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(Eagle News) — The Department of the Interior and Local Government has ordered over 100 local government units to explain why they failed to submit the required 10-year solid waste management plans to the Solid Waste Management Commission and to the DILG. Assistant Secretary Jonathan Malaya said in an interview over CNN Philippines on Thursday, Feb. 7, that the 108 LGUs in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao have ten days upon receipt to respond to the […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered a “vigorous campaign to promote the complete immunization of children,” the Palace said on Thursday, Feb. 7. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the President gave the order during the Cabinet meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 6. Duterte’s order came on the day the Department of Health declared a measles outbreak in Metro Manila. A day later, the DOH expanded its declaration to other areas–Ilocos Region, Cagayan Valley, Central […]
(Eagle News) — Tinawag na “media blitz” ni Public Attorney’s Office (PAO) Chief Atty. Persida Rueda Acosta ang paninisi sa kaniya ng Department of Health (DOH) na kaya nagkaroon ng measles outbreak ay dahil sa pagsisiwalat niya na marami ang namatay sa dengue vaccine na Dengvaxia. Maging si DOH secretary Francisco Duque III ay tinukoy si Acosta kaya’t marami ang natakot na magpabakuna kontra tigdas. Giit ni Acosta, hindi siya ang dapat sisihin kundi ang […]
Nat’l ID system to start in September this year, gov’t says (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered government agencies to choose the “best and safest system in the implementation of the national ID system,” the Palace said on Thursday, Feb. 7. In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the President gave the order during the 34th Cabinet meeting in Malacanang on Wednesday, Feb. 6. During the meeting, Panelo said National Statistician Lisa Bersales […]
(Eagle News)– The Commission on Elections has postponed the canvassing of votes cast by residents of certain areas in Lanao del Norte and North Cotabato in the Bangsamoro Organic Law plebiscite. The Comelec on Thursday, Feb. 7, said the canvassing would take place at 2 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 11, instead, as the certificates of canvass have yet to reach the Comelec main office in Manila. On Feb. 6, residents of six municipalities of Lanao del […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Health has expanded the areas covered by its measles outbreak declaration on Wednesday, Feb. 6. Apart from Metro Manila, the declaration now covers Ilocos Region, Cagayan Valley, Central Luzon, CALABARZON, MIMAROPA and Bicol Region. “We are expanding the outbreak (declaration) as cases have increased in the past weeks…,” Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said in a press conference on Thursday, Feb. 7. According to the DOH, from Jan. 1 to […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Justice has ordered the indictment of Rappler Inc.’s executive editor Maria Ressa and two others for cyberlibel in connection with an article that alleged then-Chief Justice Renato Corona, during his impeachment trial, had been using a sport utility vehicle lent to him by a “controversial” businessman. In a 7-page resolution dated Jan. 10 but received only by parties on Feb. 4, the DOJ ordered for Rappler Inc. and its […]
(Eagle News) — The House of Representatives on Wednesday, Feb. 6, approved on second reading a bill that requires senior high school students to undergo the Reserved Officers Training Program program to graduate. Under House Bill 8961, only Grade 11 and 12 students who are unfit–whether physically or physiologically— may be exempted from undergoing the program if they secure a certification from the Armed Forces of the Philippines Surgeon General or a medical officer. Those who may also […]
(Eagle News) — The Senate on Wednesday, Feb. 6, approved the transfer of ownership of Mindanao Islamic Telephone Co. Inc. (Mislatel Inc.) to its partners in the consortium that was named the third telecommunications player in the country. Only three senators–Senator Panfilo Lacson, Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon and Senator Risa Hontiveros—voted against making Mislatel Consortium–composed of Dennis Uy’s Udenna Corp., China Telecommunications Corp. and Chelsea logistics Holdings Corp.—the owner of Mislatel Inc. Drilon had […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Wednesday, Feb. 6, reiterated whoever violates the law will have to be held liable regardless of social status and political affiliation. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo issued the statement after a House of Representatives joint panel recommended the filing of charges against former President Benigno Aquino III, former Budget Secretary Florencio Abad and former Health Secretary Janette Garin, among others, over the Dengvaxia mess. Panelo said the Palace deferred to the decision, which he […]
(Eagle News) — The bicameral conference committee has approved a measure that seeks to penalize catcalling and wolf-whistling, among others. If signed into law, the Safe Spaces Act will also penalize “unwanted invitations,” misogynistic comments, among others, that are “unwanted and threaten one’s sense of personal space and physical safety.” It will also expand the Anti-Sexual Harassment Act of 1995 that penalizes acts of sexual harassment committed “between peers and those committed to a superior officer […]
(Eagle News) — A joint committee that looked into the shipment of shabu found in magnetic lifters last year has cleared former Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapeña of any liability. The committees on dangerous drugs and good government, and public accountability instead recommended the filing of charges for violation of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 against Jimmy Guban, former Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency deputy director general for administration Ismael Fajardo Jr. and former Senior […]
