The Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) is in close coordination with the police to attain justice for journalist Orlando “Dondon” Dinoy, who was gunned down inside his rented apartment in Davao del Sur on Saturday night. Undersecretary Joel Sy Egco, PTFoMS Executive Director, offered his condolences to the family of Dinoy, who was a reporter of Davao City-based Newsline Philippines and volunteer anchor of Energy FM in Digos City. “The PTFoMS wishes to extend its deepest condolences to the family, friends, and colleagues of Dondon Dinoy. We are greatly saddened for your loss,” Ego said in a statement
The Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) has formed an Anti-Corruption Committee to ensure the integrity of services provided to the housing sector. In a statement on Sunday, Secretary Eduardo del Rosario said the committee is part of the DHSUD’s commitment to provide sustainable projects for all. He said the committee will serve as a venue for checks and balances on policies, programs, and operations. “Ensuring full integrity among us, our backbone of honesty, while we cultivate service excellence,” he stated. Under Executive Order No. 43 released in 2017, all agencies in the Executive branch are required to
Media outlets on Sunday expressed grief over the brutal death of reporter and radio anchor Orlando “Dondon” Dinoy in Davao del Sur. Dinoy succumbed to gunshot wounds to the head and body inside his rented apartment along Mother Ignacia St., Poblacion Uno, Bansalan town around 6 p.m. on Saturday. A spot report released by Maj. Glenn Ipong hours after the incident indicated the still unidentified assassin barged into Dinoy’s unit that also serves as his makeshift office. Co-occupants of the building also heard gun bursts. Edith Caduaya of Newsline Philippines in Davao City, where Dinoy was a reporter, condemned the
The Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) has granted a pawnshop chain owner’s petition for review questioning his multiple tax assessments and prohibited the collection of his alleged deficiencies. The CTA Third Division granted the petition of businessman William Villarica on Oct. 21 and said it finds that the assessments issued by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) “have no factual and legal foundation”. The 31-page decision written by Associate Justice Maria Rowena Modesto-San Pedro added the case was “merely based on presumption that the said unaccounted source of cash is tantamount to receipts/sales and income”. Villarica asked the CTA to
President Joko Widodo called for the acceleration of a global economic recovery that is strong, inclusive, and sustainable at the economic and global health session of the G20 Summit in La Nuvola, Rome, Italy, on Saturday. According to a statement released by the Presidential Secretariat’s Press Bureau, Widodo said the G20 needs to serve as a catalyst for the normalization of economic policy since in the last two years, the world has carried out extraordinary policies in the fiscal, monetary, and finance sectors. The G20 needs to also be a catalyst for debt liquidity and restructuring for poorer countries, as
Congress has set aside a total of PHP7.8 billion in the 2022 national budget for feeding programs that are expected to benefit over 3.6 million undernourished children, Rep. Michael Defensor (Anakalusugan) said on Sunday, ahead of the observance of November as National Children’s Month. “We are counting on the national government’s targeted feeding programs to help improve the nutritional and overall health condition of children from poverty-stricken families who continue to suffer from hunger,” said Defensor, House committee on welfare of children vice chairperson. A Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey in June found that an estimated 3.4 million Filipino families
