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Published July 2, 2021, 11:24 AM
Malacañang assured the public that it was closely monitoring the situation in Taal after President Duterte joked that he will plug the restive volcano’s crater.
Phreatomagmatic eruption of Taal Volcano that took place at 3:16 p.m. on July 1, 2021. (Photo from Phivolcs)
Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque made the statement after thousands of people started to evacuate due to the unrest of Taal Volcano.
In his statement, Roque assured the public that the Palace was closely monitoring the developments as he ensured that evacuation activities were already taking place.
“We are closely monitoring the situation in Taal after the phreatomagmatic eruptions that occurred in Taal Volcano,” he said.
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MANILA, Feb 2 (SCMP): The Chinese embassy in Manila has defended Beijing’s controversial coastguard law as “domestic legislation” and said China would continue to seek a negotiated resolution with the Philippines over their disputes in the South China Sea.
“China Coast Guard is an administrative law enforcement agency. The formulation of the coastguard law is a normal domestic legislative activity of China,” the embassy said on its Facebook account, late on Monday night.
“Enacting such a coastguard law is not unique to China, but a sovereign right to all,” the statement continued. “Many countries have enacted similar legislation. It was the Philippine coastguard law of 2009 that established the [Philippine Coast Guard] as an armed and uniformed service. None of these laws have been seen as a threat of war.”
PhilHealth chief says 92% of P15-B questioned fund now liquidated
MORE than 90% of the P15-billion fund released by the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) to health care institutions, which has been under investigation, has so far been liquidated, the head of the state-owned insurance firm said on Tuesday. “On the record, the Senate and the House have instructed PhilHealth to liquidate the funds. As of now, 92% of the funds has been liquidated,” PhilHealth President and Chief Executive Officer Dante A. Gierran said in mixed English and Filipino during a televised news briefing. The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has filed several and administrative complaints before the Office of the Ombudsman against former PhilHealth officials over alleged irregularities in the Interim Reimbursement Mechanism program, under which the funds were released. Mr. Gierran, a former NBI official who was appointed to the top PhilHealth post at the height of the controversies l