News Roundup 05 December 2019
Dec 05, 2019 • 2 min Read
Duterte won’t pay P7-B compensation to Manila Water | INQUIRER.NET – During the Thursday situation briefing on Typhoon Tisoy’s onslaught in Legazpi, Albay, President Rodrigo Duterte said he will not pay the P7.39-billion compensation the government was required to pay Manila Water Co. over a recent decision by the Singapore arbitration court. The Permanent Court of Arbitration in Singapore earlier ordered the Philippine government to pay the Ayala family-owned Manila Water P7.39 billion to compensate it for losses suffered between June 2015 to November 2019 for the non-implementation of water rate hikes.
Bello to meet Jose Maria Sison in Duterte’s ‘last card’ for peace | PHILSTAR.COM – President Rodrigo Duterte is sending Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III to the Netherlands to talk to communist party founder Jose Maria Sison in what the chief executive called his “last card” for the effort to revive the botched negotiations between the government and the communists.
DILG backs DND reco for no extension of martial law in Mindanao | Manila Bulletin – The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has expressed overwhelming support for the recommendation of the Department of National Defense (DND) “not to extend the declaration of martial law in Mindanao after it expires on December 31 this year.” DILG Secretary Eduardo Año said the DILG has concurred with the stand of the DND that “the purpose of martial law has been attained based on the assessment of military and police forces.”
Filipino boxer Suarez beats Myanmar’s Paing to barge into semifinals | The Manila Times – OLYMPIAN Charly Suarez defeated Myanmar’s Min Ankar Paing to barge into the semifinals where he is assured of a bronze medal in the lightweight class of the 30th Southeast Asian Games men’s boxing competition on Thursday at the PICC Forum tent. Suarez’s win came after the referee stopped the contest in the second round where he knocked down his opponent twice.
