MB Rundown: 4th week of August 2019

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Here is this week’s #MBRundown:

1. Ex-Calauan Mayor Sanchez’s release sparks widespread condemnation online
2. Disqualified Duterte Youth nominee Cardema posts alleged screenshots of text messages between him and an alleged emissary of COMELEC Comm. Guanzon
3. Brazil’s president Jair Bolsonaro blames NGOs for the Amazon rainforest fires
4. Ex-DFA chief Yasay faces arrest for violating the country’s banking laws
5. Former environment chief and philanthropist Gina Lopez dies due to brain cancer