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Former PDEA chief to get new assignment: Roque

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 27 11:53 AM

MANILA - Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque on Wednesday said outgoing chief of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Aaron Aquino was not fired but will be transferred to a new post. Read more »

Wilkins Villanueva is new PDEA chief

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 26 11:45 PM

MANILA (2nd UPDATE) – President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) North Mindanao director Wilkins Villanueva as new director-general of the anti-narcotics agency. Read more »

Employers, not workers, should pay for mandatory COVID-19 tests: labor chief

Angela Coloma, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 23 12:44 PM

MANILA - Employees should not be compelled to pay if they are required to get screened for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) before reporting back to work, the country's labor secretary said.  Read more »

Sinas OK to stay as Metro Manila police chief but must face charges: Lacson

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 21 01:13 PM

Sen. Panfilo Lacson on Thursday said he agrees with President Rodrigo Duterte's decision to keep Maj. Gen. Debold Sinas as head of the Metro Manila Police despite violating lockdown measures but he must face charges. Read more »

Imbestigasyon sa Sinas 'birthday bash' tuloy sa kabila ng pahayag ni Duterte: NBI

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 20 06:32 PM

Magpapatuloy ang imbestigasyon ng National Bureau of Investigation sa idinaos na birthday bash ni Metro Manila police chief Debold Sinas sa kabila ng pahayag ni Duterte na nagtatanggol sa opisyal.  Read more »

Sinas' retention as Metro Manila police chief 'erodes confidence' in gov't: Drilon

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 20 02:28 PM

MANILA - Retaining Police Maj. Gen. Debold Sinas as Metro Manila police chief despite alleged quarantine violations in his recent birthday bash "erodes the confidence" of the public in the government's capability to enforce laws during the coronavirus crisis, Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon said Wednesday.    Read more »

Trade dept to start MSME loans processing on June 1

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 19 11:34 AM

The Department of Trade and Industry said Tuesday it would start processing on June 1 loans for micro, small and medium businessmen displaced by the COVID-19 pandemic.   Read more »

'It was academic, theoretical discussion': Panelo defends martial law remark on coronavirus

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 06 12:03 AM

Panelo said his remark was “more of an academic and theoretical discussion, and were not meant to express the official position of the government on the matter.” Read more »

BCDA chief Vince Dizon named COVID-19 response deputy chief

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 01 10:46 PM

Bases and Conversion Development Authority (BCDA) President Vince Dizon has been named as deputy chief implementer of the government's response against COVID-19, Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea said Friday. Read more »

'Nandito lang ako sa likod mo': PNP chief praises cop in Makati village incident

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 29 08:12 PM

Philippine National Police chief Gen. Archie Gamboa on Wednesday praised the law enforcer who tried to take down and arrest a foreigner who yelled at and cursed him for enforcing the quarantine policy in an exclusive village in Makati City. Read more »

Dela Rosa: 'Nothing wrong' with AFP chief asking China for unregistered COVID-19 meds

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 29 05:06 PM

Sen. Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa on Wednesdat said "nothing is wrong" when Armed Forces of the Philippines chief of staff Gen. Felimon Santos Jr. sought China's help to procure an unregistered medicine that could supposedly cure the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Read more »

Football: No matches with fans until 2021 - Mediapro chief

Reuters
Posted at Apr 23 08:01 PM

Spectators are unlikely to be able to return to football stadiums until next year at the earliest due to the continued threat of the novel coronavirus, according to Jaume Roures, the head of Spanish media company Mediapro which broadcasts La Liga. Read more »

Lockdown arrests have legal basis: DOJ

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 22 10:33 AM

A police general has yet to regain consciousness nearly 2 months after a chopper crash that also injured the head of the Philippine National Police, he said Wednesday.    Read more »

Police general still in coma nearly 2 months after chopper crash

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 22 08:54 AM

A police general has yet to regain consciousness nearly 2 months after a chopper crash that also injured the head of the Philippine National Police, he said Wednesday.  Read more »

No more warnings for lockdown violators, only arrests: PNP chief

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 21 07:28 PM

The chief of the Philippine National Police said Tuesday violators of the Luzon lockdown will be arrested sans warning, as the government seeks to halt the spread og the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).  Read more »

New NEDA chief Chua says won't change views on tax reform

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 21 06:54 PM

The new NEDA chief dismissed suggestions that he would change his stance on tax reform because he is no longer with the Finance Department.  Read more »

'Build Build Build' to help restart Philippine economy: NEDA chief Chua

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 21 05:09 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte's P8 trillion infrastructure program will be an "important part" of the Philippines' recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, his new socioeconomic planning chief said Tuesday. Read more »

No more warnings: PNP to make arrests in 'martial law-type' lockdown - chief

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 20 11:43 AM

The Philippine National Police on Monday said it would forego warnings and directly arrest citizens who violate quarantine measures should government implement a "martial law-type" approach. Read more »

Ex-NEDA chief Pernia: 'Better coordination' needed between gov't, private sector

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 19 11:45 AM

Pernia resigned after nearly 4 years as socioeconomic planning secretary the job as the Philippine economy was facing a possible contraction due to lockdown that shut most businesses and required millions to stay at home. Read more »

Pernia: Resignation not ‘directly’ due to COVID-19 crisis, but ‘general’ differences with Cabinet

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 18 09:04 PM

Former socio-economic planning secretary Ernesto Pernia on Saturday said the reason he relinquished his post was the “general” differences he had with other Cabinet members. Read more »