NOW: President Rodrigo #Duterte addresses the nation
PRRD: For as long as the virus lives in this planet, we are put in real danger.
PRRD: We did not join the government to lie.
PRRD: I hope everybody would listen to reason. Makinig kayo sa rason.
PRRD: I said by December, there will be some, I think trials. Ganito ha, if the vaccine of Russia and China are equally good and effective just like any other vaccine invented by any country, I will buy first.
PRRD: I hope that (with) the Chinese and Russian government, that when we buy, we have to go to a bidding
PRRD: One good thing about China is you do not have to beg
PRRD: We will give preference to Russia and China provided that their vaccine is as good as any order in the market
PRRD: Kung sabihin mo na wala pa iyong vaccine, there is nothing with finality and you want us to make a reservation by depositing money, you must be crazy. Bakit ako magbili ng ganoong style?
PRRD: At the end of the day, what happens is they want you to finance their research and perfection of the vaccine
DOH Sec. Duque reports on COVID-19 cases: Patuloy po ang pagbaba ng trend ng confirmed COVID-19 cases sa ating mga health workers.
DOH Sec. Duque: Sa nakalipas na linggo ang ating moving average para sa isinasagawang test ng ating laboratories ay nasa 36,922.
DOH Sec. Duque: Ang pinakamataas po ay naabot natin last Friday, Sept. 11, umabot po ng 42,258 tests ang naisagawa.
DOH Sec. Duque: As of Sept. 12, nakapag-conduct po tayo ng 3,086,213 total tests
PRRD: What struck my attention was ito sanang appeal to private hospitals to increase the number of beds dedicated to COVID patients.
PRRD: Your help will go a long way. Everybody will remember someday that there was this great epidemic that passed by our lives and we're able to deal with it with a lot of mutual help, tulong ng kababayan.
Sec. Año on SAP anomalies: Sa ating administrative cases, 357 cases ang iniimbestigahan against 416 barangay officials. Ang 93 po ay nai-submit sa Ombudsman.
Sec. Año: 89 pong barangay captains ang pinatawan ng preventive suspension for 6 months
Sec. Año: Ang pinakamataas po na binigyan natin ay ang NCR na may 9,600 [contact tracers].
Sec. Año:Ang Region 3 po mayroong 5,900 contact tracers
Sec. Lorenzana: As of yesterday, mayroong 200,431 na napauwing mga OFWs. Ayon kay Sec. Bello, mayroon pa tayong inaasahang 80,000 na uuwi ngayong taon na ito.
Sec. Lorenzana: Iyong galing sa Sabah, iyong panlimang batch ay darating ng Lunes. 400 ito.
PRRD: Some are still in limbo. Hindi nila alam kung saan sila pupunta. Kung makakauwi pa ba sila o hindi.
PRRD: We have police and military guys who are assigned in different embassies. Kindly check and do a validation report kung mayroon bang Filipino na na-stranded sa inyong lugar.
PRRD: They have not been able to dock at bumaba, itinaboy sila at they are floating.
PRRD: It pains me to realize na nandito ako and I cannot help Filipinos who are struggling even just to exist and not live.
PRRD: A human being should never be a commodity just left there to rot
PRRD: We are trying our best to appeal to the humanitarian sense of the Malaysian government to please help our citizens in your country as we would do for your citizens if they are in our country.
Sec. Galvez: Sa kabuuan po mayroon na po tayong 79 hotels sa ating imbentaryo na may 7,114 beds na maaaring gamitin para sa isolation.
Sec. Galvez: Mayroon po tayong 1,006 na additional COVID-dedicated hospital beds by November 2020.
Sec. Galvez: In my personal opinion, kailangan na po nating i-modernize ang ating healthcare system. Matagal na pong napabayaan ang ating health care system
DOH Sec. Duque: Sinasabi nila (HPAAC), kung babawasan ang 1 metro to .75 meters and at a 50% ridership, ang death rate natin, new cases every day will reach 686 per day.
PRRD on the new distance protocol: You have to take in to account Physics.
PRRD: If you are riding in a bus, ang shield kasi will only protect you from a direct hit.
Sec. Galvez: Sir, I believe it is a matter of risk management po. Sa lahat po ng ginagawa natin, lahat po 'yan ay may risk. If we reduce the 1m distance to 0.75, mayroon po tayong gagawing risk mitigation.
Sec. Galvez: Ang pinaka-vulnerable po ay hindi transport, ang pinaka-vulnerable po ay bahay at saka ang community kasi tinatanggal natin ang mask.
