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THE DAY IN PHOTOS: December 31, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 01 12:21 AM

Here are the big stories today in photos. Read more »

Manila bans private fireworks displays

George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 31 05:32 PM

Various firecrackers and pyrotechnic devices for sale at the Divisoria market, Manila on New Year’s eve, Thursday.  Read more »

Health advocates raise alarm over Recto's bill on vaping, vape products

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 25 02:11 AM

A group of health advocates on Thursday expressed concern over Senator Ralph Recto's new bill on vaping and vape products, noting that it contradicts President Rodrigo Duterte's executive order on vaping. Read more »

Pangilinan wants inter-agency task force on water management

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 18 11:59 AM

An executive order that will make different agencies work together on managing issues on water may be better instead of instituting a separate department, a lawmaker said Wednesday. Read more »

DOH, DTI to release price cap of COVID-19 tests by next week

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 06 03:35 PM

The Department of Health (DOH) on Friday said it is likely to release the price ceiling for COVID-19 tests next week, following the President’s order which called to put a price range for coronavirus test kits.  Read more »

Duterte orders DTI, DOH to set price range for COVID-19 tests

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 04 03:15 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday directed the Department of Health (DOH) and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to set a price ceiling on tests for COVID-19, which some of his Cabinet members have called for following reports of overpricing.  Read more »

Mga spa maaari nang magbalik-operasyon sa Bacolod City

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 20 10:07 AM

Pinahihintulutan na sa Bacolod ang limitadong operasyon ng mga spa at iba pang personal care services matapos ang tatlong buwan na pagsasara habang naka-quarantine sa gitna ng banta ng coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Read more »

Trump signs order on US police reform after weeks of protests about racial injustice

Jeff Mason, Reuters
Posted at Jun 17 01:35 AM

President Donald Trump, facing criticism that his policies and inflammatory rhetoric have aggravated a racial divide in the United States, signed an order on Tuesday aimed at improving police practices and said that "Americans want law and order." Read more »

Trump says he will sign police reform executive order on Tuesday

Reuters
Posted at Jun 16 05:06 AM

US President Donald Trump said on Monday he will sign an executive order on police reform and hold a news conference on Tuesday, after several weeks of nationwide protests sparked by the death of African-American George Floyd while in police custody in Minneapolis. Read more »

Duterte to issue EO on African Swine Fever

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 26 09:10 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte will issue an executive order to “hasten” the movement of pigs and pork products in the Philippines as the government tries to curb the spread of African swine fever, Agriculture Secretary William Dar said Wednesday. Read more »

'Gamot na planong lagyan ng price cap ng gobyerno dapat busisiin'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 21 04:55 PM

Tingin ng abogadong si Claire Castro, dapat busisiin nang mabuti ng gobyerno ang mga gamot na bababaan ang presyo.  Read more »

Utos para sa mas mababang presyo ng gamot pinirmahan na

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 17 09:34 PM

Pinirmahan na ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang isang executive order na magpapatupad ng mas maximum drug retail prices. Read more »

Duterte signs order on maximum prices of select medicines and drugs

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 17 06:07 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday signed an executive order imposing a limit on the prices of several medicines and drugs. Read more »

Gov't launches national anti-discrimination program

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 19 05:56 PM

Duterte's order seeks to address discrimination of persons on the basis of age, disability, national or ethnic origin, language, religious affiliation or belief, political affiliation or belief, health status, physical features, and sexual orientation and gender identity and expression. Read more »

Duterte: No need to issue executive order on vaping ban

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 23 12:16 AM

MANILA (UPDATE)—President Rodrigo Duterte said Friday he no longer needs to issue an executive order to support his verbal ban on the public use and importation of e-cigarettes since the law already covers it. Read more »

Batas kailangan para hulihin ang mga nagve-vape: abogado

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 22 06:18 PM

May executive order o wala, iginiit ng abogadong si Noel Del Prado na bawal ang panghuhuli ng mga nagva-vape at sa mga nag-i-import nito hangga't walang batas na nagbabawal sa pag-vape sa buong bansa.  Read more »

'Gusto ko wala nang maputukan': Duterte to let LGUs handle firecracker ban

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 28 08:01 PM

"A lot of children, every year, would lose [their] eyesight, two fingers blown away, 'yang mga ganun, sunog," the President said.  Read more »

PH forms inter-agency council for 2021 maritime safety audit

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 04 11:40 AM

The Philippines has formed an inter-agency council composed of representatives from different government agencies in preparation for a maritime safety audit by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in 2021. Read more »

Duterte keeps lower tariffs on some poultry products

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 17 05:38 PM

 President Rodrigo Duterte has signed an executive order keeping reduced tariff rates on certain poultry products. Read more »

Duterte reclassifies Clark as int’l center of commerce, leisure

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 10 07:26 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte has reclassified Clark Industrial Estate 5 as an international center of commerce, industry, and leisure. Read more »