Hontiveros: ‘Day of reckoning’ coming for Duterte admin with ICC probe
The day of reckoning is coming, according to Senator Risa Hontiveros.
Day: June 15, 2021
Sayang 7 days! Gov’t urged to scrap mandatory quarantine for fully vaxxed returning Pinoys
House Assistant Majority Leader and ACT-CIS Rep. Rowena Niña Taduran on Tuesday urged the government to stop requiring fully vaccinated returning Filipinos from undergoing a seven-day quarantine in government-recommended facilities.
Time of reckoning has come: Makabayan bloc welcomes ICC probe on Duterte’s drug war
Members of the Makabayan bloc on Tuesday lauded the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) for requesting to conduct an investigation on alleged human rights violations committed in the course of the Duterte administration’s war on drugs.
Adding to jobless stats: House probe sought on looming dismissal of SHS teachers
Assistant Minority Leader and ACT Teachers Rep. France Castro urged the House of Representatives to conduct hearings on the looming dismissal of thousands of teachers in senior high school.
Marcos: Vaccine hesitancy is the problem, not lack of funds
Senator Imee Marcos on Tuesday called on the government for clearer strategies that will increase vaccine acceptance and immunity against Covid-19 to speed up the country’s economic recovery.
WATCH | Palace calls ICC probe request ‘legally erroneous, politically motivated’
Malacañang believes the request of the International Criminal Court (ICC) for judicial authorization to investigate the war on drugs in the Philippines is “legally erroneous and politically motivated.”
WATCH | Palace refutes Rodriguez claim over gov’t neglect of Mindanao’s COVID crisis
Malacañang said there was no truth to the statement of Deputy Speaker Rufus Rodriguez that the government ignored the Covid-19 situation in Mindanao.
WATCH | Palace explains Duterte’s decision to keep VFA for six months more
President Rodrigo Duterte extended for another six months the suspension of the abrogation of the country’s Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) with the United States because the chief executive has yet to decide whether or not to scrap the military pact.
WATCH | Comply with quarantine protocols, Duterte reminds community pantry organizers
While he supports the community pantry initiative in various parts of the country, President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday urged organizers to comply with health protocols.
WATCH | Duterte warns against fake COVID tests, orders police to arrest culprits
President Rodrigo Duterte has directed the Philippine National Police to arrest people using fake negative Covid-19 test certificates.
