News Evening Round up
Oct 06, 2019 • 1 min Read
Robredo still VP as upcoming PET ruling will only tackle whether to continue poll protest | Philippine Star – Atty. Romulo Macalintal said that the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET) is set to rule on October 8 on whether the protest of defeated candidate Bongbong Marcos will continue after the PET has recounted the ballots from the three pilot provinces.
Duterte: 2 police colonels, not generals, linked to ‘ninja cops’ | INQUIRER.NET – President Duterte corrected his previous statements that there were two police generals linked to illegal drug trade. He said it is two police colonels. He attributed the confusion to frequent change of police rank titles.
Duterte still needs ‘clear proof’ before deciding on Albayalde’s fate | Manila Bulletin – President Duterte said that he will not give ‘knee jerk’ reaction but rather require ‘clear proof’ implicating the police official to the illegal drug trade. Duterte acknowledged that he still trust Albayalde.
Hong Kong braces for more protests as lawmakers go to court | Manila Times – Pro-democracy lawmakers sought court intervention to overturn the face mask ban and to invalidate the declared emergency power because it did not pass the city’s legislature. On Sunday, there were multiple unsanctioned marches and flashmob protests in different locations of the city participated by thousands.
