(UPDATES) FILIPINO folk singer Socorro Avelino, or Coritha, known for her protest song "Oras Na," died on Friday.

Her partner and friend, Luisito Santos, informed broadcaster Julius Babao in a phone call that the singer died at 7:50 p.m. on Friday night. She was 73 years old.

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