BREAKING: Agriculture Undersecretary Leocadio Sebastian has resigned from his post following the unauthorized signing of sugar imports, Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles said.
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EXCLUSIVE: A trustee from the Masungi Georeserve on Saturday revealed that some 10 hectares of land are affected by unabated fires and clearings in the protected Marikina Watershed, while the construction of resorts have also sprung in the area.
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NOW: Thomasians, joined by CSC Secretary-elect Robert Gonzales, stage an indignation protest along Gate 2 of the University, denouncing the Supreme Court's decision earlier today to unseat Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno.
@varsitarianust
It's final, Duterte says he will not endorse any presidential candidate days before
#Halalan2022
. He also urged his Cabinet members not to endorse any political bets as much as possible.
"Wala akong kandidato sa pagkapresidente ngayon hanggang Disyembre," he says.
BASAHIN: Bubuksan ng University of Santo Tomas ang Domus Mariae hotel nito para sa mga frontline health workers sa UST Hospital. Libre ang bus transportation at food provision sa mga medical personnel simula ngayong Huwebes.
#COVID19
#LuzonLockdown
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@DZMMTeleRadyo
'HAPPY BIRTHDAY.' Today's mañanita wouldn't be complete without performance artist Mae Paner, who's dressed as NCRPO Chief Debold Sinas, blowing of birthday candles with the Voltes V cake.
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Aabot sa 800 pamilya ang pwersahang inilikas sa iba't ibang lugar sa bansa dahil sa inaasahang pananalasa ng super bagyong
#BettyPH
.
Para sa mga updates sa bagyo, magtungo sa .
LOOK: PH is still the 7th most dangerous country for journalists this year, retaining its rank last year, based on the Global Impunity Index 2021 released by the Committee to Protect Journalists.
Somalia ranked first in the index.
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LOOK: A portion of Masungi Georeserve's restoration proj. was fenced by at least 5 armed men working for an alleged renewable energy company Friday, blocking the conservation area's authorized personnel from accessing the site, a site officer told
@ABSCBNNews
.
READ: UST to give free mental health services for frontliners,
#COVID19
patients, PUIs, PUMs, and people affected by the enhanced community quarantine.
#LuzonLockdown
(UST-Office of Public Affairs).
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@ANCAlerts
PSA: Journalists are not PR officers. If we cannot cover all your events, please do not send passive aggressive messages. Stop questioning our "nose for news."
Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat tells Teleradyo that the individual tagged in skipping quarantine at Berjaya Hotel Makati already admitted the violation.
“Umamin naman siya that she cut quarantine."
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Our team goes to Muntinlupa to find out how a firm is turning sachets into eco-boards through compression molding (heat and pressure). This is an alternative to plywood.
The Plaf says their recycling line is first in PH, in a bid to block plastic waste from leaking to oceans.
18 dogs and 7 puppies are up for adoption here at the Alabang Town Center as part of the JCI and Muntinlupa local govt’s program for Valentine’s Day
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Ang ganda rin pag-aralan how the ABS-CBN shutdown affected many Filipinos' watching habits. Did they shift to digital, subscription-based platforms?
Sama natin yung fact that some of ABS-CBN's shows are airing on TV5 and just recently, GTV. Nanonood pa ba sila? 😅
Ang saya sigurong mag-aral ulit!!! 😭 Imagine ang mga kaganapan sa mga discussion forum, research topics, at maging sa hallways ng Maskom.
What a time to be alive. Unfolding right before our eyes. For sure iba ang pakiramdam ng communication students ngayon. 🥹
My story on
@TVPatrol
The new drug war is focused on drug use deterrence and the protection of human lives -- a 180-degree turn from ex-President Duterte's bloody crackdown.
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Under Proclamation 296 issued in 2001, the Marikina Watershed Reservation was declared a protected area and was renamed Upper Marikina River Basin Protected Landscape.
LOOK: At least 200 passengers and foreigners have aired their frustration after being transported in a dilapidated hotel in Batangas with no water, WiFi. Passengers claim the hotel smelled of garbage, with unkempt rooms and slimy CRs. 📷 Fr. Alberic Lazerna,
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NEWS UPDATE: Palace says they will only release statements "on issues when public interest/welfare is involved."
This, after media sought comment from the Palace regarding former First Lady Imelda Marcos' 93rd birthday and how the first family spent it in Malacañang.
Anyone here who got cheated on, were emotionally abused by their partners, or who are broken hearted this Valentine's? I'm writing a special feature. DM me!
(RTs very much appreciated huhu).
JUST IN: Pharmally’s Krizle Grace Mago confirms that they are changing the certification stickers of the face shields that they deliver to health frontliners.
This was based on the instructions of their management, particularly Mohit Dargani.
Sen. Risa Hontiveros showed a video of a supposed warehouse staff for Pharmally Pharmaceuticals.
The staff said they are repacking "expired" face shields, replacing its manufacturing date from 2020 to 2021.
