Marcos blames deforestation on Maguindanao landslides: ‘Patuloy pa rin and pagputol ng kahoy’
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. blamed the flooding and landslides in Maguindanao on deforestation, where Typhoon “Paeng” claimed at least 60 people.
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. blamed the flooding and landslides in Maguindanao on deforestation, where Typhoon “Paeng” claimed at least 60 people.
President Ferdinand Marcos flew to Maguindanao on a private plane Tuesday (November 1) to check the devastation caused by severe tropical storm Paeng.
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. expressed concern over government preparedness for Tropical Storm “Paeng” Saturday (October 29) as the death toll due to its onslaught climbed to 45 in Maguindanao.
At the virtual meeting of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), Marcos said: “I would like to start with the flooding in Maguindanao, simply because we have to already look at it dahil ang daming casualty.”
Maguindanao Rep. Bai Dimple Mastura on Monday denounced the catering service provider of the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) for allegedly serving pork and food with pork ingredients to Muslim and Seventh Day Adventists inmates.
Government services would be more accessible and better responsive to the needs of the constituents of the two Maguindanao provinces, said Senator Francis Tolentino.
Eighty-five provinces, highly urbanized cities (HUCs), independent component cities (ICCs) and 166 other component cities and municipalities in the country will continue to be under the most lenient Alert Level 1 while the classifications of alert levels are being reviewed, Malacañang said.
Presidential candidate Panfilo ‘Ping’ Lacson reassured all Filipinos, especially those who identify as part of the LGBTQ-plus (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer) community in Maguindanao, that they will not be discriminated upon based on their sexual orientation under his leadership.
Presidential candidate Panfilo ‘Ping’ Lacson campaigned Thursday in Ampatuan, Maguindanao, becoming the first potential future leader, who dared to visit a fourth-class municipality in the Bangsamoro region and present his plans for good governance through budget reforms.
President Rodrigo Duterte did not blame the officials of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) for the latest attack of the Islamic State-linked Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) in Maguindanao, Malacañang said.