JUST IN. Malacañang says President Duterte was exposed to household member who tested positive for COVID-19. Duterte's RT-PCR test came back negative but he is undergoing quarantine. | via @piaranada
@piaranada NEWS UPDATE: President Duterte was exposed to COVID-19 positive staff on Sunday, January 30. He was tested the next day, January 31, the result was negative. He got tested again on Tuesday, still negative, says Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles. | via @piaranada
@piaranada JUST IN. Malacañang confirms President Duterte recently went to Cardinal Santos Medical Center but only for a ‘routine medical check-up.’ | via @piaranada
In the first episode of #CampaignConvos, we put the spotlight on how candidates are dealing with the spotlight. Who are media-savvy, media-friendly, and media-allergic? #PHVote#WeDecide
Campaign Convos is hosted by Rappler’s campaign reporters covering the top presidential and VP tandems. Every week, we give you kwentuhan, analysis, and inside information, straight from both the physical and virtual campaign trail.
HAPPENING NOW: Retired Comelec Commissioner @rowena_guanzon is the guest of honor at the appreciation night for the Department of Foreign Affairs. | via @margavsmachine
@rowena_guanzon@margavsmachine Rappler CEO Maria Ressa delivers speech during the appreciation night of the DFA for retired Comelec commissioner Rowena Guanzon. | via @newsdwight
Ressa: Bing Guanzon fights fire with fire. Fast forward to today, with her lines clear, she blew the whistle at a pivotal moment in the history of the Comelec. | via @newsdwight
In Comelec press briefing, spokesman James Jimenez says while Marcos Jr. snubbing the televised presidential interview tomorrow may not be a red flag for the poll body, it could be a red flag for voters. #PHVote#WeDecide | via @newsdwight
@newsdwight Jimenez says he will tender his resignation as spokesperson to new acting Comelec chief Socorro Inting. He notes he does this every time there is a change of leadership in the poll body. #PHVote#WeDecide | via @newsdwight
@newsdwight Socorro Inting to preside her first en banc session on February 9, Jimenez says.
Jimenez unable to confirm yet whether there has been a reshuffling of commissioners as mentioned by the now-retired Guanzon, as her statements may have been from an executive session. | @newsdwight
A petition is filed before QC RTC seeking injunction on vaccination for children, says DOH Memo giving State power to give consent "in case parent/guardian refuses to give consent despite the desire and willingness of the minor child" is unconstitutional. | via @lianbuan
@lianbuan Petition, signed by PAO chief Persida Acosta, says DOH rule on State consent power when the parent/guardian refuses violates Family Code clause on parental authority, as well as RA 11525 or Covid Vaccination Program Act because rule "is the same as making vaccination mandatory."
@lianbuan The petition was filed by journalist Dominic Almelor who said he himself has been vaccinated. His co-petitioner Girlie Samonte is mother to two children who had been administered with Dengvaxia.
PAO's anti-dengvaxia cases have been cited as among reasons for vaccine hesitancy.
NOW: Pinas Forward, in partnership with watchdog @PPCRV_live, launches e-Boto, an online voter education platform for the 2022 polls. #PHVote#WeDecide
"Huwag basta-basta, hindi pwedeng kung sinu-sino," the video introduction said. | via @newsdwight
@PPCRV_live@newsdwight Organizers say the e-Boto online platform has a feature where you can type two candidates' name and it will put side-by-side their platforms and stand on issues. #PHVote#WeDecide | via @newsdwight
@PPCRV_live@newsdwight The website appears to be user-friendly. I typed the names of two leading candidates, and it brought me to a page that put their stands on issues side-by-side. #PHVote#WeDecide | via @newsdwight
JUST IN: Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr declines invite to tomorrow's KBP presidential forum, KBP president Herman Basbaño tells @DZMMTeleRadyo. Basbaño says De Guzman, Lacson, Moreno, Pacquiao and Robredo accepted but Marcos declined citing conflict of schedule. | @lianbuan
@DZMMTeleRadyo@lianbuan The forum will not be a debate, says KBP. It is moderated by veteran journalists Karen Davila of ABS-CBN and Rico Hizon of CNN Philippines. Panelists are Ed Lingao (News 5), Roby Alampay (One News), Elmar Acol (Bombo Radyo), and Dan Andrew Cura (FEBC).
Basbaño tells DZMM they have been preparing and sending out invitations since early December. | via @lianbuan#PHVote#WeDecide