NOW: 1Sambayan is live on its Facebook page to officially launch its campaign for presidential hopeful VP Robredo and her running mate Sen. Pangilinan.
The coalition is also set to include more candidates in its senatorial slate.
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NOW: Robredo gives her message to supporters. She thanked 1Sambayan for the "space and platform" to be united.
"Di natin inaakala na puwde tayo magsama-sama ng ganito bilang isang grupo."
NOW: Vice President Leni Robredo delivers her speech for the Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats' (CALD) 13th assembly.
This year's 5-day event, which started Monday, discussed the future of democracy & its challenges after the pandemic.
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LOOK: PGH said it would suspend accepting non-COVID patients due to the rising number of COVID-19 admissions in the hospital.
As of Friday, PGH has a total of 256 admitted COVID-19 patients.
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Sabi ko di ako iiyak pero when I remembered all the times na di ko naabutan gising mama ko tuwing paguwi ko and paggising ko naman wala na siya to work, I asked myself if worth it ba talaga na halos di kami makapag-usap for my acads (1/n)
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LOOK: Sen. Richard Gordon turned emotional as he closed the panel's hearing today and thanked his fellow senators, staff, and the resource persons who keep on attending the probe.
He says government officials should be principled in the face of challenges.
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WATCH: ABS-CBN employees, solid Kapamilya, mount a noise barrage in fromt of ABS-CBN along Sgt. Esguerra, denouncing the House committee's decision that killed ABS-CBN's application for a franchise, Friday.
Their plea: Save the 11,000 jobs.
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FYI. DOH says they will not share Gwyneth Chua's genome sequencing results since this is against the Data Privacy Act.
"Information like this may not be disclosed to protect the citizen."
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.
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website was hit by a cyber attack (DDoS) causing a 6-hour outage. Important news stories today were stalled.
A DDoS attack is when hackers flood a network with overwhelming data traffic to paralyze it.
UPDATE: DENR's Environmental Management Bureau says their real-time quality monitoring tools "indicate heightened alert in some parts of Metro Manila, due primarily attributed to emissions from heavy vehicular traffic, especially during rush hour."
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ABS-CBN News has reached out to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources and the Department of the Interior and Local Government regarding the matter but they have to respond as of this story's posting.
DOH says the lower number of fresh COVID-19 cases being reported in recent weeks can be attributed to the fewer number of samples being received by accredited laboratories for testing.
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This week, the nature reserve in Rizal appealed on social media for the government's help on the matter, describing the damage as "irreversible."
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UPDATE: PENRO Rizal dispatched their team early Tuesday on the Marikina Watershed to check on the reported construction of resorts and the illegal fires and clearings there, as revealed by the Masungi Georeserve to ABS-CBN News over the weekend
EXCLUSIVE: A trustee from the Masungi Georeserve on Saturday revealed that some 10 hectares of land are affected by unabated fires and clearings in the protected Marikina Watershed, while the construction of resorts have also sprung in the area.
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LOOK; OWWA on Saturday transferred some 60 Filipino returnees from an apartelle in Cainta, Rizal that they said was supposedly untidy and unkempt.
OWWA Admin Hans Cacdac told ABS-CBN News that deputy admin Faustino Sabarez went there to inspect, assist them.
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Good working relationship. Professionalism during practices. Prioritizing life outside cheerdancing: NU Pep Squad's head coach lays down the team's winning recipe in the upcoming
#UAAPSeason82
cheerdance competition.
The NU Pep Squad eyes back-to-back cheerdance titles in the upcoming
#UAAPSeason82
Cheerdance competition. Here's how they would win the crown this year according to its head coach.
#GametimeOnANC
#ANCRecap
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Rachelle Cabrera, an overseas Filipino nurse, on Friday revealed that she and some 60 of her kababayans were met with supposedly unkept rooms, dusty beds, and stained toilets upon their arrival to the Cainta apartelle.
She described it as a "nightmare."
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OUT NOW: UST Mindanao campus begins construction; Pope’s United Nations envoy is a Thomasian; UST to offer 6-year medicine program; Golden Tigresses post worst record in 24 years; land 7th out of 8 teams and more!
LOOK: Situation at the ABS-CBN Newsroom minutes before the broadcast network goes off-air.
The NTC has ordered the network to stop its broadcast operations after its franchise expired on May 4, 2020.
#ABSCBNFranchise
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In addition, the watershed was also granted protection under Republic Act no. 7586 or the National Integrated Protected Areas System (NIPAS) Act of 1992.
This means the area is “protected against destructive human exploitation.”
Halos 2 buwan na mula nang lumubog ang MT Princess Empress sa Oriental Mindoro. Gaano na nga ba kalaki ang pinsala nito sa komunidad at sa sektor ng turismo doon? Ikukuwento ‘yan ni
@jobmanahan
.
