Roque: 57 percent pa po available sa ICU beds, 57 percent pa isolation beds, 64 percent pa sa ward beds, 76 percent pa sa ventilators. | via @alexisbromero
Bravo: Nagkaroon tayo ng vaccine hesitancy. Ano nangyari nung 2018? Bumagsak ang ating immunization... marami [na] nagkaroon ng measles namatay dahil di nagpabakuna. | via @alexisbromero
Roque on China vaccine: Before it becomes available... our own FDA must check the details, ano kailangan gawin... Posibleng buskahin din nila kung tama proseso ginawa pa mabigyan nila ng lisensya. | via @alexisbromero
Bravo: Maski meron daw bakuna, hindi pa rin natin dapat alisin yung wear a mask, wash our hands, distancing. Yung bakunang yun, di pa tayo sure kung safe yan o efficacious sa ating kabayayan. | via @alexisbromero
Bravo: Di pa natin nakikitang tama yung procedure... Yung mga bakuna laban sa China, di pa tayo nagkakaroon ng bakuna na galing sa China. | via @alexisbromero
Bravo: Kailan tayo mag-new normal? We just have to be optimistic that we don't transmit the virus. The way forward is to stop the virus from being transmitted. | via @alexisbromero
Bravo: We should rely on scientific data to be produced. Di ko naman sinasabi masama yung Chinese vaccines... As of now I know for a fact na ang advance in phase 3 studies yung Pfizer at Moderna. | via @alexisbromero
Roque on whether President Duterte will disclose the names of lawmakers involved in corruption: Iwan na po natin yang desisyon na yan kay Presidente. Wala pang nasusumite ang PACC as of now. | via @alexisbromero
Roque on PhilHealth's debt: They (DOJ) cannot issue (an opinion on) whether it would be paid because it's subject to completion of requirements, accounting rules. | via @alexisbromero
Roque on preparing cold storage facilities for COVID-19 vaccines: The ball is rolling, ang DOH may sapat na karanasan sa pagdistribute ng vaccine. | via @alexisbromero
Roque: The President already spoke through Defense Sec. Delfin Lorenzana... ang sabi ni Sec. Lorenzana huwag kayo magred-tagging kung wala kayo ebidensiya. Manahimik na lang. | via @alexisbromero
Roque: Evacuees should not be placed in facilities used as quarantine sites... those with symptoms... should be isolated from the population being evacuated. | via @alexisbromero
Roque says DOH in consultation with eight private laboratories with combined testing capacity equivalent to testing conducted by Philippine Red Cross. | via @alexisbromero
Roque to private testing laboratories: Huwag kayo mag-alala di kayo mapi-PRC. Subject to reimbursement ng PhilHealth ang tests ng OFWs. | via @alexisbromero
Roque: The concept of a vaccine czar has been discussed. In fact, two months ago the President designated one kaya lang ayaw magpa-announce nung taong yun until the President reiterates na dinesignate nga siya. | via @alexisbromero
CONTEXT: In 2007, Malacañang suspended for six months a regional director of the Department of Education for her failure to submit a true and complete SALN.
Failure to file a SALN is punishable by either suspension or dismissal.
CONTEXT: While Duterte has not made public his SALN for three years now, former Chief Justice Renato Corona was impeached in 2011 for violation of the Constitution when he failed to disclose his SALN to the public.
HAPPENING NOW: The committees on public accounts and good government and public accountability continue hearing on alleged PhilHealth anomalies.
They are expected to approve today the committee report on the congressional probe. | @XaveGregorio
@XaveGregorio Rep. Jose Antonio Sy-Alvarado on today's proceedings: Isang araw ng mga pasabog ang mangyayari. | via @XaveGregorio
Rep. Michael Defensor says some of the recommended cases to be filed against allegedly erring officials are administrative charges, violations of the Revised Penal Code, graft and corruption, syndicated estafa and plunder. | via @XaveGregorio
President Rodrigo Duterte, who promised to end corruption in the country as early as 2016, said he will dedicate his last years in office to fighting corruption because it keeps getting stronger.
In February this year, Duterte admitted that he cannot stop corruption.
CONTEXT: In his campaign period and during his first year in office, Duterte claimed he will get rid of “corruption, criminality, and drugs” in three to six months, and told Filipinos to kill him if he doesn’t.
Duterte: Hindi po ako naniniwala na wala akong magawa, may magawa ako. With the cabinet members, we can come up with a strong stand vs corruption. Eradication may be a part of that. | via @xtinamen
"He better file a case in court or shut up if he has no evidence to show," House Minority Leader Joseph Paduano (Abang Lingkod party-list) says of Lt. Gen. Parlade's repeated accusations against members of the Makabayan bloc. | via @XaveGregorio
"We all know that intelligence information gathering is part of military duty, but we cannot allow Parlade to sow fear or even threaten people he merely suspects to have communist links," Paduano also says in a statement.
Paduano says "he expects the entire House to take action on the issue."
JUST IN: DFA Sec. Teddy Locsin says the Philippine Ambassador to Brazil has been recalled to explain supposed maltreatment of her service staff. | via @patriciaviray
@patriciaviray DFA: The Department of Foreign Affairs has instructed the Philippine Ambassador to Brazil to return home immediately following release of video footages showing her berating and mistreating her household staff. | via @patriciaviray
DFA: The household staff left Brasilia on October 21 and is back in the Philippines. The DFA is reaching out to her to ensure her wellbeing and cooperation in the investigation. | via @patriciaviray