Año Urge LGUs to Ban Karaoke Sessions Due to COVID-19 Higher Threat Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said Thursday, local government units (LGUs) should ban the karaoke sessions due to higher threat of COVID-19. In an interview with ABS-CBN’s Teleradyo, Año urges governments of neighboring provinces and cities to include karaoke session in the list of … Read more
Año To Meet Facebook Execs About Deleted Pro-Gov’t Pages AÑO TO MEET FACEBOOK EXECS – Interior Secretary Eduardo Año has set up a meeting with Facebook executives next week regarding the deleted China-backed pro-government accounts on the platform. Last month, Facebook deleted over 150 pages, accounts, and groups that were primarily pro-government or pro-Duterte. According … Read more
DOTr Shares How To Make DIY Face Shield FACE SHIELD – The Department of Transportation (DOTr) shared an instructional video on how to make a DIY (do it yourself) face shield. The government and health officials urged the public to wear face masks and face shields to protect themselves against COVID-19. These protective devices should … Read more
DILG Sec. Eduardo Año Confirms He Tested Positive Again for Coronavirus DILG – Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said Sunday that he again tested positive for coronavirus. Department of the Interior and Local Government Secretary Eduardo Año is the vice chair of the COVID-19 task force in the Philippines. The country has far logged 157,918 COVID-19 cases, with … Read more
Male Netizen Posts Photos of Himself Responding to Año’s Advice to Wear Face Masks at Home FACE MASK AT HOME – A male netizen makes fun of Interior Secretary Eduardo Año’s advice to wear face masks even at home. On Monday (August 10, 2020), the DILG secretary advised the public to wear face masks and … Read more
PH Government Advises Poor Families To Wear Face Masks Even When Inside Their Home PH GOVERNMENT – The Philippine government advised poor families to wear face masks even when inside their home. There are about 129,913 cases of COVID-19 in the Philippines as of August 9. Medical frontliners asked President Rodrigo Roa Duterte to place … Read more
Duterte Calls Award-winning Journalist Maria Ressa A “Fraud” DUTERTE – President Rodrigo Roa Duterte called veteran journalist Maria Ressa a “fraud.” Veteran journalist and Rappler CEO Maria Ressa is one of the most prominent journalists in the Philippines. She was honored by Time magazine as ‘Person of the Year‘ in 2018. Ressa has a long … Read more
Eduardo Año Says 28 BFP Personnel Relieved From Post For Breaking Lockdown Protocols Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said that the 28 BFP personnel who gathered and partied in Boracay have been relieved from the post. On Thursday (June 18, 2020), Eduardo Año said that the 28 personnel in the Bureau of Fire Protection Region-6 were … Read more
DILG Told Policemen To Be Wary Of Crime Surge In Areas Under GCQ DILG – The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) recently warned policemen to be wary of possible surge of crimes, especially in GCQ areas. A report from Panay News states that Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said that cops must still remain … Read more
DSWD Starts Posting List of SAP Beneficiaries Per Region SAP BENEFICIARIES – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has started posting the list of beneficiaries of the Social Amelioration Program (SAP). President Rodrigo Roa Duterte released billion for poor Filipino families amid the 2019 novel coronavirus crisis. He ordered the DSWD to lead … Read more