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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 COVID-19 test results. “Though falsification of COVID-19 test results may seem like a trivial proce...

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.” Quicho said the DoJ ruling is also “sending a very wrong signal to the public.” “We are still i...

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 Justice Secretary said. Guevarra explained the complaint can file “via a petition for review with the Of...

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 vicinity of the LTO satellite office offering faster transaction to LTO clients and acting as members of th...