President Duterte is amenable to the arming of a new coalition of volunteers to augment government forces in keeping peace and order in the country. President Rodrigo Duterte delivers a speech during the ceremonial signing of several laws in Malacañang on June 24, 2021. (Malacañang) According...
"Drastic times demand for drastic measures." A health worker administers a coronavirus vaccine to a Manila resident during start of the inoculation of A5 priority group in Baseco Compound, Manila on June 16, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo issued...
A Palace official has blamed the opposition forces for allegedly sowing fear in the coronavirus vaccination that threatens to derail the government's efforts to reach herd immunity. A Manila resident gets a first dose of the Pfizer vaccine during an inoculation program in Tondo on June 20, 2012....
Threatening to arrest people over their refusal to get vaccinated against the COVID-19 will not solve the hesitancy among Filipinos of receiving the jab, Senator Joel Villanueva said. A Manila resident receives a first dose of Pfizer coronavirus vaccine during the inoculation drive at a school in...
The country must "triple" efforts to prevent the spread of a more transmissible variant of the coronavirus since it cannot afford a "disastrous" second wave of infections, President Duterte declared last Monday. Manila residents line up eager to get Pfizer coronavirus vaccines at a vaccination site...
Get vaccinated or else face possible arrest. President Duterte has threatened to order the arrest of the anti-vaxxers or people who refuse to get vaccinated against the coronavirus. A health worker prepares to vaccinate a resident of Tondo, Manila during an inoculation drive on June 20, 2021 (Ali...
President Duterte has ordered the arrest of individuals who will present fake reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test results as travel requirement, saying the country will not overcome the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic if this cheating persists. (JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO...
A man providing janitorial services to a Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) branch in Lipa City, Batangas was nabbed due to alleged fixing. A janitor pretending to be a member of an office at the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) branch in Lipa City, Batangas is arrested for fixing in an entrapment...
Arlene Tolibas, veteran actress and director, died of cardiac arrest on Thursday, June 3. She was 55. The news was confirmed via social media by family and friends, including actor Gardo Versoza and comedian Dinky Doo. View this post on Instagram Arlene is known most as a comedienne. She gained...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Tuesday, June 1, signed a joint memorandum circular with the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Philippine National Police (PNP) to clarify the guidelines on the implementation of COVID-19 safety measures and the liabilities of violators...
Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso said barangay captains accused of not enforcing protocols on mass gathering must undergo due process. (Manila City PIO / MANILA BULLETIN) Domagoso said this on Monday in an interview with ANC when asked about his opinion on President Duterte’s...
Children who may be spotted in mass gatherings such as pool parties won't be arrested but will simply be sent home, President Duterte declared Monday amid the government's movement curbs to stem the coronavirus spread. The parents, instead, should be apprehended in case of involvement in the breach...
