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(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte read the names of 89 barangay captains who have been preventively suspended due to anomalies in their distribution of social amelioration funds to those affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Duterte said that he had already issued a warning to the barangay captains early on — that they should not touch the funds meant to help poor Filipinos amid the pandemic. “Now, ito suspendido muna for six months then […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte said that senators who had been criticizing government negotiators and even health officials for including vaccines made by China in the Philippine government’s vaccine acquistiion program should look into recent reports about deaths associated with the Pfizer vaccine. Duterte in his latest Talk to the Nation revealed the news on more than 20 elderly people who died in Norway shortly after receiving Pfizer vaccines. “Gusto nyo yung Pfzer […]
Assures that vaccine prices negotiated by Galvez to still pass DOF, ADB scrutiny (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte directed national COVID-19 action plan chief administrator Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., to push through with the gpvernment’s plans on the acquisition of vaccines to avert any delays amid a threat by the Philippine Senate to investigate the government’s vaccine acquisition program. In his talk to the nation, President Duterte said that Galvez, who is also […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte said he wants the next president of the country to be as firm as he is in stopping corruption in government. Duterte said this during Thursday’s (Jan. 14) inauguration of the Metro Manila Skyway Stage 3 project which he said would hopefully ease the “horrendous traffic congestion” in the Philippine capital. The 75-year old Philippine leader said that he wanted to leave a legacy of infrastructure projects that would […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte inaugurated the third stage of the Metro Manila Skyway Project (MMSS-3) built to ease traffic congestion in Metro Manila, saying that with the completion of the project he hoped to make life a bit easier for the Filipinos amid the pandemic. “Today, the life of many may not really be very, very comfortable. But ang hiningi ko lang naman komportable lang na buhay. And if this will continue, […]
Duterte refers to highly infectious COVID strain as “new monster” (Eagle News) – President Rodigo Duterte said that he is hoping and praying that the highly infectious variant B.1.1.7, also known as the United Kingdom strain, is not more dangerous or toxic than previous COVID-19 strains. This was after the Department of Health (DOH) bared that the UK strain had been detected in a Filipino who arrived in the country on Jan. 7 after […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte said that he would reconsider his earlier decision for a total ban on fireworks, for the sake of the livelihood of the residents of Bocaue who are in the fireworks industry. Duterte in his address to the nation late Monday night, Jan. 4, said that he would only allow Bocaue residents to produce fireworks, provided they would only sell these to local government units. Private individuals will no […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte directed the suspension of increase in contributions to the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (Philhealth) saying this is not the proper time for this. Duterte said that he had already directed Philhealth chief Dante Gierran not to implement the scheduled hike this year of Philhealth contributions. “There is a move to increase the contribution ng mga members. At this time of our life, may I just suggest to the […]
(Eagle News) – Malacanang said that it is closely monitoring the situation in the United States which confirmed the entry of the new COVID-19 variant that is said to be more infectious than previous strains. A Palace statement, however, said that the decision to include U.S. among the countries where incoming and outgoing flights are banned would be based on what will be the recommendation of the Department of Health and the Department of […]
New quarantine protocols subject to appeal by LGUs (Eagle News) — Malacanang released the community quarantine classifications for January next year which includes the retention of General Community Quarantine in Metro Manila, Davao City and eight other areas. Aside from Metro Manila and Davao City, the following areas will remain under GCQ: Isabela, Santiago City, Batangas, Iloilo City, Tacloban City, Lanao del Sur, Iligan City, and Davao del Norte. All other areas are still […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte signed into law the P4.5-trillion 2021 national budget that provides funds for the government’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout and infrastructure development for next year. The signing ceremony happened on Monday, Dec. 28, attended by members of the Senate and the House of Representatives. “I stand before you today happy and proud to sign the 2021 General Appropriations Act,” President Duterte said in his message. -P72.5-B budget for COVID-19 vaccine […]
Chinese-made vaccines used not yet registered with FDA (Eagle News) –- The Presidential Security Group defended its move to have its members vaccinated against COVID-19, noting that it needed to ensure that President Rodrigo Duterte would be protected from the highly infectious virus. In a statement, PSG Commander Brig. Gen. Jesus Durante III, said that who were vaccinated were the close-in security of the President since they should not pose as a threat to his […]
