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By JON VIKTOR D. CABUENAS, GMA News Published January 24, 2021 8:39pm Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Sunday defended the Department of National Defenses unilateral abrogation of its agreement with the University of the Philippines (UP), claiming it was a "patriotic duty." In a video message posted via social media, Lorenzana said he was prompted to abrogate the accord given the "numerous testimonies" and "grueling experiences" reported to him by former rebels, but he did not elabor...

  Six years ago, Liliana Rojas-Suarez, senior fellow and director of the Latin American Initiative, researched and published for the Center for Global Development (CGD) an interesting study of emerging markets’ resilience to external shocks. She compared their performance in 2007, before the Global Financial Crisis (GFC), and seven years later in 2014 covering 21 countries. Rojas-Suarez used as determinants of resilience such macroeconomic factors as, one, cost and availability of externa...

Health frontliners should be given the "best" and most effective COVID-19 vaccines to kickstart and boost public confidence in the government's coronavirus immunization program, Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said Tuesday. Senator Ralph Recto (Senate of the Philippines / MANILA BULLETIN

Several senators question why the national government wants to monopolize the purchase of COVID-19 vaccines, saying it runs counter to mass vaccination efforts.

endIndex: Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, December 23) — The Philippines is temporarily banning all flights from the United Kingdom due to the perceived threat from a new coronavirus strain first detected in the UK. “President Rodrigo Duterte approved on Tuesday night, December 22, 2020, the temporary suspension of all flights from the United Kingdom starting December 24, 2020, 12:01 a.m. until December 31, 2020,” Presidential spokesman Harry Roque said Wednesday in an announcement. “Al...

(FILE PHOTO) Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, December 22) — Presidential spokesman Harry Roque on Tuesday said now is the time for the country to consider imposing a temporary ban on flights from the United Kingdom, where a new coronavirus strain, which reportedly spreads more quickly than other variants, has been detected. "Panahon na para ikonsidera ang temporary travel ban sa UK," Roque said in a briefing. [Translation: It is now the time to consider a temporary ban on UK.] For now, despit...

Senators want probe on recent spate of killings in Philippines By DONA MAGSINO, GMA News Published December 18, 2020 10:40am Several senators believe the Senate should step in and investigate the recent killings in the Philippines this year as two resolutions were filed seeking such action. Senate Resolution No. 599 seeks to launch a probe on the "disturbing trend" of unlawful killings perpetrated by unidentified gunmen against activists, doctors, lawyers, and journalists all over the c...

Press Release HONTIVEROS SEEKS SENATE INQUIRY INTO VIGILANTE KILLINGS IN 2020 Senator Risa Hontiveros has called for a Senate investigation into the spate of unlawful killings in the Philippines, filing the resolution a few days after the murder of Dr. Mary Rose Sancelan and her husband, Edwin, in Negros Oriental. The senators proposed Senate Resolution No. 599 seeks to attain justice for the Sancelans and other slain victims of unlawful and vigilante killings. The resolution, which also aims t...

Senate Ralph Recto (Senate of the Philippines / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Recto filed Senate Bill No. 1943 or the proposed “Bayanihan to Rebuild as One” Act which seeks to provide a P485-billion budget as “as a continuing response” to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the recent typhoons and accelerate the country’s economy recovery. A similar measure has also been filed in the House of Representatives by Marikina City 2nd District Rep. Stella Quimbo. Recto said the...

Senator Ralph Recto (Senate of the Philippines / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Recto said he understands that the government is being careful in its procurement and planned distribution of coronavirus vaccines, but it should also be done immediately to boost public and investor confidence. “I think (the) government is trying its best but we have to move faster. Incidentally, we heard also them say na (that they are targeting) three to five years. That’s too long. I don’t think it should ...