USEC. ROCKY IGNACIO: Good afternoon MPC, kasama na natin si Chief Presidential Legal Counsel and Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo. Good afternoon, sir. SEC. PANELO: Good afternoon, MPC. I’ll share some happenings last night. The first item on the agenda was about the efforts of various agencies to address EU’s brought before it regarding the COVID-19. Updates relative were presented by Health Secretary Francisco Duque who initially reported that the Philippines Read More

USEC. ROCKY: Good afternoon, MPC. Kasama na natin si Chief Presidential Legal Counsel and Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo. Good afternoon, sir. SEC. PANELO: Good afternoon, MPC. Ready!F USEC. ROCKY: Questions, MPC? Ace. ACE ROMERO/PHILIPPINE STAR: Secretary, you mentioned yesterday that the Philippines is not eyeing a new defense deal with the US— SEC. PANELO: Yes. ACE ROMERO/PHILIPPINE STAR: Ah, okay— SEC. PANELO: Nor with any other country. ACE ROMERO/PHILIPPINE STAR: Read More

TINA MENDEZ/PHILIPPINE STAR: [recording starts]…state of calamity sa CALABARZON. Sir ano ‘yung magiging procedure sa pagtanggap ng international humanitarian assistance? SEC. PANELO: Mayroong established protocols na roon eh, so they will just follow the protocols already established sa lahat ng mga declared calamities. TINA MENDEZ/PHILIPPINE STAR: So, akala ko kaya ng gobyerno natin na mag-institute ng mga rehabilitation efforts, why are we asking for help from outside, other countries? SEC. Read More

USEC. ROCKY IGNACIO: Good afternoon MPC, kasama na natin si Chief Presidential Legal Counsel and Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo. Good afternoon, sir. SEC. PANELO: Good afternoon, MPC. I’d like to announce that the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Disease met today and it has approved to impose a ban on the entry of travelers coming from the North Gyeongsang, Province of South Korea into Philippine territory effective immediately. With respect to Read More