Today on Rappler – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:
- Duterte defends pardon: ‘You have not treated Pemberton fairly.’ ‘If there is a time that you are called on to be fair, be fair,’ says President Rodrigo Duterte.
- Despite security concerns, Lorenzana signs contract with China-backed telco. The agreement allows China-backed telco Dito Telecommunity to build cell sites inside Philippine military camps.
- Philippine government to ban home quarantine of COVID-19 cases. The Philippine government will ban the home quarantine of people who have COVID-19, Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said on Tuesday, September 8.
- Environmental groups launch petition vs dumping of crushed dolomite in Manila Bay. The petition enumerates the law and regulations violated by the white sand project in Manila Bay.
- FALSE: Bataan Nuclear Power Plant to reopen. President Rodrigo Duterte signed an executive order for a study on nuclear energy, and not to open or reopen a nuclear power plant.
