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Pinamunuan ng Bise Alkalde ang special session ng konseho sa kahilingan na rin ng kaniyang kapatid na si Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio upang mailabas ang natitira pang disaster fund ngayong taon ng lungsod upang matulungan ang mga sinalanta ng nagdaang bagyo. Ngunit ginulat ni Davao City Vice Mayor Paolo ‘Pulong’ Duterte ang mga miyembro ng konseho ng kanilang lungsod na nag-special session sa mismong araw ng Pasko kahapon matapos na ihayag ang kaniyang pagbibitiw sa puwesto. Inanunsyo ng Bise Alkalde ang pagbibitiw sa puwesto kung saan sinabi nito na may pinagdadaanan siyang ‘unfortunate events’ sa kaniyang buhay na mayroong kinalaman sa una niyang asawa na inilarawan nitong ‘my failed first marriage’. Binanggit din nito ang paninira sa kaniyang reputasyon makaraang isangkot sa smuggling scandal sa Bureau of Customs (BOC) at ang away nila ng anak sa unang asawa na si Isabelle. “The other person in this failed relationship is incorrigible (hindi na mababago) and canno...

Lumitaw na noong Abril lamang ng nakaraang taon nag-apply o kumuha ang Meralco ng PSA para sa pitong coal-fired power plants sa iba’t ibang panig ng bansa. Kabilang sa mga kompanyang ito ay ang Redondo Peninsula Energy Incorporated, Atimonan One Energy Incorporated, Central Luzon Premiere Power Corporation, St. Raphael Power Generation Corporation, Global Luzon Energy Development Corporation, Marive­les Power Generation Corporation at Panay Energy Development Corporation. Kung matatandaan, taong 2015 nang iutos ni dating Energy Secretary Jericho Petilla sa lahat ng distributions utilities na sumailalim sa CSP sa pagkuha ng PSA upang matiyak ang seguridad at katiyakan ng presyo ng elektrisidad. Ngunit dahil ni-reset ng ERC commissioners­ ang effectivity date ng CSP sa buwan ng Abril 2016 ay nabigyan umano ang Meralco ng go signal na makakuha ng kanilang energy requirement mula sa pitong coal-powered plants, na makakapag-supply ng kabuuang 3,551 megawatts. Sa depensa naman ng...

USA, Washington DC – Pres. Donald Trump, received the Friends of Zion Award from Dr. Mike Evans founder of the Friends of Zion Museum in Jerusalem. The event was attended by Vice President Pence, Senior Advisors Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump and worlds faith leaders representing over 150 million Christians from around the world globally. During the ceremony Dr. Evans said and declared that: “No president in history has ever built such an alliance for the State of Israel and the Jewish people, and no president has courageously stood up for the State of Israel on the global stage as you had Mr. President. President Trump’s historic recognition of Jerusalem will secure his place in history as the first American president to take that step since the founding of the State of Israel in 1948.” Evans said. President Trumps historic declaration regarding Jerusalem takes its place as one of Israel’s historic millstones from the Balfour Declaration to President Truman’s acceptance of Isra...

On Sunday, Pres. Duterte said: "I do not want to talk to the communists anymore. I have been receiving reports, kayong mga komunista... roaming around everywhere and some of you, I have reports from anywhere, you are into molesting or sexually abusing 'yung mga tao sa bukid. Hinihipo ninyo 'yung mga babae at 'yung iba ninanakaw n'yo ang asawa," Duterte said during the 7th Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual,Transgender (LGBT) gathering in Davao City. President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday accused the New People's Army of committing sexual abuses. "Is that the kind of revolution we have been fighting for 50 years? If you want another 50 years, so be it," Duterte said. "'Di ko talaga... kalokohan na ganon," he added. Pres. Duterte has formally tagged the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and its armed wing, the NPA, as terror groups after he terminated peace negotiations with the communist group. In addition to his speech, Pres. Dute...

On Monday, committee chairman Sen. Richard Gordon said he will invite the former president to explain his side on why the budget for the dengvaxia was rushed. More than ₱3.5 billion funds for the controversial vaccine was released immediately months before Aquino ended his term. Perhaps he feared that he might be finally imprisoned, former President Benigno Aquino III on Tuesday said he is willing to return the money he earned from the Dengvaxia deal. Following President Rodrigo Duterte’s comment that he will ask refund from Sanofi Pasteur, the company that produces that controversial anti-dengue vaccine, Aquino came out of his shell and said he is willing to attend the senate hearing. “Wala namang problema. Willing naman tayong magbalik kung may kailangang ibalik. Hindi lang naman tayo ang direktang nakinabang doon, yong iba nasa kasalukuyang administrasyon din”, Aquino said referring to the kickbacks made by approving the vaccine deal. He did not give details though on how m...

