News Roundup 07 February 2020
Feb 07, 2020 • 1 min Read
BREAKING: Duterte officially orders termination of VFA | INQUIRER.NET – President Rodrigo Duterte has instructed Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea to ask the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to send the United States the official notice to terminate the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA), Malacañang said Friday.
Court to rule on cyber libel case vs Rappler, Ressa on April 3 | PHILSTAR.COM – A Manila court is set to rule on the government’s cyber libel case against Rappler and its CEO Maria Ressa on April 3. Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 46 Presiding Judge Rainelda Estacio-Montesa set the promulgation on the morning of April 3, eight months since the trial started in July 2019.
PNP chief relieves Bacolod City police official, reassigns him | Manila Bulletin – Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Archie Francisco Gamboa ordered the relief of Lt. Col. Jovie Espenido, deputy city director for operations of Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO), effective Wednesday (Feb. 5). Espenido will be assigned to the Office of the Chief PNP.
PH team arrives in nCoV-hit Wuhan to bring home Filipinos | The Manila Times – The repatriation team of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Repatriation Team has reached Wuhan, China where they would be finalizing preparations to bring home Filipinos from Hubei Province this weekend. “Today we already have our DFA team inside Wuhan City for the repatriation of our OFWs. They are on the ground and they’re taking the risk,” Foreign Affairs Undersecretary for Civilian Security and Consular Concerns Brigido J. Dulay said in a briefing on Thursday.
