News Roundup 28 April 2020
Apr 28, 2020 • 2 min Read
Duterte’s ‘no more peace talks’ declaration not a surprise — CPP | PHISTAR.COM – The Communist Party of the Philippines on Tuesday said it is not at all surprised at President Rodrigo Duterte’s declaration that government will no longer go back to peace talks with communist guerrillas. The government ended formal peace talks in November 2017. In March 2019, Duterte again announced “the permanent termination of our talks between the government panel and the Communist Party of the Philippines.” Marco Valbuena, CPP information officer, pointed out that the government has had an “all out war” policy since 2017 and said it had been spending on military equipment instead of addressing the needs of the people.
Senators deplore slow pace of COVID-19 relief delivery; ask for catch-up plans, additional distribution outlets | Manila Bulletin – Senators are still not satisfied with the slow pace of delivery of the government’s social amelioration programs for families and workers displaced by the quarantine measures resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Tuesday expressed apparent frustration over the “slow” delivery of the emergency subsidy for informal sector families by local government units.
LGU Info portal on Covid-19 launched by DILG | The Manila Times – An information portal on coronavirus disease disease 2019 (Covid-19) to help local government units (LGUs) has been launched, Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said on Tuesday. Called the “LGU vs COVID PH information portal,”, the site aims to share best practices and relevant information for LGUs. Año said given that information is a potent tool against Covid-19, the portal, which can be accessed on www.lguvscovid.ph, is a “game changer.”
Pasay launches anti-bully hotline for frontliners, COVID-19 patients | INQUIRER.NET – The Pasay City government on Tuesday launched an Anti-Discrimination Hotline to help frontline workers and patients who contracted coronavirus disease (COVID-19) raise their complaints of harassment amid the coronavirus disease pandemic. Victims must submit their name, contact numbers, address, and report of discrimination or harassment through contact numbers 0961-6804984 / 0966-2473608 / 0928-6563958 / 0922-7493800 and 0950-198773, the Pasay Public Information Office said.