2 M new voters expected as registration resumes today

MANILA, Philippines — Voter registration resumes today, 10 months before the May 11, 2020
barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections.

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is expecting two million new registrants during the two-
month registration period that ends on Sept. 30, according to Comelec spokesman James Jimenez.

“(Today) is the first day of voter registration... Comelec offices will be open on Saturdays unless there
is a scheduled satellite registration for that day,” Jimenez said.

He noted that aside from registering as new voters, those who have been delisted from the Voters
List can apply for the reactivation of their registration.

Jimenez added that as a policy, the registration of those who failed to vote in the 2018 barangay and
SK polls and in the May 2019 local and national elections had already been deactivated.

Voters applying for transfer of registration or correction in the entries in their registration records can
also apply during this period.

“This includes change or correction of entries, like misspelled names, wrong birthdates, wrong gender
and so on,” Jimenez said.

The poll body will also be conducting mall registration to reach out to more voters.

Palace open to resuming Dengvaxia use

MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang is open to making the Dengvaxia vaccine available again if
experts declare it to be effective in addressing the rising cases of dengue fever in the country.

Former health secretary and now Iloilo Rep. Janette Garin has asked the Duterte administration to
revive the Dengvaxia vaccination program, saying the vaccine would have prevented the dengue
outbreak in some provinces.

Garin said the vaccination program, which was launched while she was health chief, intended to cut
dengue-related hospitalization by 80 percent and to reduce the severe cases by 93%.

"If the weight of findings show that there is benefit using Dengvaxia against dengue, then certainly the
government should consider it," presidential spokesman Salvador Panelo said in a chance interview
Wednesday.

"We're always open to anything that will benefit the Filipino people. We're not closed to any
suggestion," he added.
Panelo said the proposal to resume the vaccine program has to be discussed "thoroughly" and
"extensively."

"We need experts to support any call for the return of Dengvaxia," the presidential spokesman said.

The Duterte administration stopped the P3.5 billion vaccination program after its manufacturer French
company Sanofi released a study stating that Dengvaxia could increase the health risks of those who
have yet to be infected by dengue. Garin is one of the officials facing charges over the deaths of
children who were given the vaccine.

The health department has recorded more than 106,000 cases of dengue fever this year.

Palace open to resuming Dengvaxia use

MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang is open to making the Dengvaxia vaccine available again if
experts declare it to be effective in addressing the rising cases of dengue fever in the country.

Former health secretary and now Iloilo Rep. Janette Garin has asked the Duterte administration to
revive the Dengvaxia vaccination program, saying the vaccine would have prevented the dengue
outbreak in some provinces.

Garin said the vaccination program, which was launched while she was health chief, intended to cut
dengue-related hospitalization by 80 percent and to reduce the severe cases by 93%.

"If the weight of findings show that there is benefit using Dengvaxia against dengue, then certainly the
government should consider it," presidential spokesman Salvador Panelo said in a chance interview
Wednesday.

"We're always open to anything that will benefit the Filipino people. We're not closed to any
suggestion," he added.

Panelo said the proposal to resume the vaccine program has to be discussed "thoroughly" and
"extensively."

"We need experts to support any call for the return of Dengvaxia," the presidential spokesman said.
The Duterte administration stopped the P3.5 billion vaccination program after its manufacturer French
company Sanofi released a study stating that Dengvaxia could increase the health risks of those who
have yet to be infected by dengue. Garin is one of the officials facing charges over the deaths of
children who were given the vaccine.

The health department has recorded more than 106,000 cases of dengue fever this year.

Pagdagsa ng Chinese banta sa seguridad

MANILA, Philippines — Idineklara kahapon ni National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. na
banta sa pambansang seguridad ang pagdagsa ng mga Chinese national.

“As the National Security Adviser, I have the tendency to look at it as a threat,” sabi ni Esperon.

“I’m on the cautious side. When foreigners, regardless of nationality, come in, and their intent is not
clear. Or when some of them are undocumented, or have false documentation.”

Binanggit pa ni Esperon na mahalagang suriin ang trabaho ng mga ahensiyang may kinalaman sa
pagpasok ng mga dayuhan para mabatid kung nasusunod ang tamang proseso.

“Kung meron tayong mga bagay na tulad ng rules of naturalization, rules of labor, at hindi sila
nasusunod, bakit nagkakaganoon?” tanong niya. “Mayroon bang diperensya ang ating immigration
officers? Tatanungin ko si Commissioner Morente, dahil sa pagkakaalam ko, napakaistrikto niyan.
Nakikita ba niya lahat ng ginagawa ng mga tao niya, kung nababantayan ba kung ano yung
pagpasok.”

Bagaman tinatanggap anya ng pamahalaan na kapakinabangan sa ekonomiya ang pagdagsa ng

mga turista, “There is always the other side of the coin. Hindi tayo dapat magpabaya.”

