Matapos ang asasinasyon ni Abe.. P-BBM at VP Sara, protektado nang husto — AFP

ni Lolet Abania | July 10, 2022

Tiniyak ng Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) na ang dati at kasalukuyang mga lider ng bansa ay pinuprotektahan nila nang husto, matapos ang naganap na asasinasyon ni dating Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe nitong Biyernes.

Ayon kay AFP Spokesperson Col. Medel Aguilar, in-full force ang dalawang security groups, ang Presidential Security Group (PSG) at ang Vice Presidential Security and Protection Group (VPSPG), para siguruhin ang kaligtasan nina Pangulong Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. at Vice President Sara Duterte.

“We have the PSG and the VPSPG to protect the President and the Vice President, respectively. In coordination with these units, we provide additional security coverages in places of their engagements,” pahayag ni Aguilar ngayong Linggo.

Bukod sa mga naturang units, may karagdagang security personnel na kanila ring idine-deployed sa mga lugar na parehong ang Pangulo at Bise Presidente ay binibisita.

Sinabi naman ni Aguilar, nasa PSG at VPSPG na kung paano at anong security setups ang kanilang ipatutupad para mas tiyakin ang kaligtasan ng mga opisyal.

“It is for the units I mentioned to determine force requirements for the security operations. They are led by competent officers,” saad ni Aguilar.

Nitong Biyernes, si Abe na kilala bilang longest serving prime minister ng Japan ay binaril at napatay habang nagde-deliver ng kanyang campaign speech sa lungsod ng Nara, Japan.

Pangulong Marcos, makikipagkita kay Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi

ni Lolet Abania | July 5, 2022

Makikipagkita na si Pangulo Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. kay Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi upang mapalakas pa ang ties sa pagitan ng Beijing at Manila.

“Yes I will meet with him and the agenda I’m sure will be to strengthen ties with China and the Philippines and of course, to find ways to resolve the conflicts that we have,” pahayag ni Pangulong Marcos sa isang press briefing ngayong Martes.

“One of the ways that I will consistently suggest is that we have our relationship not only on one dimension, ‘yun lang West Philippine Sea, let’s add to that,” sabi pa ng Pangulo.

Unang Cabinet meeting ng Marcos admin, isinagawa

ni Lolet Abania | July 5, 2022

Pinangunahan ni Pangulong Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. ang unang Cabinet meeting ng kanyang administrasyon ngayong Martes, Hulyo 5.

Nakaiskedyul ang pulong ng mga gabinete ng alas-9:00 ng umaga, kabilang na si Vice President at Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Sara Duterte na siyang nag-lead ng pambungan na panalangin.

Sa kanyang remarks, ipinahayag ni Pangulong Marcos na ipababatid ng kanyang economic team ang kasalukuyang estado ng ekomoniya ng bansa.

“I ask the what we call the economics group, which is the Secretary of Finance, the BSP (Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas) Governor, and the NEDA (National Economic and Development Authority) to give us a briefing on the general situation economically because I think we can all understand that the most important area that we will have to deal with would have to be the economy,” saad ni P-BBM.

“The central policy actually that everybody else would be following will be that set out by our economic managers. So I ask the economic team to give us a briefing,” dagdag ng Pangulo.

Sa isang Facebook post, sinabi ni Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Erwin Tulfo na dinismis na ng Pangulo ang ideya ng pagbabawas ng mga government personnel upang makatipid ng pondo sa gitna ng COVID-19 pandemic.

“We don’t want anyone out of [a] job at this point,” sabi ni Pangulong Marcos na iki-quote ni Tulfo.

“[The President has been] carrying on the discussion extremely well,” wika naman ni Solicitor General Menardo Guevarra.

“He is knowledgeable, organized, and very sharp,” pahayag pa ni Guevarra sa mga reporters.