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THE DAY IN PHOTOS: December 30, 2019 @ 2019-12-31T08: Back Hot News
Keyword:Rizal Day in Davao City Duterte to
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DAVAO CITY (MINDANEWS / 30 DECEMBER) — PRESIDENT RODRIGO DUTERTE LED THE 123RD RIZAL DAY RITES AT THE RIZAL PARK HERE ON MONDAY THEMED 「JOSE RIZAL: PARAGON OF THE FILIPINOS IN THE 21ST CENTURY.」
IN 2018, DUTERTE ALSO SKIPPED RIZAL DAY CEREMONIES IN DAVAO CITY TO REST.
DUTERTE WAS IN DAVAO CITY TO LEAD THE OBSERVANCE OF RIZAL DAY ON MONDAY MORNING. HE JOINED HIS CHILDREN, DAVAO CITY MAYOR SARA DUTERTE-CARPIO AND VICE MAYOR SEBASTIAN DUTERTE, IN OFFERING A WREATH OF FLOWERS TO THE HERO』S SHRINE THERE.
THREE STRONG QUAKES JOLTED COTABATO PROVINCE AND SURROUNDING AREAS IN OCTOBER; NAMELY: 6.3 MAGNITUDE QUAKE ON OCTOBER 16; A 6.6 MAGNITUDE ON OCTOBER 29; A 6.5 MAGNITUDE QUAKE ON OCTOBER 31; AND ANOTHER 6.9 QUAKE ON DECEMBER 15, KILLING MORE THAN 23 PEOPLE, WOUNDING OVER A HUNDRED AND DISPLACING THOUSANDS IN COTABATO AND DAVAO DEL SUR PROVINCES.
SEVENTEEN FILIPINOS, INCLUDING FIVE MINORS, FLED TO SAFER AREA AFTER ARMED MEN STORMED THE RESIDENTIAL BUILDING THEY WERE STAYING IN AT SALAHUDDIN, THE PHILIPPINE EMBASSY IN TRIPOLI REPORTED MONDAY.
LEAVING GARBAGE IN PUBLIC PLACES VIOLATES MANILA CITY ORDINANCE NO. 7866, OR THE ANTI-LITTERING ORDINANCE OF 2018, WHICH IMPOSES A FINE OF P3,000 OR 30 DAYS OF IMPRISONMENT ON VIOLATORS.
「PATI ‘YANG MGA TRUCK, I-CONTROL NINYO ANG SPEED. ALAM MO ANG DISGRASYA NGAYON, PAG ANO ANG PATAY, 10, 20 (THE SPEED OF TRUCKS HAS TO BE CONTROLLED. YOU KNOW ACCIDENTS NOW, KILL 10 TO 20 PEOPLE). I HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THAT. THAT HAS TO STOP,」 DUTERTE SAID IN A SPEECH IN COTABATO CITY.
EARLIER, THE TASK FORCE DAVAO RECOMMENDED THAT MAXIMUM SECURITY ZONES BE ESTABLISHED, PARTICULARLY IN HIGH-TRAFFIC AREAS. FOR INSTANCE, THEY ARE THINKING OF LIMITING THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES THAT CAN PARK IN THE AREAS SURROUNDING CITY HALL, SAN PEDRO CATHEDRAL, AND THE SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD. THEY ARE ALSO THINKING OF ADOPTING THE SAME MEASURE AT THE ROXAS NIGHT MARKET.
ANYWHERE FROM P20 BILLION TO P24 BILLION YEARLY IS THE EXPECTED YIELD FROM THE HIGHER RATES FOR SO-CALLED SIN TAXES ON ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, HEATED TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND VAPOR PRODUCTS WHICH THE SENATE, WORKING LATE INTO MONDAY NIGHT, PASSED ON THIRD AND FINAL READING TO HELP BRIDGE THE FUNDING GAP FOR IMPLEMENTING THE UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE (UHC) LAW.
500-DAY COUNTDOWN BEGINS. LAPU-LAPU CITY MAYOR JUNARD CHAN (3RD FROM LEFT) SITS WITH (FROM LEFT) PRESIDENTIAL COMMUNICATIONS AND OPERATIONS OFFICE (PCOO) ASSISTANT SECRETARY RAMON CUALOPING III, NATIONAL QUINCENTENNIAL COMMITTEE VICE-CHAIR AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR RENE ESCALANTE, AND ERIC DIVINAGRACIA DURING THE PRESS BRIEFING ANNOUNCING THE 500-DAY COUNTDOWN EVENTS ON SATURDAY (DEC. 14, 2019) AT THE HOOPS DOME IN LAPU-LAPU CITY. LAPU-LAPU CITY IS THE MAIN SITE, ALONG WITH MANILA AND DAVAO, FOR THE SIMULTANEOUS LIGHTING OF THE HISTORIC SITES, MONUMENTS, AND LANDMARKS MARKING THE START OF THE COUNTDOWN. (PNA PHOTO BY JOHN REY SAAVEDRA)
WHILE LARGELY STILL IN THE REALM OF ANTI-OLIGARCH CURSES AND BLUSTER AND WITH ELEMENTS IN HIS OWN ADMINISTRATION LIKELY TO TRY TO CONVINCE HIM TO BACK OFF, DUTERTE APPEARS ON THE WAY TO ENDING THE CURSE SINCE 1986 OF AN OLIGARCH-RUN ECONOMY.
THE MARKET VALUATION OF FOUR COMPANIES WITH INTEREST IN WATER DISTRIBUTION IN METRO MANILA AND IN CAVITE AND RIZAL PROVINCES HAD DECLINED BY MORE THAN P128 BILLION IN THE PAST 11 TRADING DAYS AFTER PRESIDENT RODRIGO DUTERTE THREATENED TO ARREST OFFICIALS OF THE CONCESSIONAIRES AND CHARGE THEM WITH ECONOMIC SABOTAGE.

 

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