Sec. Año: Doon sa proposal na .75, gagawing .50 at .3, medyo delikado na po iyon. Sumasang-ayon ako sa ating mga health workers, health sectors na ito ay magsisimula ng new spike
PRRD: Mayroon ako ritong report ngayon, galing kay Sec. Guevarra, from the task force that I commissioned to do the investigation. Itong investigation na ito was participated in by the COA and the Ombudsman so that we can move faster.
PRRD reads portion of the task force report: The totality for the evidence presented before the task force presents the reasonable conclusion that wrongful acts or omissions on the part of certain key corporate officers of PhilHealth have been committed:
PRRD: The negligence exhibited by the PhilHealth executive committee gives rise to both criminal and administrative liability
PRRD: While the board chairman exhibited negligence in certain instances, their careless approval of ICT procurement, the ratification of the IRM fund releases on March 2020 and the consent of the modification of judgment in court adjudicated cases
PRRD: The task force recommends that the President strongly admonish and remind the chairman and members of the board of the grave consequence of their action or inaction to PhilHealth fund
PRRD reads portion of report on filing of charges against the following: SVP Aragona, OIC Gabuya, PCEO Morales, SVP Limsiaco, SVP Pargas, among others.
PRRD: Everybody is put in jeopardy by the actions of the officials. I'm sorry for them but they will undergo a trial. Although they can always prove guilt without reasonable doubt.
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Kinumpirma ni Office of Civil Defense-Joint Information Center Head Diego Agustin Mariano na umabot na sa Northern Palawan ang oil spill ng lumubog na tanker na MT Princess Empress sa Oriental Mindoro.
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Ayon kay Mariano, base sa direksiyon ng oil spill patungong southwest, pinangangambahan pa itong lumawak at umabot sa Verde Island Passage na mayaman sa marine biodiversity.
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Dahil sa oil spill, halos buong Oriental Mindoro na ang nagdeklara ng state of calamity kabilang na rin ang bayan ng Caluya sa probinsiya ng Antique.
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TINGNAN: Humarap si Presidential Communications Office Secretary Cheloy Velicaria-Garafil sa Commission on Appointments para sa kumpirmasyon ng kaniyang ad-interim appointment. | via Daniel Manalastas
KAPAPASOK NA BALITA Lusot na sa committee level ng Commission on Appointments ang ad-interim appointment ni Atty. Cheloy Velicaria-Garafil bilang kalihim ng Presidential Communications Office (PCO). | via Daniel Manalastas
PANOORIN: Umani ng papuri sa mga mambabatas si Presidential Communication Secretary Cheloy Velicaria-Garafil nang humarap ito sa Commission on Appointments. (🎥: Commission on Appointments) | via Daniel Manalastas
WEATHER UPDATE: The northeast monsoon or "amihan" is affecting Luzon on Wednesday, March 15, according to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA).
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In its 4:00 a.m. bulletin, PAGASA spotted the low pressure area (LPA) at 265 km east southeast of Davao City.
The LPA will bring cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms in Mindanao and eastern Visayas.
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The weather bureau says Cagayan Valley will experience cloudy skies with rains due to the amihan.
Expect partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms due to the LPA/localized thunderstorms in Bicol region and the rest of Visayas.
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A reporter from Cebu Daily News covering the Pamplona massacre, which involved the slay of Negros Oriental Gov. Roel Degamo and eight other civilians, was killed in a road mishap. (1/4)
Pegeen Sararaña, 24, passed away Monday evening, March 13, a day after she figured in a road accident in San Jose, Negros Oriental Sunday afternoon. (2/4)
Sararaña was onboard her boyfriend, Niel Ian Balcobero's motorcycle, waiting to make a left turn at a crossing in Brgy. Tampi in San Jose when an ELF truck overtook a long-bed truck behind their motorcycle. (3/4)
WATCH: The Presidential Communications Office holds a press briefing with the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Sec. Manuel Bonoan in Malacañang, March 14, 2023.
DPWH Sec. Manuel Bonoan: This morning, I was tasked to give a briefing to the President. First of all, the projects that we have accomplished for the 6 months period of this administration, from July to December.
DPWH Sec. Bonoan: I also presented to the President, actually what projects that are lined up for groundbreaking and the inauguration before the State of the Nation (SONA) of the President in June.
NEWS UPDATE: Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff General Andres Centino spoke on the phone with Australia's Chief of Defense Force General Angus Campbell. | via Bea Bernardo
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Campbell informed the AFP regarding Australia’s transition to conventionally armed, nuclear-powered submarines in collaboration with the United States (US) and the United Kingdom.
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Centino, on the other hand, thanked Campbell for the participation of the Australian Forces in the upcoming PH-US Balikatan exercise, which is scheduled to open on April 11.
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