NOVEMBER 26, 2019

1. DOH confirms Philippines' 8th case of polio in Basilan

✓ A 9-year-old girl from Basilan is the latest known case of polio in the country. Out of the 8
cases, 7 are from Mindanao

✓ The DOH is coordinating with the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao's
Ministry of Health to maximize immunization coverage and intensify polio vaccination efforts in
Basilan

✓ Starting Monday, the DOH is conducting the next round of Sabayang Patak Kontra Polio until
December 7 in Metro Manila and Mindanao. All children under 5 years old, regardless of
immunization status, are eligible to receive a dose of OPV free of charge

2. Duterte was ‘insincere’ in appointing Robredo as anti-drug czar

✓ Human Rights Watch (HRW)

✓ Duterte fired Robredo from after just 19 days.

✓ The vice president accepted Duterte’s offer for her to become co-chairperson of the Inter-
agency Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs (ICAD) last November 6.

3. Deal to develop Puerto Azul residential project inked

✓ Boulevard Holdings Inc. (BHI)

✓ Puerto Azul Resort and Golf Club, a sprawling golfing and resort destination in Cavite, once
dubbed as “Asia’s Paradise”.

✓ Robbie Antonio, Revolution Precrafted founder and chief executive officer, said the company
has signed a development and sales contract with BHI for an integrated resort resort-residential
project covering a 13-hectare property inside the famous Puerto Azul complex.

✓ Initially named Rogue Resorts and Residences, an initial 3.4 hectares will be developed as part
of the first phase

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

1. Cebu Pacific

✓ Cebu Pacific was named the “Most Improved Airline” for 2020 by an international airline
safety and product review website

✓ Editor-in-Chief of Airline Ratings Geoffrey Thomas commended Cebu Pacific for its “move to
expand its global footprint using new generation fuel-efficient aircraft

✓ Meanwhile, Air New Zealand was named the best airline for 2020 by the website

2. ‘Volunteer’ SEA Games stadium worker fractured skull in fall –doctor

✓ The construction worker who fell off scaffolding at the Rizal Memorial Stadium in Manila had
a fractured skull

✓ According to information provided by 46-year-old victim Richard Delos Santos' attending

physician at the Ospital ng Maynila, Delos Santos was conscious but still under observation due to
a blood clot in his head.

✓ Rather, he was one of the 27 workers from the Department of Public Works and Highways who
were originally based in Sta. Mesa, Manila

3. Kasambahay in NCR may get P1,500 wage hike – DOLE

✓ Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said at a press briefing Tuesday that the Regional Tripartite
Wages and Productivity Board – National Capital Region (NCR) has approved the granting of a
P1,500 wage increase to domestic workers in Metro Manila.

✓ Based on Republic Act 10361 or the Domestic Workers Act, the minimum monthly salary of
domestic workers in the NCR was set at P2,500 perNOVEMBER 28, 2019

1. PHL Red Cross gives polio drops to 22,000 kids

✓ A TOTAL of 22,029 children in Metro Manila and Mindanao were vaccinated by the Philippine
Red Cross (PRC) at the start of the second round of Sabayang Patak Kontra Polio for children
ages zero to five years old from November 25 to December 7.

✓ PRC’s target for the 12-day period is 100,000 children, an average of 8,000 to 9,000 per day for
both Metro Manila and Mindanao

✓ A total of 1,113 volunteers and 73 staff were mobilized for this project: 633 volunteers in
Metro Manila and 480 volunteers in Mindanao.

2. Cops arrest 22 vape users in Metro Manila

✓ Authorities have so far arrested a total of 22 vape ban violators in public places in Metro
Manila, Brig. Gen. Debold Sinas, National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) acting chief

✓ As of 9 a.m. Monday, there were 675 police operations conducted where 408 vape stores
inspected out of 449 stores in Metro Manila resulted in 238 stores closed and 61 vapes confiscated

3. Potential typhoon may enter PAR as Philippines hosts SEA Games 2019

✓ Kammuri, a tropical storm outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility as of Wednesday

morning, November 27, could enter as a typhoon on Sunday morning, December 1

✓ The name was contributed by Japan and refers to the Corona Borealis constellation.

✓ (PAGASA) said Tropical Storm Kammuri is 1,755 kilometers east of the Visayas.

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

1. It's chicken sausage': Hotel denies serving athletes kikiam

✓ We are so sad because our very own Pinoy athletes are the very first [ones] to destroy our
dignity as Filipinos,' says Whitewoods president Edgardo Capulong

✓ Early this week, Philippine women's football coach Let Dimzon said the team was served
kikiam for breakfast.

