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Dozens of people are feared to have died after a ferry burst into flames off the coast of the Philippines.

Pop singer Vanessa Blanca has died aged 30 following a freak accident in a bathroom.

Tens of thousands of people gathered Monday at Manila’s Quirino Grandstand for the second day of a three-day protest, demanding accountability for alleged corruption in government-funded flood-control projects.

More than one million people have been evacuated and at least one person killed as floodwaters rose in the Philippines before typhoon Fung-wong’s expected landfall on the East Coast.

Tens of thousands rallied in Manila on Sunday against alleged corruption in billions of taxpayer funds lost to “ghost” flood-control projects now under investigation by the Senate and House of Representatives.

Duterte is sought by the International Criminal Court due to his so-called ’war on drugs,’ which rights groups claim resulted in 30,000 deaths.