(File photo) MANILA - Senatorial candidate Guillermo Eleazar on Monday vowed to push for the enactment of a law allowing motorcycles to become a legitimate mode of public transport. In a statement, Eleazar said motorcycle taxi-hailing services have been proven to be essential, especially during the onset of the coronavirus pandemic when the government suspended the operations of public transport. Eleazar, a retired police general, said he witnessed this during his stint as the commander of the Joint Task Force Covid Shield, the law enforcement arm of the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) which enforces all pandemic-related policies in the country. He added that during the onset of the pandemic, riders of motorcycle taxi-hailing firms acted as front-liners since they were relied upon by the public to transport authorized persons outside of residence (APORs) such as healthcare workers from their houses to the hospitals and vice versa. They were also tapped to deliver medicines, food, and ot
Manila
Philippines
Naiba
Negros-oriental
Metro-manila
Philippines-general
Lloyd-caliwan
Agency-task-force
Task-force-covid
Guillermo-eleazar
Joint-task-force-covid-shield
Inter-agency-task-force
Published January 25, 2021, 3:40 PM
Sen. Panfilo Lacson said Monday said that the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ (AFP) release of false information regarding the alleged involvement of University of the Philippines (UP) students and faculty members with Leftist rebels merits a suspension of the termination of the UP-Department of National Defense accord.
Senator Panfilo M. Lacson
(SENATE OF THE PHILIPPINES / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO)
Lacson said this after Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana apologized for an “unpardonable gaffe” involving the military’s list of UP students supposedly recruited by the New People’s Army and killed or captured in clashes.
“I think it is prudent now for Secretary Delfin Lorenzana to at least suspend the termination of the UP-DND accord and hold a dialogue as he already mentioned he would do,” said Lacson, chairman of the Senate Committee on National Defense and Security, said in an interview on CNN Philippines.
University-of-the-philippines
Quezon-city
Philippines
Philippine
Benguet
Naiba
Negros-oriental
Panfilo-lacson
Antonio-parlade-jr
Delfin-lorenzana
People-army
Armed-forces-of-the-philippine
Lacson: Prudent to Suspend UP-DND Accord Termination
Recent developments involving decisions based on false information may merit at least a suspension of the Department of National Defense s decision to end its agreement with the University of the Philippines, Sen. Panfilo M. Lacson said Monday.
Lacson said this after DND Secretary Delfin Lorenzana apologized for an unpardonable gaffe involving the military s list of UP students supposedly recruited by the New People s Army and killed or captured in clashes. I think it is prudent now for Secretary Delfin Lorenzana to at least suspend the termination of the UP-DND accord and hold a dialogue as he already mentioned he would do, Lacson, who chairs the Senate Committee on National Defense and Security, said in an interview on CNN Philippines.
University-of-the-philippines
Quezon-city
Philippines
Naiba
Negros-oriental
Panfilom-lacson
Antonio-parlade-jr
Delfin-lorenzana
People-army
Department-of-national-defense
Committee-on-national-defense
Cnn
vimarsana © 2020. All Rights Reserved.