The House of Representatives approved on third and final reading House Bill 6953 or the “Bayanihan to Recover as One” pandemic response law, with 242 affirmative votes, six negative votes, and zero abstentions on Aug. 10, Monday.
Miriam College president Ambassador Laura del Rosario said the school initiated the investigation of the reports and “will take appropriate steps to resolve the situation.”
Progressive partylist group Kabataan slammed a post from a Philippine National Police (PNP) precinct’s Facebook page showing an altered image of one their protesters carrying a sign inviting everyone to join them to spread the deadly coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
Presidential spokesperson Atty. Salvador Panelo said President Rodrigo Duterte was merely joking when he earlier remarked that he ordered the ambush on former Daanbantayan, Cebu Mayor Vicente Loot last year