CNN Philippines/ May 19, 2021

Top stories

• COVID-19 cases on ‘upward trend’ in Visayas, Mindanao
• PH files protest vs China’s fishing ban
• Slower economic growth seen in 2021
• Duterte gives Dito fresh 25-year franchise
• Gov’t to start vaccinating A4, A5 ‘after May’
• Herd immunity for NCR+8 possible by November?
• Galvez: ‘Very minimal’ vaccine wastage in PH
• Masungi Georeserve sounds alarm on Marikina watershed fire
• Disabilities, deaths related to working from home now compensable
• Duterte: Strict lockdown possible if health protocols are defied
• PH gov’t: No widespread evacuation of OFWs in Israel
• Pagasa says Metro Manila’s temperature today may reach up to 35 degrees Centigrade; heat index may hover between 40 degrees C and 42 degress C