2. 3.4-magnitude quake hits Sarangani

✓ The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, of tectonic origin, hit
seven kilometers southeast of Kiamba at 6:16 p.m.

✓ Depth of focus was 20 kilometers.

✓ No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.

✓ Intensity III- General Santos, South Cotabato

✓ Intensity I- Kiamba, Sarangani

3. Manila, Seoul sign accord on farm mechanization and modernization

✓ The Department of Agriculture (DA) on Thursday said the Philippines and South Korea have
signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) promoting the agricultural development of both
countries in terms of mechanization and farm modernization.

✓ Korea Agricultural Machinery Industry Cooperative (Kamico) Chairman Kim Shin-gil signed
the MOU

✓ The DA has offered P400-million loan to farmers who want to buy modern machinery and
equipment to improve their productivity.

NOVEMBER 30, 2019

1. Asean clean city award goes to PH’s Iloilo City

✓ The city of Iloilo, capital of Iloilo province, is set to receive the Clean Tourist City award from
the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), Mayor Jerry Treñas said

✓ Clean Tourist City Standard (CTCS)

✓ Iloilo City will receive its award on January 2020, in a program at Brunei Darussalam

2. 2 deaths reported in Surigao Sur due to red tide

✓ A day after the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in Caraga Region (BFAR-13) issued
a warning to the public to refrain from eating all types of shellfish from Lianga Bay due to the
presence of a toxic microorganism, health authorities confirmed the death of a couple due to
shellfish poisoning

✓ a couple identified as both of Purok 3, Barangay Kinayan, Barobo, Surigao del Sur were rushed
to the Lianga District Hospital when both lost consciousness after consuming shellfish from
Lianga Bay.

✓ Lianga Bay covers the area of Lianga, Barobo, San Agustin, and Marihatag in Surigao del Sur.

3. Cop dies saving people from grenade blast

✓ A policeman died when he used his body as a shield to protect students and other civilians from
a grenade explosion inside a school in Misamis Oriental

✓ The blast inflicted minor injuries to 10 students of Initao College

DECEMBER 1, 2019

1. 3.1-magnitude quake jolts Davao Oriental

✓ The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, of tectonic origin, hit
156 kilometers southeast of Governor Generoso at 12:48 p.m.

✓ Depth of focus was 76 kilometers.

✓ No damage to property nor aftershocks were recorded.

2. Imelda Marcos allowed to stay free as she seeks remedies against conviction

✓ now Ilocos Norte Representative Imelda Marcos

✓ On November 9, the Fifth Division handed down a guilty verdict against Marcos for using her
position in government to maintain Swiss bank accounts during her husband's regime

✓ Her grandson, Ilocos Norte 2nd District Senior Board Member Matthew Marcos Manotoc

3.LRT-1 set for P100-million CCTV system upgrade

✓ Light Rail Manila Corp. (LRMC)

✓ LRMC president and CEO Juan Alfonso

✓ The LRMC said it has commissioned Commsec Inc. to undertake the project
monthDECEMBER 2, 2019

1. Senate bill seeks to improve financial literacy in all grade levels

✓ Senator Win Gatchalian filed Senate Bill 1192 or the "Economics and Financial Literacy
Curriculum Act of 2019"

✓ It aimed to include economics and personal finance (EPF) courses as pre-requisites for
graduation in public and private schools.

✓ Recent statistics from the Global Financial Literacy survey of financial services company
Standard & Poor's found that only 25 percent of Filipino adults were financially literate.

2. No new service provider for MRT-3

✓ An official of the Department of Transportation (DOTr) denied reports that the agency has
approved the return of Japanese contractor Sumitomo to maintain and rehabilitate the Metro Rail
Transit 3 (MRT-3).

✓ Tj Batan, assistant secretary for railways of the DOTr

✓ Sumitomo-Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, being designer and builder of the MRT-3 system from
1998 to 2000 and from 2000 to 2012

✓ Busan Rail Inc. (BURI)

✓ Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC)

3. DOT projects 31 million ‘same day’ tourists in Calabarzon area

✓ THE provinces of Quezon and Laguna took home the “Destination of the Year” awards for
attracting the most number of tourists in the Southern Tagalog region or Calabarzon.

✓ The awards were handed out by the Department of Tourism (DOT) Region 4 A at the recent
fourth Calabarzon Tourism Summit at The Bellevue Manila

✓ Quezon Province Gov. David Suarez

✓ Laguna Gov. Ramil Hernandez.