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Today's headlines: 2025 campaigns, Myanmar earthquake, Alex Eala

Here are today’s headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world: 

• Copyright violations in 2025 poll campaigns continue despite reminders from IP groups

Rapper Omar Baliw and Filipino band Lola Amour say their songs were used as jingles in political campaigns for the 2025 elections without their permission. 

• 2 Malaysians in Bacolod love scam, trafficking case undocumented – CIDG

Bacolod police arrest two undocumented Malaysians for love scam operations and qualified human trafficking.

• Ex-Comelec commissioner Virgilio Garcillano dies

Former Commission on Elections commissioner Virgilio Garcillano, who was a key figure in the 2004 ‘Hello Garci’ election scandal, died on Saturday, March 29. He was 87.

• Woman pulled alive from Myanmar earthquake rubble; race to find more survivors 

Rescuers save a woman from the ruins of a hotel in Myanmar. A Chinese government Facebook post says the woman was rescued from the rubble of the Great Wall Hotel in the city of Mandalay and was reported to be in a stable condition. 

• Alex Eala says ‘real work starts now’ after magical Miami Open run

Filipina tennis star Alex Eala says ‘the real work starts now’ knowing her success in the Miami Open will bring both new opportunities and challenges.-Rappler.com