News Evening Round Up
Oct 10, 2019 • 2 min Read
SC upholds nurses’ right to P30,000 pay| INQUIRER.NET – The Supreme Court has ruled that government nurses are entitled by law to a minimum monthly salary of up to P30,531, but in the same vein says it cannot compel Congress to implement the salary prescribed by the Philippine Nursing Act of 2002. In a statement, the tribunal said the justices decided during its full-court session on Tuesday in favor of the petition by Ang Nars party list represented by Rep. Leah Samaco-Paquiz.
Not just for show: Anakbayan sets ground rules for Panelo’s commute challenge | Philippine Star – Progressive youth group Anakbayan has set some ground rules as presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo accepted the challenge to commute. Earlier this week, the Malacañang mouthpiece said there is no mass transport crisis in Metro Manila, prompting Anakbayan, Kilusang Mayo Uno and Bagong Alyansang Makabayan to dare him to commute.
Duterte to name ‘ninja’ colonels – Go | Manila Times – President Rodrigo Duterte will name the two “ninja” colonels allegedly involved in the recycling of confiscated illegal drugs after the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the Department of Justice (DoJ) have finished their investigation, Sen. Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go said on Tuesday. “Papangalanan po ng Pangulo ang dalawang colonel na sinasabing ‘ninja cops.’ Hintayin po natin ang resulta ng imbestigasyon ng DILG at DoJ. Managot dapat managot (The President will name the two colonel who are allegedly ninja cops. Let’s wait for the result of the investigation of DILG and DoJ. The guilty has to answer for their misdoings),” he said in a statement.
ASF kills less than 1% of PH total hog population – DA | Manila Bulletin – The Department of Agriculture (DA) has maintained that even if the deadly African Swine Fever (ASF) is said to have been spreading fast in more areas, the pigs that died and were culled due to the virus is still less than one percent of the country’s total swine population.