Sa datos ni Finance Secretary Sonny Dominguez, kung papatawan ng buwis ang mga bagong dating
na Chinese national, kikita ang Pilipinas ng P2 bilyon kada buwan.

ABS-CBN, PAGASA, MMDA at NDRRMC, may hatid na libreng impormasyon

MANILA, Philippines — Mas maraming Pilipino na ang maaabot ng mahahalagang impormasyon

tulad ng news advisories, disaster alerts, traffic updates, weather bulletins, at job vacancies, dahil
nagsanib-pwersa ang ABS-CBN, PAGASA (Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical
Services Administration), MMDA (Metro Manila Development Authority) at NDRRMC (National
Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council) para maghatid ng libre at real-time na updates
gamit ang bagong feature ng TVplus na INFOplus.
Nagkaisa ang TVplus, PAGASA, MMDA at NDRRMC para magbigay ng real-time updates tungkol sa
weather, traffic, at disaster alerts tulad ng lindol at tsunami.

Samantala, hatid naman ng ABS-CBN News ang mga makabuluhang balita kabilang na ang work at
class suspensions, pati na ang presyo ng mga bilihin sa merkado. Magbibigay naman ng job alerts sa
mga naghahanap ng mapapasukang trabaho ang TrabaHanap.

Gamit ang INFOplus, maari ring mag-check ng TVplus updates ang isang user at tingnan ang weekly
KBO (Kapamilya Box Office) schedule.

Walang bayad ang paggamit ng INFOplus at hindi rin kailangan ng internet para rito. Kailangan lang
pindutin ng TVplus user ang red button sa TVplus remote at lalabas na ang INFOplus.

“Hindi lang malinaw na panonood ng TV ang benepisyo ng digital TV. Hangad ng ABS-CBN TVplus
na bukod sa entertainment, magkakaroon din ang TVplus users ng kaalaman tungkol sa mga
mahahalagang impormasyon na nakakaapekto sa pang araw-araw na buhay nila na walang
kailangang bayaran,” ani Charles Lim, ABS-CBN head of Access.

Ang ABS-CBN na nagta-transition bilang isang digital company, ang unang media at entertainment
company sa bansa na nagpakilala ng DTT o digital terrestrial television sa bansa sa pamamagitan ng
ABS-CBN TVplus na inilunsad noong 2015 at nakabenta na ng walong milyong box as of July 2019.

South Korea umayuda sa mga magsasaka

CABAROGUIS, Quirino , Philippines — Muling nagbigay ang South Korea ng halagang $.79
milyon para sa proyekto ng mga magsasaka ng Quirino kamakalawa.

Ang nasabing halaga ay karagdagan umano sa Phase I project ng Korea International Cooperation
Agency (KOICA) para sa itinatag na Quirino Integrated Agricultural Development Project (QIADP),
isang comprehensive rural development project na ang layunin ay mahango sa kahirapan ang mga
magsasaka at maparami ang kanilang agricultural production kabilang na ang pagkakaroon ng iba
pang community livelihood sa lalawigan ng Quirino.

Sa isinagawang groundbreaking ng itatayong livelihood center sa Capitol Hills in Cabaroguis, Quirino

kamakalawa, personal na ipinagkaloob ni South Korean Minister Counselor Kim Sun Young kay
Quirino Governor Dakila “Dax” Cua ang inisyal na $797,900.00 o mahigit sa P40 milyon bilang bahagi
ng $9.5 million na tulong ng Korea sa mga magsasaka ng Quirino.

Ayon kay Young, nakita ng Korea ang maayos na pagpapatupad sa mga proyekto ng QIADP Phase I
na una nilang isinagawa noong 2014-2017 kung kaya’t muli nilang dinagdagan ang dating $5 million
at ginawang $9.5 million para sa Phase II.

Maliban sa nasabing halaga, namahagi rin ang Korea ng 4 na farm vehicles, isang dump truck, 1
pick-up truck, 1 tractor at sari-saring farm machinery para sa mga farmer-beneficiaries.
Tax exemption sa public school teachers isinulong

MANILA, Philippines — Isinusulong ni Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III na ma-exempt sa
pagbabayad ng income tax ang mga guro sa mga public elementary at high school.

Sa kaniyang Senate Bill 241, wala nang income tax na babayaran ang mga guro na nasa levels 1, 2,
3, o yaong hindi pa umaabot sa P26,000 ang buwanang sahod.

Hindi na rin dapat umanong buwisan ang kanilang holiday pay, hazard pay at night differential pay.

Ayon kay Sotto, ang income tax exemption ay pagkilala at pagsukli sa paghihirap ng mga guro.