                        Paglilinis ni Lapeña sa BOC inabot ng  100 araw lamang Tiwala at kumpiyansa kung bakit itinalaga ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte si dating Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) chief general Isidro Lapeña upang malinis ang mga katiwalian sa Bureau of Customs (BOC) na hindi nagawa ni dating Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon. Hangad ng Pangulo na magkaroon ng reporma sa isyu ng korapsyon sa Customs na dekada na ang nabibilang. Sa unang araw na maluklok si Lapeña noong Agosto 30, binanggit nito ang marching order ng Pangulo na wakasan ang korapsyon at itaas ang koleksiyon ng bureau. Inilahad ni Lapeña ang kanyang ‘five point prio­rity program’ na ipatutupad upang magkaroon ng pagbabago.                                                           ...

Sinabi kahapon ni Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque na hindi kaagad inihayag ng Sanofi Pasteur na hindi pa ganap na masasabing epektibo ang Dengvaxia. Kaya't hindi palulusutin ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang French pharmaceutical giant na siyang gumawa ng depektibong bakuna kontra dengue. Sinang-ayunan din ng Malacañang ang posisyon ng Department of Health na ibalik ng Sanofi Pasteur ang pondong ipi­nambili ng mga bakuna. Kasabay nito, sinabi ni Roque na pananagutin ng Pangulo ang mga dati at kasalukuyang opisyal na mapatutunayang nagkasala sa pagbili ng anti-dengue vaccine na itinurok sa mga batang mahihirap sa bansa. Ipinahayag ni Philippine Children’s Medical Center (PCMC) Executive Director Julius Lecciones na isang malaking “disappointment” ang inilabas ng French pharmaceutical giant na Sanofi Pasteur na mapanganib ang anti-dengue ­vaccine nito sa mga hindi pa ­dinadapuan ng nasabing sakit. Aniya, napaniwala sila ng Sanofi na ligtas iturok sa mga batang may edad si...

MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) – President Rodrigo Duterte signed a proclamation declaring the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) as a terrorist organization. This was announced by Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque on Tuesday, December 5, during a press briefing. "It's a proclamation declaring the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army a designated, identified terrorist organization under Republic Act (RA) No. 10168," he said in Malacañang. This, Roque said, is due to the "continued violent acts of the CPP-NPA which sow and create a condition of widespread and extraordinary fear and panic among the populace." After Duterte signed the proclamation, Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea, through a memorandum, directed Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II to file a petition with the appropriate regional trial court for the declaration of the CPP-NPA as a terrorist organization. A court decision is n...

Ayon kay Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II, aatasan niya ang National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) para alamin kung nagbigay ng babala ang manufacturer­ na Sanofi Pasteur sa Department of Health (DOH) hinggil sa posibleng panganib na mai­dudulot nito. Magsasagawa rin di umano ng imbestigasyon ang Department of Justice (DOJ) sa P3.5 billion deal sa pagbili ng dengue vaccine kasunod ng pahayag ng Sanofi Pasteur na posibleng naglantad sa mas seryosong sakit ang mga estudyante na hindi pa dinadapuan ng dengue pero nabakunahan pa rin nito. “I will have it investigated and I will prepare ASAP the appropriate department order (DO). Everybody who has some involvement will be included and appropriate charges will be filed against them if warranted,” pagtiyak ni Aguirre. Nabatid na sinuspende na ng DOH ang dengue vaccine program­ kasunod ng pahayag­ ng Sanofi Pasteur na hindi­ dapat ibigay ang Dengvaxia vaccine sa mga indibiduwal na hindi­ pa dinadapuan ng dengue. Nalaman na um...

Nagpahayag ng kani­lang pangamba ang mga magulang ng mga batang naturukan ng dengue vaccine at maging ang mga may edad na nakapagpabakuna matapos aminin ng French multinational pharmaceutical company na delikado at mapanganib sa kalusugan ang ginawa nilang gamot sa mga taong mababakunahan nito na hindi pa dinadapuan ng naturang sakit. Kabilang ang 27-an­yos na si Ana Vicencio ng Galas, Quezon City sa daan-daang tinurukan ng dengue vaccine sa Philippine Children’s Medical Center noong Setyembre 2017. Dumaan pa umano siya sa screening para malaman kung physically fit bago bakunahan ng anti-dengue vaccine na Dengvaxia. “Isinama ko nga ‘yung mga anak ko kasi nga libre pero ako lang ang nabakunahan dahil me­ron silang ubo at sipon. Mabuti na lang pala ay hindi sila umubra noon kundi pati sila ngayon ay kasama sa iniintindi ko,” ayon kay Vicencio. Nabatid na marami rin ang nabakunahan sa Malabon, Navotas at Novaliches, Quezon City. Iginiit nila na dapat gumawa ng paraan ang Depar...