@alexisbromero Roque says President Duterte will visit Cotabato today. In an earlier radio interview, Roque says the President will deliver a message to the BIFF, which seized a market in Maguindanao last weekend. | @alexisbromero
@alexisbromero Roque says President Duterte has declared a state of calamity throughout the Philippines due to the African Swine Fever. | @alexisbromero
@alexisbromero Roque on detection of Indian variant in the Philippines: 'Di pa siguradong may community transmission. Matindi ang ating pag-iingat...Ito ang dahilan bakit natin pinatataas ang healthcare capacity. | @alexisbromero
@alexisbromero Roque on debate on West Phl Sea row: Walang tigil ang pagpupula ng mga kritiko, 'di naman pwedeng manahimik ang Presidente...Pero tama 'yun sa panahon ng pandemya, isantabi ang pulitika. | @alexisbromero
@alexisbromero President Duterte has signed Executive Order No. 133 increasing the minimum access volume (MAV) for pork meat. The MAV of pork meat for this year was increased to 254,210 MT from 54,210 MT. | @alexisbromero
In a DZMM interview, Carlo Montehermozo, the Pangasinan fisherman who asked President Duterte during the 2016 campaign debate in Dagupan about the Scarborough Shoal, called Duterte a "joke" of a president. | @mjaysoncayabyab
@mjaysoncayabyab He was sought by DZMM for his reaction to President Duterte's statement that his 2016 campaign promise to ride a jetski to Scarborough Shoal was a joke and that those who had believed him are stupid. | @mjaysoncayabyab
@mjaysoncayabyab "Eh ang alam nami sir kaming mangingisda, matutulungan sa sinabi ko sa kaniya. Yun pala joke lang pala sinabi niya don. Kaming mangingisda dito, masama loob namin. Joke joke lang sinabi samen noon," the fisherman in Infanta Pangasinan says. | @mjaysoncayabyab
Hong Kong officials have dropped a plan to mandate foreign domestic workers be vaccinated against the coronavirus, after it was criticized as discriminatory. | @AP
@AP Officials initially proposed the plan after a foreign domestic worker tested positive for a coronavirus variant in April, with an unknown source of infection.
@AP The plan was dropped after officials assessed public health needs, as well as the legal issues that may arise if they made vaccinations mandatory, Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said at a regular news briefing Tuesday.
A biker shared his experience on Saturday at Dunkin’ Philippines' first drive-thru branch located along Visayas Avenue, Quezon City. (Photos courtesy of Henry Tuason Macasiano)
“The experience was overall good. One, we don’t have to park and lock our bikes outside just to buy inside the shop,” uploader Henry Tuason Macasiano told The Philippine STAR.
"Two, the bike table amenity outside also allowed us to eat conveniently, again without having to leave our bikes. And lastly, the al fresco bike table is much safer these days. The guard/staff also disinfected the table after our use," he added.
During his visit in Cotobato, Duterte inspected 1,000 assorted firearms and ammunition recovered from operations January to May this year. He was accompanied by 6ID Commander MGen. Juvymax Uy. | @xtinamen
@xtinamen Duterte: BIFF and allied terrorists are waging a war against each other, against local government, against the Armed Forces of the Philippines, this cannot go on... | @xtinamen
@xtinamen Duterte said if he gives an order for an all out offensive, it will be bloody, it will be sad. | @xtinamen
@alexisbromero Roque says Duterte admin not deflecting blame on West Philippine Sea issue, claims the Palace is just answering the allegations of critics. | @alexisbromero
@alexisbromero Roque: Nalulungkot kami na patuloy na negatibo ang GDP figures at nagagalak at the same time, from -8 e -4 na po ibig sabihin unti-unti na tayong umaahon. | @alexisbromero
Authorities in eastern China hunted Monday for the last of three leopards that escaped from a safari park, which faced strong public criticism for concealing the breakout for nearly a week. | @AP
The leopards escaped from Hangzhou Safari Park on April 19 during a handover between zookeepers due to a lapse in operating procedures, officials said at a news conference Monday.
Hangzhou Deputy Mayor Wang Hong said police received calls that leopards were spotted last Thursday and Friday but the safari park denied any had escaped.