Presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo: Given that the Department of Health is overwhelmed with work concerning the health concerns of the nation, President Duterte issued Administrative Order 27... | @JMAurelioINQ
@JMAurelioINQ Panelo: ... For the orderly and swift distribution of personal protective equipment, medical supplies and equipment to hospitals, other beneficiary facilities, groups and establishments. | @JMAurelioINQ
@JMAurelioINQ Panelo: It tasked the Office of Civil Defense to consolidate, make an inventory of, allocate and distribute donated medical supplies and products, including PPEs, received by the any department, office or bureau... | @JMAurelioINQ
@JMAurelioINQ Panelo: ... In order that the Department of Health may focus on its work given its limited personnel and access to transport vehicles. | @JMAurelioINQ
@JMAurelioINQ Panelo: The OCD is assisted by Secretary of National Defense Delfin Lorenzana and his department, as they have the discipline, the personnel and the transport facilities to effect their deliveries to all the hospitals in the shortest possible time. | @JMAurelioINQ
@JMAurelioINQ Panelo: There is a false information being circulated that Administrative Order 27 was issued to provide Senator Christopher Lawrence Go an avenue where he can manage the donations and be given credit for the same. | @JMAurelioINQ
@JMAurelioINQ Panelo: There is also an untrue news that the importation of medical and health items into the country meant for donation are being put on hold at the Bureau of Customs until the good senator places his name to the packages prior to their release and distribution. | @JMAurelioINQ
@JMAurelioINQ Panelo: The spread of these fake information is malicious and obviously done by the negative forces and detractors of the Duterte Administration and its allies, designed to create confusion and foment hate against the government. | @JMAurelioINQ
@JMAurelioINQ Panelo: Senator Go has no access to OCD. And even if he has, by reason of his position, he will not interfere with the task of the OCD, such interference being out of his character. | @JMAurelioINQ
@JMAurelioINQ Panelo: Nor will Department of National Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana allow an intrusion from the outside regarding the work of the Office of the Civil Defense. | @JMAurelioINQ
@JMAurelioINQ Panelo: Sen. Go has his own group of friends who are giving and receiving donations, and delivering them straight to their intended beneficiaries. | @JMAurelioINQ
@JMAurelioINQ Panelo: The Bureau of Customs, on the other hand, is doubling its efforts in order to fast-track the entry of donated items so that it may reach health facilities with dispatch. | @JMAurelioINQ
@JMAurelioINQ Panelo: The national government is not dissuading private organizations and individuals to receive or give donations to hospitals of their choice, as well as to their local government units. They are in fact encouraged as every help from all sectors are welcome. | @JMAurelioINQ
@JMAurelioINQ Panelo: Administrative Order 27 does not prohibit nor discourage such acts. It is meant to streamline the process of donations to the national government in order that health items may timely reach the intended facilities and beneficiaries. | @JMAurelioINQ
@JMAurelioINQ Panelo: The Palace asks netizens to be circumspect in reading text messages or posts they see in their social media feeds. Re-posting or spreading them by word of mouth make them similarly liable for transgression of the law. | @JMAurelioINQ
@JMAurelioINQ Panelo: Let us all unite, not only in action and prayers in defeating this faceless enemy, but also in nipping in the bud any false news or bogus narrative from spreading. | @JMAurelioINQ
