CHR ‘alarmed’ by DND’s termination of UP accord
In a statement, the CHR said the government should understand that academic freedom includes the expression of intellectual dissent, and should be respected by the government.
Does Duterte support the termination of the UP-DND pact? ‘Of course,’ says Palace
Lorenzana on Jan. 15 notified UP President Danilo Concepcion that the agreement, executed on June 30, 1989, was unilaterally terminated.
Año does not support martial law extension in Mindanao
Eduardo Año is supporting Defense Sec. Delfin Lorenzana’s recommendation to President Rodrigo Duterte not to extend the declaration of Martial Law in Mindanao after it expires on December 31 this year.
President, gov’t VIPs to get new jet for ‘command and control’
Defense spokesman Arsenio Andolong said the G280 jet, which has a maximum range of 3,600 nautical miles or 6,667 kilometers and can fly eight hours non-stop, would be delivered in August 2020 by an American firm, Gulfstream Aerospace Corp.