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Gov't urged to allow LGUs to procure COVID-19 vaccines

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 13 11:20 AM

The national government should allow local government units (LGUs) to directly purchase COVID-19 vaccines from manufacturers, Deputy Speaker Rufus Rodriguez said Wednesday. Read more »

Mga Pinoy umaasang maganda ang 2021 nang may pag-iingat: eksperto

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 01 10:48 PM

Umaasa ang mga Pinoy na may magandang mangyayari kahit na naghahanda kung sakali, ayon sa isnag eksperto. Read more »

DDB chief: Marijuana only for medical, not recreational use in PH

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 04 10:31 PM

MANILA — A Philippine official on Friday said marijuana is limited for medical use in the country, and warned the public that using it for recreational purposes is still illegal.  Read more »

ALAMIN: Mga papayagang events sa GCQ areas, ayon sa bagong IATF reso

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 04 06:59 PM

Pinapayagan na ng gobyerno sa general community quarantine areas ang pagdaraos ng piling events, sa limitadong kapasidad.  Read more »

House panel approves measures seeking to upgrade Mindanao transportation

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 11 12:22 AM

MANILA - A House committee on Tuesday approved measures seeking to upgrade the transportation services in Mindanao. Read more »

Censorship umano ng Facebook, pinaiimbestigahan sa Senado

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 02 05:55 PM

Sa isang resolusyon sa Senado, hiniling ni Sen. Ronald Dela Rosa na imbestigahan ang censorship ng social media giant para masiguro na hindi nalalabag ang kalayaan sa pananalita o freedom of speech sa Pilipinas. Read more »

EU Parliament's threat to revoke Manila's tariff incentives alarming, may worsen poverty

Aleta Nieva Nishimori, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 19 10:05 AM

MANILA - The threat of the European Union to revoke tariff incentives on Manila’s exports over human rights concerns is alarming particularly in this time of a pandemic, the head of a think tank said Saturday. Read more »

European Parliament urges PH to grant ABS-CBN broadcast franchise

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 18 05:13 AM

The resolution -- which had 626 votes in favor, 7 against and 52 abstentions -- cited the denial of ABS-CBN's new application of franchise after it expired "as an act of retaliation for the media’s coverage of the anti-drugs campaign and serious human rights abuses." Read more »

House panel OKs resolution requiring 3-hour TV educational programming

Zandro Ochona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 18 04:41 PM

A resolution obligating all government and privately-owned TV stations to allot 3 hours of airtime to educational programming was approved Tuesday by the Committee on Sustainable Development Goals in the House of Representatives.   Read more »

READ: IATF resolution on community quarantine classifications from Aug. 16-31

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 15 11:24 AM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte has approved to keep under relaxed community quarantine levels some parts of the country, from Aug. 16 until the end of the month, except for Metro Manila and surrounding provinces.  Read more »

READ: IATF resolution on community quarantine classifications from Aug. 1-15

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 31 11:32 AM

MANILA-- President Rodrigo Duterte has extended the general community quarantine in Metro Manila until Aug. 15 despite the rising number of COVID-19 infections in the country.   Read more »

Resolution para sa reconsideration ng ABS-CBN franchise, ipinasa sa Pandan, Antique

Jennifer Garcia Hernandez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 26 12:46 PM

Isang resolusyon na naguudyok sa Kongreso na muling tingnan ang franchise renewal ng ABS-CBN ang ipinasa ng Sangguniang Bayan ng Pandan, Antique nitong Hulyo 13. Read more »

READ: IATF resolution on community quarantine classifications for July 16 to 31

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 16 03:48 PM

The new community quarantine classifications take effect on Thursday, July 16, until July 31.   Read more »

Paggamit ng ABS-CBN frequencies para sa distance learning isinusulong

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 15 07:03 PM

Naghain ng resolution ang isang mambabatas sa Kamara na ipagamit na sa pamahalaan ang television at radio frequencies ng ABS-CBN matapos mabigo ang network na makakuha ng renewal ng prangkisa. Read more »

UN adopts resolution calling for pandemic-related halt to conflicts

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 02 05:22 AM

The UN Security Council on Wednesday unanimously adopted a resolution calling for a halt to conflicts to facilitate the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, after more than three months of painstaking negotiations, diplomats said. Read more »

READ: IATF resolution on community quarantine classifications for June 16-30

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 16 01:17 PM

The Philippines on Tuesday adopted new community quarantine classifications that will remain in effect until June 30. Read more »

'Heavy-handed' focus on security threats, drugs led to serious rights violations in PH - UN body

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 04 09:35 PM

MANILA (UPDATE) - The Philippine government's emphasis on addressing national security threats and illegal drugs has led to serious human rights violations, a report by the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights (UN rights office) said Thursday. Read more »

ANALYSIS: Indonesia’s new diplomatic bombshell vs Chinese expansionism in the South China Sea

Romel Regalado Bagares, VERA Files
Posted at May 30 10:25 PM

In its running territorial tiff with China over the Natuna islands, Indonesia had just lobbed a diplomatic bombshell.    Read more »

Lawmaker wants classes postponed until COVID-19 vaccine available

Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 21 10:10 PM

A House leader said Thursday that he is seeking to postpone the conduct of physical classes until a vaccine against the new coronavirus disease has been developed and made available in the country. Read more »

Cebu, Mandaue cities to remain under enhanced quarantine; more areas under modified lockdown

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 16 07:44 AM

MANILA - The cities of Cebu and Mandaue will remain under enhanced community quarantine or ECQ while additional areas will be placed under a looser lockdown that reboots the economy from Saturday, government's inter-agency task force on pandemic response said. Read more »