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PNP chief confers PRO1 with PNP PGS institutionalized unit
By Mar T. Supnad CAMP BGEN OSCAR M FLORENDO, La Union – Police Regional Office 1 was officially conferred as the first institutionalized PNP unit under the PNP Performance Governance System at the National Headquarters, Camp BGen Rafael T. Crame, Quezon City last Sept. 28. The conferment was officiated by the 24th Chief of the…
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US Embassy turns over tents
US Embassy officials led by Capt. Seth Thomas (right), Team Leader, Civil Military Support Element, turns over Isolation Tents to Zambales Governor Hermogenes Ebdane (not in photo), Police Director Col. Ponce Rogelio I. Peńones Jr., and PHO officials during simple ceremonies held at PRMMH, Iba, Zambales on September 29.
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Metro mayors hint at NCR shift to MGCQ in November
By Fernan Angeles METRO Manila mayors appear confident that they would be able to institute local protocols in November, when contamination in the National Capital Region would have been flattened. Metro Manila Council chairperson Edwin Olivares said that only then would Metro Manila be able to shift to modified general community quarantine (MGCQ), the least…
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Sandigan rules to keep Enrile’s aide in jail
By Fernan Angeles NOT even humanitarian grounds amid the pandemic compelled the Sandiganbayan to consider issuance of provisional release to Jessica “Gigi” Reyes who is facing a P172-million plunder case in connection with the P10-billion pork barrel scam. In a 50-page ruling dated September 29, the anti-graft court ruled that Reyes failed to present evidence…
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Yolanda victims’ housing units ready before 2022 elections
By Fernan Angeles A TOP government official hinted at the completion of some 26,000 housing units for families displaced by typhoon Yolanda seven years ago, before the 2022 elections. In a hearing called for by the Commission on Appointments, Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development Secretary Eduardo Del Rosario admitted that thousands of housing…
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Frontliners don’t need travel pass, says official
By Fernan Angeles PROVINCE-BASED medical frontliners and employees of industries cleared to operate during the community quarantine are not required to get a travel pass to board Metro Manila-bound passenger buses. Task Force Covid Shield commander Lt. Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar made the clarification amid reports that all passengers boarding buses heading to Metro Manila…
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Senate passes coco levy trust fund bill on Second Reading
The Senate on Monday Sept. 29 passed on second reading a bill that seeks to create a trust fund for coconut farmers in the country through the selling of assets procured through the coco levy fund. Under Senate Bill No. 1396 or the “Coconut Farmers and Industry Trust Fund Act,” the government is mandated to…
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Kathryn Bernardo and Daniel Padilla get real about marriage
Kapamilya stars Kathryn Bernardo and Daniel Padilla are talking about getting married during the pandemic. Collectively known as KathNiel, the stars finally broke their silence on rumors that they are taking the plunge. In an exclusive interview for TV Patrol Monday night, KathNiel confirmed that they are really getting married not in real life but…
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Duterte wants to abolish PhilHealth
By Fernan Angeles MASSIVE, organized corruption at the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation may have pushed President Rodrigo Duterte too hard that he is now seriously considering on its abolition. “I’m going to propose to Congress to abolish [it],” Duterte said in a pre-recorded speech that aired Monday night. Duterte also dismissed calls for its privatization…
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NCR remains under GCQ
By Fernan Angeles METRO Manila, the epicenter of the deadly coronavirus disease that has caused the death of over 5,000 Filipinos, will remain under general community quarantine for the entire month of October. In a televised meeting with the President, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III himself made the announcement on the areas that would be…