Marcos to back filing of case if there’s proof of cyanide use in WPS

Dona Z. Pazzibugan, Julie M. Aurelio - @inquirerdotnet 02/21/2024

The filing of a case in connection with the alleged use of cyanide in Bajo de Masinloc (Scarborough Shoal) allegedly by foreign fishermen, “if there is enough ground to do so,” would be supported by President Ferdinand…

Critics slam new travel policy as added burden

Dempsey Reyes, Jacob Lazaro, Julie M. Aurelio - @inquirerdotnet 08/26/2023

Migrant workers, a human rights group and lawmakers on Friday pressed the Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (Iacat) to scrap its revised guidelines for Filipinos leaving the country which they said violated the Constitution. They said the stricter…

PH virus patients to be given Avigan

Julie M. Aurelio - @inquirerdotnet 05/20/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) has earmarked P18 million for the trial of Avigan, an antiviral medication, on patients suffering from COVID-19. President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday announced the trial in his eighth report…

Chinese culture show on PH gov’t radio hit

Julie M. Aurelio - @inquirerdotnet 05/13/2020

  MANILA, Philippines — A two-year-old program that promotes China’s culture on the government-run radio station is triggering outrage for allegedly pushing Chinese propaganda at a time when the two countries are locked in dispute over the…

Modified quarantine eyed to restart economy

Julie M. Aurelio - @inquirerdotnet 04/29/2020

  MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte may relax quarantine restrictions in low to moderate-risk parts of the Philippines in a phased reopening of the economy while the country tries to beat back the onslaught of the…

Palace: Gov’t may tap AFP vs hardheaded ECQ violators

Julie M. Aurelio - @inquirerdotnet 04/18/2020

The possibility of a martial law-like takeover of the Luzon lockdown should remind the public that President Rodrigo Duterte can compel security forces to impose order if people continue to flaunt quarantine rules, the Inter-Agency Task Force…

Gov’t says virus spread slowed a month after Luzon lockdown

Julie M. Aurelio - @inquirerdotnet 04/15/2020

MANILA, Philippines — The spread of the new coronavirus in the Philippines has slowed a month after the Luzon lockdown, the government reported on Tuesday amid calls for the easing of restrictions and phased business reopenings to…

P50-B pay subsidy approved for middle-income workers

Julie M. Aurelio - @inquirerdotnet 04/15/2020

MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte approved a P50.8-billion wage subsidy program for workers at micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) on Monday after he expressed reservations about a Senate proposal to include more than 5 million…

Duterte: Asean should be ready for future pandemics

Julie M. Aurelio - @inquirerdotnet 04/15/2020

  MANILA, Philippines — Warning that the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) would not be the last pandemic, President Rodrigo Duterte pressed Southeast Asian nations to expand the region’s existing mechanisms to respond to public health emergencies. The…

Duterte may skip Edsa anniversary, again

Julie M. Aurelio - @inquirerdotnet 02/22/2020

President Rodrigo Duterte is likely to skip the 34th anniversary of the Edsa People Power Revolution and just work from home while Filipinos gather to celebrate the bloodless revolution that toppled former President Ferdinand Marcos in 1986.…

Duterte: Gov’t can seize private buildings for use as hospitals

Julie M. Aurelio - @inquirerdotnet 02/05/2020

MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte has served notice that the government would seize privately owned buildings and convert them into emergency hospitals if health authorities were unable to find suitable quarantine facilities in case the new…

Duterte’s reaction to Monsod’s praise: ‘F*** you!’

Julie M. Aurelio - @inquirerdotnet 12/17/2019

MANILA, Philippines — It seems that President Rodrigo Duterte does not take too kindly to praises from his critics. Inquirer columnist Solita Monsod, a former socioeconomic planning secretary, drew the ire of Duterte for a recent column…

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