JUST IN: The Department of National Defense (DND) has ordered the AFP to probe the incident involving a Filipino vessel carrying an ABS-CBN news team that was chased by armed Chinese ships in the West Philippine Sea. | @CMRamosINQ
@CMRamosINQ DND spokesperson Arsenio Andolong: We are concerned for the safety of anyone — unarmed civilians — at sea. As such, we view the report with concern. | @CMRamosINQ
@CMRamosINQ AFP spokesperson Maj. Gen. Edgard Arevalo: The AFP expresses concern over the report of an alleged harassment by Chinese PLA Navy vessels and a Chinese Coast Guard vessel as reported by a team of journalist on board a watercraft within our EEZ. | @CMRamosINQ
@CMRamosINQ Arevalo: Through the AFP’s Western Command, we are conducting investigation and verifications to establish what transpired. | @CMRamosINQ
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NOW: The Department of Health holds a press briefing with Usec. Rose Edillon of NEDA as guest.
Usec. Edillon shares the sectors included in the A4 priority group for vaccination. | @cgonzalesINQ
@cgonzalesINQ Will media workers be included in the A4 group?
Usec. Edillon: It will now be up to the IATF. As per the recovery cluster, ang tiningnan kasi namin are those who cannot work from home. Final say will come from the IATF. | @cgonzalesINQ
@cgonzalesINQ Health Usec. Maria Rosario Vergeire: Media workers are part of the B classification for vaccine priority. | @cgonzalesINQ
Due to the recent ECQ in NCR plus, BSP Gov. Ben Diokno says the DBCC may revise this month its original forecast of 6.5 to 7.5 percent economic growth. The target may go down to 6 to 7 percent, says Diokno. | @LeilasINQ
@LeilasINQ Diokno says business confidence, economic outlook have improved. But he also says health care, construction, BPO industries should be given support. | @LeilasINQ
@LeilasINQ Diokno says he expects PH economy to recover by 2022 and return to where it was in 2019. He says the speed of economic recovery will also depend on how fast the COVID vaccines could be deployed. | @LeilasINQ
NOW: Senate opens Committee of the Whole investigation into the food security crisis brought about by the African swine fever (ASF) outbreak. The inquiry will also look into the alleged "tongpats" scheme on pork imports. | @CMRamosINQ
@CMRamosINQ Senator Panfilo Lacson, principal author of the resolution that called for the probe, presents annual consumption and supply of pork in PH from 2018 to 2020. | @CMRamosINQ
@CMRamosINQ Lacson: Where’s the shortage? 'Di ba malinaw na higit pa sa sapat ang supply? | @CMRamosINQ
LOOK: A vendor from Quezon City who gives free 'taho' in hope to increase his subscribers on his Youtube channel, received more than what he asked for from Filipinos online. 📷Helios/Twitter; Mary Amoguis | @JMRiveraINQ
@JMRiveraINQ A netizen shared the photo of the vendor named Gimmy Panis Connos, while he was giving a 'taho' on April 10.
Upon seeing the post, Mary Amoguis from Mindanao decided to repost the photos which easily garnered attentions from netizens who were quick to help 'tatay Gimmy.'
@JMRiveraINQ "Hello! kindly subscribe tatay's channel, nagbibigay siya ng taho for free para ma-notice lang," she wrote. | @JMRiveraINQ
JUST IN: The government has downgrades the quarantine classification over Metro Manila and four of its adjacent provinces to a less stringent modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) starting Monday, April 12 , Presidential spokesman Harry Roque says. | @DYGalvezINQ
@DYGalvezINQ Roque says the MECQ period in Metro Manila, Cavite, Bulacan, Laguna and Rizal will end on April 30. | @DYGalvezINQ
@DYGalvezINQ Areas under MECQ also include the city of Santiago in Quirino province, and Abra, Roque adds. | @DYGalvezINQ
The Alliance of Health Workers (AHW) urges CSC and the Ombudsman to investigate NTF-ELCAC spokesperson Lorraine Badoy for calling their group a communist front. | @KAguilarINQ
@KAguilarINQ In her April 7 column for the Philippine News Agency, Badoy claimed AHW is among organizations “created by the CPP-NPA-NDF precisely for the infiltration of government.” | @KAguilarINQ
@KAguilarINQ AHW: This reckless and injudicious statement of Usec Badoy is indeed a shameless insult and an unwelcome statement as health workers for more than a year now are in the frontline risking our lives and health battling the COVID-19 pandemic. | @KAguilarINQ