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Today's headlines: Ian Sia, Imee Marcos, Lea Salonga & Nic Chien

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

• Comelec orders Pasig candidate Ian Sia to explain remark on single mothers

The Commission on Elections issues a show cause order against Pasig congressional candidate Ian Sia. Sia said during a campaign event that single mothers could sleep with him once a year. 

• Imee: If DOJ drafted complaint vs Duterte, why was he surrendered to ICC?

A day before the International Criminal Court issued a warrant for former President Rodrigo Duterte, a Department of Justice task force had already started drafting a crimes against humanity complaint against Duterte. This, according to a document that Senator Imee Marcos showed. 

• Inflation further slows to 1.8% in March amid subsiding rice, vegetable prices

The Philippine Statistic Authority reports inflation continued to slow to 1.8% in March as vegetable, meat, and rice prices subsided.

• South Korea’s Constitutional Court ousts impeached President Yoon 

South Korea’s Constitutional Court ousts President Yoon Suk-yeol Friday, April 4. It upholds the parliament’s impeachment motion over Yoon’s short-lived imposition of martial law in 2024.

• ‘I want my child to feel safe’: Lea Salonga on supporting trans son Nic Chien

Filipino broadway star Lea Salonga shares her experience as a mother and an ally to her trans son Nic Chien.-Rappler.com