#NewsPatrol Balikan ang mga malalaking balitang dapat mong tutukan ngayong Lunes, Nobyembre 14, 2022:
• Nakabalik na sa Pilipinas si Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos Jr. pasado hatinggabi ng Lunes mula sa Cambodia kung saan siya dumalo sa 40th at 41st ASEAN Summits. abscbn.news/3AccxIq
• Binisita rin ni Pangulong Marcos Jr. ang Filipino community sa Cambodia at nagbigay-pugay sa mga Pinoy na nagtatrabaho sa bansa. abscbn.news/3E3GPyf
• Hindi pa nakakapagdesisyon si Pangulong Marcos Jr. kung dadalo siya sa World Economic Forum sa Switzerland sa Enero 16-20, 2023. abscbn.news/3AeuwOx
• Nakapagtala ang Pilipinas nitong Linggo ng 1,858 bagong kaso ng #COVID19 kung saan 349 dito ay mula sa Metro Manila. abscbn.news/3EsPLP9
• Sa halip na makipag-negosasyon sa Russia para sa langis, ang Pilipinas ay dapat makipag-ugnayan sa Indonesia tungkol sa coal deal, ayon kay Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian. abscbn.news/3GhnRab
• Wagi sa ikatlong sunod na pagkakataon ang Gilas Pilipinas sa 2023 FIBA World Cup matapos talunin ang koponan mula Saudi Arabia. abscbn.news/3Gew3bg
DBM: Government personnel to receive year-end bonus, cash gift starting Nov. 15. | via @wddeguzman
@wddeguzman DBM Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman: The release of the year-end bonus and cash gift is provided naman po under our GAA for this year. For sure, many of our fellow government workers have been looking forward to this. | via @wddeguzman
@wddeguzman DBM: We wish to remind our fellow government workers to budget and spend wisely, as what we would always promote here at the DBM. | via @wddeguzman
Happening now: The 2022 European-Philippine Business Dialogue. A full house following the better than expected Q3 GDP print. | via @wddeguzman
@wddeguzman HE Luc Veron, EU ambassador to the Philippines: EU is now considering the resumption of one of the Free Trade Agreement talks with ASEAN members. No decision yet on if it will be Malaysia, Thailand, or the Philippines. | via @wddeguzman
@wddeguzman Veron: In the case of the Philippines, compliance with GSP+ remain a fundamental element of this reflection. We look forward to further movement from PH government on this. | via @wddeguzman
Before departing for Geneva, SOJ Remulla had said he will share Marcos admin’s goal of delivering “transformational reform of its justice and law enforcement sectors” including efforts to decongest jails, improve case build-up and strengthen witness protection. | via @mikenavallo
@mikenavallo Various human rights groups have urged UN Human Rights Council member states to not fall into the trap of giving the new Marcos admin a clean slate, pointing out killings continue and persecution and attacks on critics, activists persist. | via @mikenavallo
@mikenavallo On Nov 4, UNHRC released its report on PH human rights situation. Among its findings, the “continued failure” of PH authorities to “promptly, effectively and independently” probe EJKs. It called on PH govt to cooperate with ICC, intl HR mechanisms. | via @mikenavallo
LOOK: Forensic pathologist Dr. Raquel Fortun on Saturday went to Eastern Funeral Services in Muntinlupa City to inspect over a hundred unclaimed bodies of deceased persons deprived of liberty from New Bilibid Prison. | via @michael_delizo
@michael_delizo Of the 166 remains still at the funeral home, only 50 bodies are “suitable for examination,” while others are “mummified.” | via @michael_delizo
@michael_delizo Fortun on the situation of dead inmates: Kawawa yung patay. Come one, give them dignity. Maraming puwedeng pag-aralan dito. Kasi ang tanong ko, ba’t namamatay ang mga preso? Ang dami? Compared to other institutions, hindi maganda itong record na ito. | via @michael_delizo
The nutribuns, said to be fortified with protein, Vitamins A, B1, & C from various vegetables, will be given to 1,000 poor children dubbed “barangay nutrition scholars” in Tanay over the coming weeks to address & prevent malnutrition. | via @anjo_bagaoisan
@anjo_bagaoisan Sen. Marcos describes the nutribuns they give out as now “leveled up”, with flavors such as ube & chocolate, protein-enriched porridge for babies & dried powder versions for disaster relief.
A “nutri-bus” was also launched to facilitate distribution. | via @anjo_bagaoisan
@anjo_bagaoisan Sen. Marcos asks adults in the audience who got to eat nutribuns as kids. She credits what she called her parents’ project for keeping children healthy during the Marcos era.
The nutribuns that came to PH in the 1970s started out as malnutrition relief from USAID.