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Today on Rappler – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:

• 5 NAIA security officers suspended for extorting from Thai tourist

A viral video triggers the suspension and filing of charges against five security personnel at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport. The video shows the Office for Transportation Security personnel allegedly extorting money from a Thai tourist.

• Philippines to receive bivalent vaccines from COVAX by end-March

Department of Health Officer-in-Charge Maria Rosario Vergeire says the Philippines will receive over 1 million doses of bivalent coronavirus vaccines from the global COVAX facility.

• Imee Marcos says President ‘too kind’ toward smugglers, downplays differences with him and First Lady