News Roundup 11 December 2019
Dec 11, 2019 • 2 min Read
Duterte’s 2018 SALN still unreleased 8 months after deadline | INQUIRER.NET – The government has not released the 2018 Statement of Assets, Liabilities, and Net Worth (SALN) of President Rodrigo Duterte although nearly eight months have passed since the April 30 deadline for its filing. Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) revealed how the Office of the Ombudsman and the Office of the President had failed to provide the media a copy of the President’s SALN despite the chief executive’s repeated vow for transparency.
UP president: No police, military on campus without coordination | PHILSTAR.COM – University of the Philippines president Danilo Concepcion said Wednesday that he has not agreed to let police and military personnel into the university’s campuses despite a claim by Sen. Ronald Dela Rosa that he has.
Water companies express concern after MWSS cancels extension of water contracts beyond 2022 | Manila Bulletin – Water concessionaires are now left high and dry after the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) decided Tuesday to cancel the extension of their agreements. At the hearing of the Senate public services committee Wednesday (Dec. 11), officials of Maynilad Water Services, Inc. and Manila Water Company, Inc. raised concerns over the revocation of the extension of their 1997 concession agreements with the MWSS in compliance with the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) findings questioning why the deals were prolonged to 2037.
Climate activist Greta Thunberg is Time’ 2019 person of the year | The Manila Times – NEW YORK: Greta Thunberg, the Swedish teenager who became the voice of conscience for a generation facing the climate change emergency, was announced Wednesday as Time magazine’s 2019 Person of the Year. The 16-year-old first hit the headlines for her solo strike against global warming outside Sweden’s parliament last year. “We can’t just continue living as if there was no tomorrow, because there is a tomorrow. That is all we are saying,” Thunberg told Time.
