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Published February 15, 2021 12:54pm Deputy Speaker Weslie Gatchalian is pushing for the imposition of stiffer penalties against individuals who falsify COVID-19 test results. In filing House Bill 8643, Gatchalian on Monday pointed out that faking a COVID-19 test result would pose risk to the safety of the public. The bill seeks to amend Republic Act No. 11332 or the Mandatory Reporting of Notifiable Diseases and Health Events of Public Health Concern Act, to include the falsification of CO...

The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) ordered on Monday, Feb. 8, the Philippine National Police (PNP) to aggressively run after groups and individuals that are faking swab test results for the Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) amid reports that some people have been using bogus re

Department of Justice (DoJ) (MANILA BULLETIN) “They tried to sweep it under the rug. At the end of the day, justice must always prevail and they let Koko Pimentel get away with a crime,” Quicho said during an interview over CNN Philippines Friday. “So this is the ‘Department of Injustice,’” he added. Quicho lamented that the DoJ justified “how they would let go of Koko Pimentel while thousands of ordinary citizens have been languishing in jail because of breach of protocols.” Q...

Published January 22, 2021, 1:45 PM The dismissed complaint against Sen. Aquilino Martin “Koko” Pimentel III over alleged violations of quarantine rules may still be appealed, Department of Justice (DoJ) Secretary Menardo Guevarra assured Friday. Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra (TOTO LOZANO/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO /MANILA BULLETIN) “The resolution of the investigating prosecutor in the case of Sen. Koko Pimentel may be the subject of an appeal to the Office of the Secretary,” the Justic...

Published January 22, 2021, 6:57 PM Four alleged “fixers” at the satellite office of the Land Transportation Office (LTO) in Marikina City were arrested by police on Friday. Police identified the suspects as Eduardo Distor, 54; Pablo Cernechez, 58; Jomar Atanante, 27; and Reynaldo Distor, 59. They were apprehended near the LTO-Marikina satellite office located on Ming Ramos Lane in Barangay Sto. Niño at around 11 a.m. According to a police report, the suspects were seen roaming the vicinit...

Published January 21, 2021, 1:43 PM The Department of Justice’s Office of the Prosecutor General (DOJ-OPG) has dismissed the complaint filed against Senator Aquilino Martin Pimentel III for allegedly violating quarantine rules in March last year. “The Office of the Prosecutor General, DOJ, resolved to dismiss the complaint against Senator Koko Pimentel for violation of Section 9(e) of R.A. No. 11332 or the ‘Mandatory Reporting of Notifiable Diseases and Health Events of the Public Health ...

DOJ clears senator of charges related to quarantine violations

“We already contacted 146 of them [close contacts] at 125 po roon ang nagkaroon na tayo ng positive action. Nasa quarantine facilities na po sila, iyong iba naka-home quarantine kasi nakapag-comply naman po sa requirements [of being isolated in a room equipped with a restroom],” DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said in an online forum.

DOH: Non-cooperative close contacts to face sanctions

The DOH said it was already able to contact 92 percent of the co-passengers of the 29-year-old Filipino who tested positive for the new COVID-19 virus variant.