Ang Senate Bill 241 ay bukod pa sa panukala ni Sotto at iba pang mga senador na bigyan ang mga
guro ng dagdag-sahod.

South Korea umayuda sa mga magsasaka

CABAROGUIS, Quirino , Philippines — Muling nagbigay ang South Korea ng halagang $.79
milyon para sa proyekto ng mga magsasaka ng Quirino kamakalawa.

Ang nasabing halaga ay karagdagan umano sa Phase I project ng Korea International Cooperation
Agency (KOICA) para sa itinatag na Quirino Integrated Agricultural Development Project (QIADP),
isang comprehensive rural development project na ang layunin ay mahango sa kahirapan ang mga
magsasaka at maparami ang kanilang agricultural production kabilang na ang pagkakaroon ng iba
pang community livelihood sa lalawigan ng Quirino.

Sa isinagawang groundbreaking ng itatayong livelihood center sa Capitol Hills in Cabaroguis, Quirino

kamakalawa, personal na ipinagkaloob ni South Korean Minister Counselor Kim Sun Young kay
Quirino Governor Dakila “Dax” Cua ang inisyal na $797,900.00 o mahigit sa P40 milyon bilang bahagi
ng $9.5 million na tulong ng Korea sa mga magsasaka ng Quirino.

Ayon kay Young, nakita ng Korea ang maayos na pagpapatupad sa mga proyekto ng QIADP Phase I
na una nilang isinagawa noong 2014-2017 kung kaya’t muli nilang dinagdagan ang dating $5 million
at ginawang $9.5 million para sa Phase II.

Maliban sa nasabing halaga, namahagi rin ang Korea ng 4 na farm vehicles, isang dump truck, 1
pick-up truck, 1 tractor at sari-saring farm machinery para sa mga farmer-beneficiaries.
 ________________________________________________

He noted that aside from registering as newS voters, those who have been delisted from the Voters
List can apply for the reactivation of their registration.

Voter registration resumes today, 10 months before the May 11, 2020 barangay and Sanguniang
Kabataan (Sk) elections.

The commission on elections (Comelec) is ekpecting 2 million new registrants during the two-month
registration period that ends on Sept. 30, according to Comelec spokesman Jimenez.James

“(Today) is the first day of voter registration... Comelec offices will be open on Saturdays unless there
is a scheduled satellite registration for that day,” Jimenez said.

Jimenez added that as a policy, the registration of those who failed to vote in the 201 8 barangay and
SK polls and in the May 2019 local and national elections had already been deactivated.

Voters applying for transfer of registration or correction in the entries in their registration records can
also aply during this period.

This includes change or correction of entries, like misspeled names, wrong birthdates wrong gender
and so on,” Jimenez said.

The poll body will also be conducting mall registration to reach out to more voters.
 ________________________________________________

Former health secretary and now Iloilo Rep. janette Garin has asked the Duterte administration to
revive the Dengvaxia vaccination program, saying the vaccine would have prevented the dengue

outbreak in some provinces.

Malacañang is open to making the Dengvaxia vaccine available again if experts declare it to be
efective in addresing the rising cases of dengue fever in the country.

Garin say the vaccination program, which was launched while she was health chief, intended to cut
dengue-related hospitalization by 80 percent and to reduce the severe cases by 93%.

"If the weight of findings show that there is benefit using Dengvaxia against dengue, then certainly the
government should consider it," presidential spokesman Salvador Panelo said in a chance interview
Wednesday.

"We re always open to anything that will benefit the Filipino people. We re not closed to any
suggestion," he added

Panelo said the proposal to resume the vaccine program has to be discussed "thoroughly" and
"extensively."

"We need experts to support any call for the return of Dengvaxia," the presidential spokesman said.

The Duterte admin. stopped the P3.5 billion vaccination program after its manufacturer French
company Sanofi released a study stating that Dengvaxia could increase the health risks of those who
have yet to be infected by dengue. Garin is one of the officials facing charges over the deaths of
children who were given the vaccine.

The health department has recorded more than 106,000 case of dengue fever this year.
 ________________________________________________

As the National Security Adviser, I have the tendency to look at it as a threat,” sabi ni Esperon.

“I’m on the cautious side. When foreigners, regardless of nationality, come in, and their intent is not
clear. Or when some of them are undocumented, or have false documentation.”

Binanggit pa ni Esperon na mahalagang surin ang trabaho ng mga ahensiyang may kinalaman sa
pagpasok ng mga dayuhan para mabatid kung nasusunod ang tamang process.

Idineklara kahapon ni National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. na banta sa pambansang
seguridad ang pagdagsa ng mga Chinese national.

