Tag: Medialdea

Palace: Employers, establishments can still require wearing of face shields inside their premises

  (Eagle News) – Malacanang clarified on Friday, Nov. 19, that the use of face shields—while already voluntary in areas under COVID-19 alert levels 3, 2 and 1—could still be required by employers or business establishment owners to their employees or customers while inside their premises. Presidential Spokesperson Karlo Nograles said that this modification is recommended by the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID). “With regard to the voluntary use of face shields […]

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Kris thanks Pres. Duterte, says Aquino family felt his sincerity in condolences to them

Says Malacanang through ES Medialdea “offered everything that we wanted,”     (Eagle News) – Actress Kris Aquino, the youngest sister of former President Benigno Simeon “Noynoy” Aquino III, thanked Malacanang and President Rodrigo Duterte for acknowledging her brother’s service to the Filipino nation. Kris said the Aquino family felt President Duterte’s sincerity in expressing his condolences for the untimely death of her brother. “Maraming salamat sa Malacanang. Maraming salamat kay President Duterte doon sa […]

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Congress convenes first online special session on COVID-19 crisis; tackles emergency powers sought by Malacanang

“We live in very unusual times,” says Executive Secretary Medialdea as he explains needs for emergency powers   (Eagle News) – The House of Representatives convened for the first time online in a special session to address urgent matters, including the grant of emergency powers to President Rodrigo Duterte, to address the country’s needs amid the coronavirus outbreak. The Lower House held the special session on Monday morning, March 23, 2020, with around 20 lawmakers […]

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Palace announces work suspension for gov’t offices, SUCs on Jan. 2

  (Eagle News) – Malacanang announced suspension of work in government office and in state universities and colleges (SUCs) on January 2. In Memorandum Circular 54, Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea directed the suspension of work in government offices, including government-owned or controlled corporations, government financial institutions, state universities and colleges, local government units, and other agencies and instrumentalities on January 2, Wednesday. Medialdea said that only “those agencies whose functions include the delivery of basic […]

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Palace officials call on gov’t employees to help achieve Duterte governance goals

  (Eagle News) – Palace officials on Monday exhorted all government employees, including those in Malacanang, to help achieve the governance goals of President Rodrigo Duterte. During the new administration’s first flag-raising ceremony at the Palace’s Kalayaan Hall grounds, Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea and Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella told palace employees that in order to help President Rodrigo R. Duterte achieve his goals, the support of everybody, particularly those in the government service, will be […]

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