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(Eagle News) – The Philippine government is investigating reports that COVID-19 vaccines that are supposed to be given for free are being sold in the market. In a statement released by Malacanang, it said that “the National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19 is deeply concerned with reports it has received regarding the illicit selling of anti-COVID vaccines.” “We are investigating this matter,” Malacanang said in a release. “We would like to remind everyone that anti-COVID […]
(Eagle News) — Police Lieutenant Joselito Vera Cruz is the new commander of Joint Task Force COVID Shield. Philippine National Police Chief Debold Sinas named Cruz to the post left vacated by Police Lieutenant General Cesar Hawthorne Binag. Binag is set to retire on April 24. His designation, however, was terminated on April 20. According to the PNP, Vera Cruz will also hold the post of Deputy Chief for Operations effective Tuesday. “As the new […]
Task Force to lead efforts to determine if variant B.1.1.7 has already entered PHL (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte directed the creation of another Task Force, this time, composed of medical experts and scientists directed at studying the new emerging COVID-19 virus strains or variants that are said to be more infectious than before. In his meeting with the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) Saturday night, Dec. 26, Duterte observed […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte assured Filipinos affected by the typhoon Ulysses that his government is doubling efforts to reach out to them, to help them, and provide them immediate assistance. The 75-year old Philippine leader addressed the nation again on Saturday afternoon, Nov. 14, as reports coming in from Cagayan Valley region, particularly from Cagayan and Isabela provinces, showed just how it had been ravaged by Typhoon Ulysses. Affected residents were in the […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Justice will invite the Commission on Audit, the Civil Service Commission and the Ombudsman in the probe of corruption in the entire government. The Department of Justice made the revelation as it announced the task force that would conduct the probe was the same task force that probed the allegations of corruption in PhilHealth. That task force recommended the filing of charges against incumbent and former PhilHealth officials, including then-PhilHealth chief […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte has created a task force to expedite the rehabilitation of Manila Bay. Under Administrative Order No. 16 signed by Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea on Feb. 19, the secretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources is chair of the task force, while the secretaries of the Departments of the Interior and Local Government and of Tourism are the vice-chairpersons. Other members of the task force include the heads of […]
(Eagle News)–Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde has ordered the creation of a special investigation task force to probe the killing of Rep. Rodel Batocabe and his bodyguard. In a statement, Albayalde said the task group was also in order to “mobilize all available resources” for the investigation. “We appeal to the public to immediately report to the police any information that could lead us to the perpetrators and to help us quickly solve the […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, Nov. 7, said he would activate a national task force against illegal drugs, as he reiterated that illegal drugs would play a role in the 2019 elections. He said the task force, which would be activated following the issuance of a memorandum, would be composed of the Philippine National Police, Armed Forces of the Philippines, Philippine Coast Guard, and others. “Tignan mo ngayong eleksyon, makita ninyo ‘yan. Drug money […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has created a task force aimed at “revers(ing) the degradation of Boracay Island.” In signing Executive Order No. 53 on May 8, Duterte noted that the issues surrounding Boracay, “a vital national asset and a source of national pride,” are “no longer a purely local matter but a national concern that needs concerted national and local cooperation and synchronization of plans and programs.” He said that the inter-agency task […]
(Eagle News) — Bumuo ng isang task force si Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu laban sa illegal o small-scale miners. Isinisisi ni Cimatu sa mga illegal miner ang pagkasira ng kalikasan. Ayon naman kay Chamber of Mines of the Philippines Chairman Gerard Brimo, maayos na ngayon ang ugnayan sa pagitan ng DENR at grupo ng mga minero kumpara noong mga nakalipas na taon. Bukod umano kasi sa pag-adopt ng Mineral Association of Canada’s o MAC mining […]
(Eagle News) — Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre said he would create a new task force that will look into the alleged pork barrel scam and the disbursement acceleration program. Aguirre said it was still unclear what the composition of the task force would be. “We are going to conduct the investigation without being influenced by anybody,” Aguirre said, noting that he believed selective justice was practised in the prosecution of certain personalities in the previous administration. […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Inilabas na ng Department of Justice (DOJ) ang kautusan para sa paglikha ng task force na magsasagawa ng hiwalay na imbestigasyon sa pagsabog sa Davao City. Sa Department Order 585 ni Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre inatasan ang mga piling tauhan ng DOJ at National Bureau Investigation (NBI) na makipag-ugnayan sa iba pang law enforcement agencies ng gobyerno na nag-iimbestiga sa Davao bombing noong September 2. Ang task force ay binubuo […]