“Kung meron tayong mga bagay na tulad ng rules of naturalization, rules of labor, at hindi sila
nasusunod, bakit nagkkaganoon?” tanong niya. “Mayroon bang diperensya ang ating immigration
officers? Tatanungin ko si Commissioner Morente, dahil sa pagkakaalam ko, napakaistrikto niyan.
Nakikita ba niya lahat ng ginagawa ng mga tao niya, kung nababantayan ba kung ano yung
pagpasok.”

Bagaman tinatanggap anya ng pamahalaan na kapakinabangan sa ekonomiya ang pagdagsa ng

mga turista, “There is always the other side of the con. Hindi tayo dapat magpabaya.”

Sa datos ni Finance Secretary Sonny Dominguez, kung papatawan ng buwis ang mga bagong dating
na Chinese national, kikita ang Pilipinas ng P2 bilyon kada buwan
 ________________________________________________

NagkAisa ang tVplus, PagaSA, nMDA at NDrrMC para magbigay ng real-time updates tungkol sa
weather, traffic, at disaster alerts tulad ng quake at tsunami.

Samantala, hatid naman ng ABScBn News ang mga makabulahang balita kabilang na ang work at
clas suspensions, pati na ang presyo ng mga bilihin sa merkado. Magbibigay naman ng job alerts sa
mga naghahanap ng mapapasukang trabaho ang TrabaHanap.

Mas maraming Pilipino na ang maaabot ng mahahalagang impormation tulad ng news advisories,
disaster alerts, traffic updates, weather bulletins, at job vacancies, dahil nagsanib-pwersa ang ABS-
CBN, PAGASA (Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration),
MMDA (Metro Manila Development Authority) at NDRRMC (National Disaster Risk Reduction and
Management Council) para maghatid ng libre at fake-time na updates gamit ang bagong feature ng
TVplus na INFOplus.

Gamut ang INFOplus, maari ring mag-check ng TVplus updates ang isang user at tingnan ang
weekly KBO (Kapamilya Box Office) schedule.

Walang bayad ang paggamit ng INFOplus at hindi rin kailangan ng internet para rito. Kailangan lang
pindutin ng TVplus user ang red button sa TVplus remote at lalabas na ang INFOplus.

“Hindi lang malinaw na panonood ng TV ang benepisyo ng digital TV. Hangad ng ABS-CBN TVplus
na bukod sa entertainment, magkakaroon din ang TVplus users ng kaalaman tungkol sa mga
mahahalagang impormasyon na nakakaapekto sa pang arawaraw na buhay nila na walang
kailangang bayaran,” ani Charles Lim, ABS-CBN head of Acess.

Ang ABS-CBN na nagta-transition bilang isang digital companny, ang unang media at entertainment
company sa bansa na nagpakilala ng DTT o digital terrestrial television sa bansa sa pamamagitan ng
ABS-CBN TVplus na inilunsad noong 2015 at nakabenta na ng walong milyong box as of July 2019.
 ________________________________________________

Sa kaniyang Senate Bill 241, wala nang income tax na bbayaran ang mga titser na nasa levels 1, 2,
3, o yaong hindi pa umaabot sa P26,000 ang buwanang sahod.

Isinusulong ni Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III na ma-exempt sa pagbabayad ng income tax
ang mga guro sa mga public elementary at high school.

Hindi na rin dapat umanong puwisan ang kanilang holiday pay, hazard pay at night differential pay.

Ayon kay Sotto, ang income tax exeption ay pagkilala at pagsukli sa paghihirap ng mga guro.

Ang Senate Bill 241 ay bukod pa sa panukala ni Sotto at iba pang mga senador na bigyan ang mga
guro ng dagdag-sahod.

________________________________________________

Ang nasabing halaga ay karagdagan umano sa Phase I project ng Korea International Cooperation
Agency (KOICA) para sa itinatag na Quirino Integrated Agricultural Development Project (QIP), isang
comprehensive rural development project na ang layunin ay mahango sa kahirapan ang mga
magsasaka at maparami ang kanilang agricultural production kabilang na ang pagkakaroon ng iba
pang community livelihod sa lalawigan ng Quirino.

Sa isinagawang ground breaking ng itatayong livelihood center sa Capitol Hills in Cabaroguis, Quirino
kamakalawa, personal na ipinagkaloob ni South Korean Minister Counselor Kim Sun Young kay
quirino governor Dakila “Dax” Cua ang inisyal na $797,900.00 o mahigit sa P40 milyon bilang bahagi
ng $9.5 million na tulong ng China sa mga mangingisda ng Quirino.

Ayon kay Young, nakita ng Korea ang maayos na pagpapatupad sa mga proyekto ng QIADP Phase I
na una nilang isinagawa noong 2014-2017 kung kaya’t muli nilang dinagdagan ang dating $5 million
at ginawang $9.5 million para sa Phase II

Muling nagbigay ang South Korea ng halagang $.79 milyon para sa proyekto ng mga magsasaka ng
Quirino kamakalawa.