NOW: Palace spokesman Harry Roque holds press briefing in Davao City | via @pia_gutierrez
Roque denies that lockdown will be imposed during Christmas and New Year. | via @jmnpunzalan
@jmnpunzalan Duterte will announce #COVID19 quarantine classifications for January in the last week of December, said Roque. | via @jmnpunzalan
@jmnpunzalan Roque says Philippines is committed to human rights, rule of law; will investigate deaths in drug war. | via @jmnpunzalan
@jmnpunzalan Roque: Ang gobyerno po natin ay patuloy na sisiguraduhin na ang mga karapatan ng mga mamamayan... ay mapapatupad at rerespetuhin ng Estado. | via @jmnpunzalan
@jmnpunzalan Duterte OK'd 2020 service recognition incentive for government employees, including the following conditions, said Roque. | via @jmnpunzalan
@jmnpunzalan Roque on slay of mother and son by a policeman: Kinukondena po natin iyang nangyari sa Tarlac. Lilinawin ko lang po, hindi ito service-related na double murder.
Ang pulis na iyan ay hindi puwedeng mag-invoke ng kahit anong depensa na may kinalaman sa tungkulin ang pagpatay.
@jmnpunzalan Roque: Parurusahan po natin ang pulis na iyan -- no ifs, no buts. Magkakaroon po ng katarungan... Hindi po iyan poprotektahan ng Presidente. | via @jmnpunzalan
Roque reminds policemen: Ang bala ng gobyerno para pagpapatupad ng batas | via @pia_gutierrez
President Duterte told troops to use force only when their lives are in danger, said Roque.
"Hindi po kinukunsinti ng Presidente ang mga gawaing mali," he added. | via @jmnpunzalan
Asian Development Bank country director Kelly Bird: PH government requesting a $325 million loan from the Asia Pacific Vaccine Access Facility to finance its vaccination program | via @pia_gutierrez
Roque: Alam naman natin kung sinong nasa likod n'yan--yung mga gahaman sa kapangyarihan at hindi makahintay sa 2022. | via @jmnpunzalan
Will Duterte junk order for cops to carry guns while off-duty?
Roque: Hindi po. Isang bugok lang po ang pulis na 'yan (na pumatay sa mag-ina sa Tarlac); hindi naman lahat ng pulis ay gaya niya. Ang baril ay para sa proteksyon ng kapulisan, hindi sa personal na kaaway.
President Duterte will address the public this Monday night, says Roque. | via @jmnpunzalan
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Nobody said "kill, kill, kill," claims Sen. Ronald dela Rosa to defend PNP from criticisms that there's a culture of impunity within the force following the killing of Sonia and Anton Gregorio in Tarlac.
Below are some of President Duterte's earlier messages to police, military:
"I will protect you. I will not allow one policeman or one military to go to jail."
- President Rodrigo Duterte in 2016 promising to "protect" policemen and soldiers who are at the forefront of the administration's war on drugs bit.ly/2KPRZPr
“My orders are sa pulis pati military... na pagka ginulo at nagkaroon ng okasyon na lumaban at ang buhay ninyo ay nalagay sa alanganin, shoot them dead. Naintindihan ninyo? Patay." bit.ly/3aEnRhK
President Rodrigo Duterte approved on Tuesday night the temporary suspension of all flights from the United Kingdom starting December 24, 2020, 12:01AM until December 31, 2020, according to Spox Harry Roque | via @joycebalancio
@joycebalancio Roque: All passengers who have been in the UK within fourteen (14) days immediately preceding arrival to the Philippines, including those merely in transit, are also temporarily restricted from entering the country for the same period. | via @joycebalancio
@joycebalancio Roque: Passengers already in transit from the UK and all those who have been to the UK within 14 days immediately preceding arrival to the Philippines, who arrive before 12:01AM of Dec. 24, 2020, shall not be subject to entry restriction... | via @joycebalancio
EXPERTS CONFIRM: COVID-19 SURGE IN NCR HAS BEGUN. This as the country posted its highest daily rise in coronavirus-related fatalities in the last two weeks.
Here's today's quick rundown of news on the pandemic (December 22, 2020).
• With 1,314 additional coronavirus infections, PH's total caseload rises further to 462,815