Detractors, claiming fake news on the rollout of the Duterte Legacy campaign, are welcome to verify the accomplishments of the administration through concerned government agencies and those communities directly benefiting from its programs. Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Martin Andanar said this on Friday, stressing that these policies and programs support the high approval and trust ratings of President Rodrigo R. Duterte. “We can always verify these. We can visit those piers, airports, and road projects that are now completed. We also have over 21,000 drug-cleared barangays, where we can talk to the residents on how they are now
Speaker Lord Allan Velasco on Friday assured the public that the resignation of Budget Secretary Wendel Avisado would not affect the upcoming deliberations on the proposed 2022 national budget at the House of Representatives. Velasco gave the assurance after Malacañang confirmed that Avisado’s current health condition has prompted him to step down from his post. “While we are saddened by the resignation of Budget Secretary Wendel Avisado, we understand that health must take high priority especially during this time of the pandemic. We wish him well and we hope that this will allow him more time to take care of
A generally fair weather will prevail over the entire archipelago, a weather forecaster of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said Friday. “We are experiencing a monsoon break, which means the country is not being affected by the southwest monsoon,” Aldczar Aurelio of PAGASA said. He added that the ridge of high-pressure area is currently affecting Luzon. “Because of the ridge of high-pressure area, fair weather will be experienced over Luzon. Only isolated rains will be experienced due to localized thunderstorms,” he said. Warm temperature will also be experienced, Aurelio said, with 34 degrees Celsius in Tuguegarao,
The Supreme Court (SC) has upheld the conviction of two Malaysian nationals who were arrested at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) in 2012 while attempting to smuggle illegal drugs tucked in the false bottom of their luggage. In a 17-page decision promulgated on March 24 and recently made available online, the SC’s First Division affirmed the Court of Appeals (CA) guilty verdict in 2018 and sentenced Tamil Selvi Veloo and N. Chandrar Nadarajan to life imprisonment and a fine of PHP800,000 each. “In the present case, we note that the total amount of drugs recovered from the Dibola (brand
The Quezon City government has started adding “family rooms” in their HOPE facilities to accommodate the rising number of children infected with the coronavirus disease 2019, as well as their families or guardians, who may also be positive or will look after them. “We’re adding more family rooms to avoid children being separated from their families. We want to provide optimum care and take into account the psychological well-being of these children as well,” Dr. Esperanza Arias, head of the QC health department, said on Friday. Currently, only two of the city’s existing 11 HOPE facilities have “family rooms”, these
To accommodate increasing severe coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases, the Quezon City General Hospital and Medical Center (QCGHMC) will convert its chapel into an intensive care unit (ICU) ward. In a statement on Friday, QCGHMC Director Dr. Josephine Sabando said the hospital’s Covid-19 ward and ICU have reached their full capacity. “With this extension facility, we hope to admit more Covid-19 patients who are in need of urgent and extensive treatment,” Sabando said. The chapel will have a 21-bed Covid-19 ICU. The hospital’s second and third floors serve as quarantine facility with 300 beds. It also has a four-bed dialysis unit
