and dozens more were injured in a massive fire in a building in the Indian capital New Delhi on Friday, emergency services said.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, who has overseen her country’s world-leading response to the coronavirus pandemic, has tested positive for Covid-19, her office announced Saturday.

UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations is ready to help the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) deal with an outbreak of COVID-19, said a spokesman on Friday.

VIENNA– The head of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) warned that Austrian glaciers are likely to disappear entirely by the end of this century with global warming, Austrian news agency APA reported Friday.

Philippine Consulate General in Hawaii inaugurates Hardin Ni Rizal.