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Published April 25, 2021, 12:15 AM
Rolando de la Cruz, a 67-year-old
balut vendor, died the other day while waiting with hundreds who lined up to answer actress Angel Locsin’s birthday invitation to the community pantry she had set up in Barangay Holy Spirit, Quezon City. As early as 3 a.m., a long queue had formed; stubs were reportedly given out to the first 300 in the line. But many had come from as far as Pasig City so that barangay tanod were hard-pressed trying to enforce social distancing in a sea of people wearing face masks and face shields.
Meantime, a motorist uploaded a viral video clip showing that the queue at Maginhawa Street a few kilometers away was already several blocks long. Apparently, the poor and the needy are oblivious of the red-tagging antics that prompted the heads of the National Privacy Commission and the Commission on Human Rights to join senators and civil society advocates in calling out the heavy-handed stance adopted by overzealous governme
The National Capital Region (NCR) or Metro Manila still has the highest bed occupancy rate in the country as far as Temporary Treatment and Monitoring Facilities (TTMF) for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases is concerned.
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Malacanang on Friday said that the governmentâs task force against the coronavirus will relax travel curbs on foreigners coming from more than 30 countries that have detected cases of the more contagious British variant of the coronavirus starting Feb. 1.
Last year foreigners coming or transiting from countries with confirmed cases of the British coronavirus variant were barred from entering the country. The list, which includes the United States, China, Japan, and Australia, was expanded to more than 30 countries.
The new rules cover foreigners previously allowed to enter the country, including those holding work visas and spouses of Filipinos, Presidential Spokesman Harry L. Roque, Jr. said, adding that tourists would remain banned.
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Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea confirmed on Tuesday the appointment of Lopez as Supreme Court Associate Justice. “Yes,” Medialdea said ia text message when asked to confirm the latest SC appointment by the President.
The appointment paper was signed by the President Monday, according to Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque.
Roque, in a televised briefing, said the President expects Justice Lopez will ensure “judicial independence and rule of law” as well as continue the reforms in the court process.
Lopez, a graduate of University of the Philippines, was appointed to the CA back in 2012. He previously served as council of Manila from 2001 to 2006 and chief city prosecutor in 2006.