News Roundup 31 October 2021
Oct 31, 2021 • 4 min Read
Philippines logs 3,410 new COVID-19 infections | PHILSTAR.COM – The Philippines registered 3,410 more COVID-19 cases on Sunday, with active infections reaching over 45,000.
- Active cases: 45,223 or 1.6% of the total
- Deaths: 128, pushing the toll to 43,172
- Recoveries: 5,825, raising the total to 2,698, 871.
The Department of Health noted that of the active cases, 73.6% are mild while 4.9% are asymptomatic. Another 11.83% are moderate cases while 6.8% are classified as severe and 2.9% are critical.
Gas seen up P1.20 per liter; diesel down | PHILSTAR.COM – Diesel prices are expected to be slashed while that of gasoline is set for another big price hike on Tuesday. In its forecast, Unioil said diesel should go down by P0.20 to P0.30 per liter next week. However, the oil company projects an increase of P1.10 to P1.20 per liter on gasoline products. This would be the 10th consecutive week of increase for gasoline prices. In the past trading week, global oil prices continued to reach multi-highs on tight global supply and strengthening fuel demand, Reuters reported. On Thursday, global prices dipped over concerns about US supply growth and speculation that Iran’s supply could come online following nuclear talks with global powers, the wire service reported. But Reuters said oil prices rebounded at the close of the week on hopes that the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, Russia and their allies, known as OPEC+, would maintain production cuts. Prior to the upcoming price changes, year-to-date adjustments stand at a net increase of P20.80 per liter for gasoline, P18.45 per liter for diesel and P16.04 per liter for kerosene.
Not graduating doesn’t make you ‘less,’ just don’t lie about it — Robredo spox | INQUIRER.NET – Presidential aspirant and Vice President Leni Robredo’s camp said that no one should lie about educational attainment as it does not make anyone less of a person. Without disclosing any names, Robredo’s spokesperson Barry Gutierrez pointed out that not being transparent about one’s educational attainment is an issue of integrity. “Hindi kabawasan ‘yun pero ‘wag ka na magsinungaling, ‘di ba? Ang punto naman dito hindi ‘yung hindi ka graduate. Ang punto ay nag-iimbento ka pa. Parang nagsisinungaling ka pa ‘di ba?,” Gutierrez said during the BISErbisyong LENI program on DZXL. (That does not make a person less, right? The point is you are not a graduate. The point is you fabricated it. It seems like you are lying, right?) “Ibig sabihin para sa kanya, issue ‘yung, ‘dapat graduate ako,’ ‘yun ‘yung punto. ‘Kaya magsisinungaling ako para mapabilib ko ang mga tao,’” he added. (It means that for them, “graduating is an issue that is why I will lie to make the people believe me.”) While no name was mentioned, presidential aspirant and former Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. was recently the talk of town after Oxford University confirmed that a special diploma, which he received, is not equivalent to a bachelor’s degree.
Robredo hopeful for a solid Bicol vote in 2022, but says she has to work for it | Manila Bulletin – Vice President Leni Robredo on Sunday, October 31, said she is hopeful that this time around, her home region of Bicol will solidly back her candidacy for president. The presidential aspirant, however, clarified that she is not “entitled” to have the whole of Bicol on her side. “Ako, hindi naman sa nag-e-expect pero naghohope ako (I am not expecting but I’m hoping,” she said, adding that she received the majority of the votes from the region in 2016 despite having five vice presidential candidates from the region. Aside from Robredo who hails from Naga City, Gov. Chiz Escudero is from Sorsogon while former Senators Antonio Trillanes IV and Gringo Honasan II also trace their roots from Bicol. Former Senator and now Taguig Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano, meanwhile, is married to a Bicolano. Despite having five candidates from the region, Robredo topped the polls followed by Escudero and former Senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Cayetano, Honasan, and Trillanes got a small portion of the votes. “Iyong paniniwala ko, kailangan naiintindihan ng tao what it would mean—what it would mean for our region na magkaroon ng Bicolanong pangulo. So kailangan nagte-take time ako to explain to them na mahalaga ito. Mahalaga itong laban na ito (My belief is that the people need to understand what it would mean—what it would mean for our region to have a Bicolano president. So, I need to take time to explain to them that this is important. This fight is important),” Robredo said. “So ngayon na solo ako, pagtratrabahuhan ko. Pagtratrabahuhan ko na mas malaki iyong makuha (So, now that I am solo, I will work for it. I will work to get more),” she added.