#PatrolNgPilipino
Minsan may mga tao na hindi talaga para saatin and that's okay. It was hard to let go of the memories I cherished and loved about that person for five years! Someone told me na maybe it's just the personality that I liked five years ago and that person is no longer the same (1/n)
UPDATE: DILG Usec. Jonathan Malaya confirmed to ABS-CBN News that he already tasked the PNP and the DILG offices in Calabarzon to launch an immediate investigation on the alleged "entry and incursions" in the Marikina Watershed.
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EXCLUSIVE: A trustee from the Masungi Georeserve on Saturday revealed that some 10 hectares of land are affected by unabated fires and clearings in the protected Marikina Watershed, while the construction of resorts have also sprung in the area.
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"Swap sa sibuyas."
Watch my report on
@TVPatrol
to know more about how the entry of imported onions is affecting our vendors and why a wholesale store in QC offered their products in exchange for onions.
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Puyat adds that they already have signed affidavits from the people Gwyneth Chua interacted with indicating that she was not in the hotel for her quarantine.
"We have the signed affidavits, pictures, CCTV, and it was proven that she was not in quarantine."
NOW: This week’s forum in Quezon City to focus on energy supply, El Niño, the recently-concluded Balikatan exercises, and President Marcos, Jr’s upcoming visit to the US
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LOOK: PDP-Laban Cusi wing and the UniTeam will join forces soon in campaign sorties, teasing that President Rodrigo Duterte may join their rallies.
No date and venue included in the poster but media already seeking for more details
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Gordon: I pray that the BIR, customs, forgo all the fear. Once you are afraid in government to lose your job, you have lost your independence. People in government must not be afraid to lose their jobs especially when they are fighting for principle.
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Robredo says the senatorial candidates of 1Sambayan are ready to set aside differences and be communicate because they all envision a better Philippines.
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Photos also sent to ABS-CBN News showed what seemed to be resorts that have been developed in the watershed, with pools and some housed structures.
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LOOK: Outpour of emotions from some members of ABS-CBN News team as the House franchise committee rejected the broadcast network's new franchise.
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READ: Department of Health's (DOH) statement on the outbreak of Brucellosis in China:
There are documented reports of cases of Brucellosis in China. The Philippines has not reported any case of Brucellosis to this date.
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DOH: There will be a slight delay in today's case bulletin as it's still currently being formatted.
The country's total COVID-19 cases is expected to breach the 400,000-mark today if newly-confirmed cases exceed 2,000.
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Here's the initial list of senators 1Sambayan is backing for now. Retired Supreme Court associate justice Antonio Carpio says they could add more:
-Teddy Baguilat
-Neri Colmenares
-Chel Diokno
-Risa Hontiveros
-Alex Lacson
-Leile De Lima
-Sonny Matula
-Sonny Trillanes
NOW: Opposition coalition 1Sambayan is set to announce their nominees for the 2022 national elections.
Launched in March this year, the coalition seeks to unify opposition parties in the upcoming polls.
Random fun fact:
When I joined ABS-CBN, the most common question I received was a humorous "Kaano-ano mo si Mr. M?", because we shared the same surname. I would answer in jest but we're not really connected. 😂
@jobmanahan
& I will stay
#KapamilyaForever
#TheMagicContinues
☺️
Hello po miss jessica soho. Ako poh si Job manahan, 21 tsong gulang po mula sa QC. Patulong p0h sana iakyat sa laylayan ang grade ko this sem maraming salamat po
#KMJS
DOH's case bulletin will be released once a week starting March 7 or Monday next week.
The bulletin will also be revised by focusing on severe and critical cases as well as the ICU utilization.
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Yung kaba ko for this day, hindi ko na mawari. It's my 2nd cup of coffee and something feels not right huhu. Virtual hugs to all members of the media covering the
#COVID19
outbreak. 🥺😭
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Aguilar also tells the media to wait for the result of a CAAP probe regarding the intrusion of a civilian aircraft during the Balikatan live-fire drills in Zambales.
President
@bongbongmarcos
and US Ambassador MaryKay Carlson were present during the event
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JUST IN: Philippines to scrap need for pre-departure COVID-19 test for incoming adult Filipino and foreign travelers who are fully vaccinated and has a least 1 booster shot starting May 30, Palace announces.
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Disinformation is still the biggest threat in our country's elections this year. Imagine how many Filipinos still refuse to believe mainstream media and go for Thinking Pinoy instead.
Hirap kalaban ng makinarya ni Makoy
This interview just makes me more resolute– journalism is an important job, it's a noble mission not everyone is called to. Believe journalists when they tell you they are being attacked, being killed. Believe them when they tell you they need your help in holding the line.
NOW: Phivolcs holds a press briefing on the situation of Taal Volcano.
State seismologists raised Taal's alert status to Level 3 after the volcano had a "short-lived dark phreatomagmatic plume 1 kilometer-high" past 3 p.m.