ICYMI: DTI Sec. Ramon Lopez in Laging Handa Briefing:
There were 1.5 million individuals who lost their jobs during the recent ECQ while 500,000 workers went back in their jobs during MECQ. | @roylizsoriano
@roylizsoriano Lopez on food delivery fake bookings: We encourage online payment to avoid fake bookings. | @roylizsoriano
@roylizsoriano Lopez: We proposed for the registration of sim cards for the traceability of the buyers to avoid "fake buyers." | @roylizsoriano
@roylizsoriano Philippine Anti-Corruption Commission Chairman Greco Belgica also joined the Laging Handa Briefing. | @roylizsoriano
@roylizsoriano PACC on offices that will not cooperate in 'anti-corruption' project: Of course they will be the targets of our investigation, because why won't you want to cooperate on the campaign that the President is leading. | @roylizsoriano
LOOK: VP Leni Robredo shares the story of Mary Lorraine Pingol, the nurse who went viral for helping a homeless woman deliver a baby on a sidewalk in Barangay Bangkal, Makati City last August 2020. 📷OVP; Bangkal Makati | @JMRiveraINQ
@JMRiveraINQ Robredo said that other than being known for her act of heroism, Pingol's life is also a story of hope.
According the her, it was in 2013 when Pingol was diagnosed with Leukemia and had to quit her job as a nurse. | @JMRiveraINQ
@JMRiveraINQ "Pansamantala mang iniwan ang trabahong ito para sa kalusugan, patuloy siyang nanilbihan sa iba’t ibang paraan—bilang language teacher, retail employee, at caregiving lecturer, hanggang sa maging caregiver mismo sa Japan," wrote Robredo on Friday, April 16. | @JMRiveraINQ
LOOK: Inspired by the Maginhawa Community Pantry initiated by Ana Patricia Non, residents of Matiyaga Street also in Diliman, Quezon City started their own version of the project. | 📷 Elijah San Fernando via @KarenNgINQ
@KarenNgINQ Netizen Elijah San Fernando posted a photo of the newly-opened pantry in their area which contains free vegetables from farmers of Paniqui, Tarlac and Magsasaka party-list.
@KarenNgINQ “Prior to this initiative, naglulunsad na rin kami ng pamimigay ng gulay sa workers and poor communities,” San Fernando said. “Yung mga gulay ay yung itatapon na sana dahil sa oversupply pero nagawan ng paraan na ibigay na lang sa mga nangangailangan.”
DILG Usec. Malaya says 31 percent of aid for NCR has been distributed to 3.4M beneficiaries | @LeilasINQ
@LeilasINQ Malaya says DILG is trying to confirm reports that aid beneficiaries in San Jose Del Monte had been asked to sign a waiver before receiving the govt assistance. | @LeilasINQ
@LeilasINQ LTFRB Executive Director Bolano says 80 percent of traditional jeepneys have been able to return to their routes. He says almost 40,000 traditional jeepneys are operating in NCR. | @LeilasINQ
DILG Usec. Jonathan Malaya in Laging Handa Briefing: Nasa 31 percent na tayo, 3.4 million beneficiaries na po ang ating nabigyan ng ayuda. | @roylizsoriano
@roylizsoriano Malaya on waiver for aid assistance in San Jose Del Monge: Let me emphasize, wala pong ibang lugar na nagrequire ng waiver, di umano except San Jose Del Monte. Kaagad agad lo chineck namin yung executive order na in-issue ng mayor (1/2) | @roylizsoriano
READ: Presidential spokesman Harry Roque said market vendors, grocery workers, commuter transport workers, security guards, religious leaders, food service delivery workers are among those included in A4 priority sectors for COVID vaccination. | @LeilasINQ
@LeilasINQ The IATF also approved the extension of the risk-level classification of Quirino Province under Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine until April 30, 2021, says Roque. | @LeilasINQ
@LeilasINQ The IATF also approved the continuation of the training of the national athletes at the Olympic Training Bubble in Calamba, Laguna. | @LeilasINQ