MANILA – The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and its armed wing, the New People’s Army (NPA), must surrender those behind the anti-personnel mine (APM) blast that killed a college football player and his cousin. Davao del Norte Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez on Friday said a mere apology without accountability is “unacceptable”. In a statement, Alvarez said the NPA’s admission in the June 6, 2021 Masbate blast, which killed Far Eastern University football player Kieth Absalon and his cousin, Nolven, should conclude in justice and prosecution. “The problem of insurgency has once again resulted in the deaths of civilians and
MANILA – The Bureau of Customs (BOC) on Friday reported that it has already cleared the latest shipment of over 3 million coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccines that recently arrived in the country. In a statement, the bureau’s Port of Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) reported that a total of 3,074,410 doses, which arrived on Wednesday and Thursday at the NAIA Terminals 2 and 3, were expeditiously approved for release. The first importation consisting of 111,150 doses of Pfizer-BioNtech vaccines arrived in NAIA Terminal 2 on Wednesday at around 8:30 p.m., via flight AHK457/LD457. Upon arrival, the vaccines were immediately
MANILA – The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Friday asked the Makabayan bloc to stop insisting on the Comprehensive Agreement on Respect for Human Rights and International Humanitarian Laws (CARHRIHL) because the country already has Republic Act (RA) 9851 or the Philippine Act on Crimes Against International Humanitarian Law, Genocide, and Other Crimes Against Humanity. The DILG earlier slammed the Left-wing bloc for misleading the Absalon family when it asked the family to file a case against the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) with the Joint Monitoring Committee (JMC) under the framework of
MANILA – Prince Charles hailed Filipino medical front-liners in the United Kingdom as the two nations mark 75 years of diplomatic ties. In a special message posted through the page of British Ambassador Daniel Pruce, the Prince of Wales said the UK is “fortunate” to have thousands of Filipino nurses and medical professionals helping in their response against coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). “To these wonderfully selfless people, I wanted to offer my most heartfelt gratitude for the outstanding care and comfort you give to your patients. You have made a truly remarkable contribution to the health and well-being of so
MANILA – Private staff of foreign service personnel are assured of humane working conditions and protection from abuse under new guidelines. On Friday, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and the Department of Labor and Employment signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on cooperation in the deployment of private staff. Private staff are members of the household of foreign service personnel and overseas representatives of government agencies who render full-time domestic work under a private employer-employee relationship. Previously, all private staff endorsed by Foreign Service Personnel and attachés to be deployed to the country of assignment went through the DFA
MANILA – Chief Justice Alexander Gesmundo on Friday said all magistrates of the Supreme Court (SC) and himself have been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). Gesmundo assured SC’s commitment to the health and safety of its workers who continue to perform their duties amid the pandemic. “We requested the National Task Force that we be upgraded to the (priority) category so we were provided with vaccines,” Gesmundo told newsmen during a “Meet The Press” online briefing. Gesmundo said the SC must exert every effort to secure the collective well-being of its personnel. The Judiciary is part of
