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The Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) has expressed alarm over reports that investigators tasked to probe the recent killing of Dumaguete City-based radio anchor Cornelio “Rex” Pepino are being threatened and intimidated by some individuals in Negros Oriental. PTFoMS Executive Director, Undersecretary Joel Sy Egco, said his office has been receiving regular updates […]
Senator Kiko Pangilinan is asking the Senate to investigate the proliferation of fake Facebook accounts that use the identities of students, government officials, journalists, and other users, stressing that such online acts could imperil one’s security and privacy. In filing Senate Resolution 444, Pangilinan urged the appropriate Senate committee to conduct an inquiry to find […]
The alleged overpricing of medical supplies for the government’s campaign to control the spread of the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) should be investigated, Senator Kiko Pangilinan said. Senator Panfilo Lacson recently said billions of pesos in taxpayers’ money may have lined the pockets of corrupt public officials behind the procurement of allegedly overpriced personal protective equipment […]
Is the government better prepared to address the looming water crisis this year? Senator Joel Villanueva has sought an inquiry into the preparation of different government agencies and stakeholders to avert the negative effects of an anticipated water shortage in the summer months. “The water shortage in 2019 caught most of our people by surprise. […]
Philippine SEA Games Organizing Committee (Phisgoc) chairman, House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano said he is ready to face any investigation into controversies surrounding the country’s hosting of the 30th Southeast Asian Games. “Hold me accountable. SEA Games Organizing Committee accountable. Hindi ako magtatago. Ako po haharap sa Senado, sa Ombudsman (I won’t hide. I would show up […]
Senator Imee Marcos said Senator Bong Go must get to the bottom of the numerous foul-ups in hosting the Southeast Asian Games (SEAG) that are embarrassing the Filipino people even before the biennial sports event has begun. Marcos added that she backs Go’s promise, as chairman of the Senate sports committee, to conduct a probe […]
Child and teenage pregnancies in the Philippines are growing at an alarming rate and it is imperative for the government to do something about this at the soonest possible time, Senator Sonny Angara said. The data on child and teenage pregnancies in the country should be a cause for alarm and the Commission on Population […]
Senator Bong Go said President Rodrigo Duterte may ask the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) to get to the bottom of the so-called “ninja cops” controversy after Senate has finished its hearing on it. “At the conclusion of this hearing, the President might ask the DILG to investigate and get to the […]
The Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) strongly denounced the vicious arson attack by still unidentified men on the printing plant of the Abante News Group in Barangay San Isidro, Parañaque City. Initial reports said that four hooded armed men forcibly entered the premises at 1:57 a.m. on Monday by overpowering an unarmed security […]
There are no “partisan or political considerations” in the establishment of Malasakit Centers, as these provide medical assistance to poor Filipinos, Senator Bong Go said. Go made the statement following the call of Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman for the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) to investigate the operations of the Malasakit Center as it is […]