Human rights lawyer Chel Diokno questioned the Department of Justice (DOJ) for saying that they will be “tempering the rigor of law with human compassion” over Senator Koko Pimentel’s violation of COVID-19 quarantine protocols. Diokno in a tweet compared the treatment between a high-ranking official and ordinary citizen offender. “Pag mahirap, kulong. Pag senador, compassion? Ang compassion e para sa mga may sakit at mga naghihirap, hindi para sa mga pulitikong sadyang nilagay pa sa peligro pati frontliners natin. Bakit pag ordinaryong tao, parusa agad? Pero kung big time, walang pananagutan?” he said. A Philstar.com report said that DOJ will…
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Leyte representative Lucy Torres-Gomez is about to end her self-quarantine without exhibiting symptoms of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The congresswoman thanked the people who have expressed their love and concern, and asked about her whereabouts. “I am well and ending the quarantine with no symptoms. God bless and protect us all,” she said in a statement. A video of the Leyte representative having contact with the confirmed COVID-19 positive Sen. Koko Pimentel has been circulating online. The congresswoman said that the video was taken on March 4, 2020 in the house of Sen. Manny Pacquaio during an official PDP-Laban…
Paolo Guidicelli rummaged through the baby photos of his older brother Matteo Guidicelli for the actor’s 30th birthday today. “Happy Birthday @matteog I can’t believe (your) ?3️⃣0️⃣? Kuya in that photo (your) such a cool kid,” greeted Matteo’s younger brother in an Instagram post. Here are the shared photos of the young Matteo. Paolo also included some family photos in his post. Matteo acknowledged his baby brother’s greeting with the comment: “Thank you brother appreciate it.” Meanwhile, the 30-year-old actor’s management also greeted him a happy birthday.
Veteran actor Domingo Cobarrubias — more popularly known as Menggie Cobarrubias — posted his last “goodbye” before he passed away reportedly due to complications from pneumonia. The 68-year-old actor was also tested for COVID-19 and was still waiting for the result at the time of his death. His “Goodbye” Facebook post on Wednesday night shocked and saddened the film community. Gina Jorge Cobarrubias confirmed the death of her husband in a Facebook post on Thursday morning. “Goodbye my love. Thank you for the 30 wonderful years. I love you. Dear God please give me the strength to be able to…
Angel Locsin admitted that she “super” regrets campaigning for Senator Koko Pimentel way back in 2007, calling it now a “mortal sin”. A Twitter user on Wednesday asked the Kapamilya actress: “Do you regret that you campaigned for him then in a TV ad? Voted for him because of you.” Angel frankly replied, “Yes. Super. Mortal sin. Patawarin niyo po ako bilang ex-husband siya ng pinsan ko.” Another netizen tagged the actress in an old photo of her endorsing the senator to which she simply replied, “Eww.” The Kapamilya actress also said she only voted for the senator once, and…
The Makati Medical Center (MMC) on Wednesday slammed Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III for breaching its infection and containment protocols for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) after he accompanied his pregnant wife to the hospital. Earlier today, the senator was confirmed to have tested positive for the coronavirus. Pimentel claimed that upon knowing the positive test result, he immediately left the hospital on Tuesday. His wife Kathryna also denied that her husband was with him in the delivery room. “By being in MMC, Senator Pimentel violated his Home Quarantine Protocol, entered the premises of the MMC-DR, thus unduly exposed healthcare…
Several netizens are calling out Senator Kiko Pimentel, who recently tested positive for the coronavirus, for putting people at risk when he accompanied his wife to a hospital in Makati. The senator revealed on Wednesday that he was at a hospital — later identified as Makati Medical Center — with wife Kathryna Yu-Pimentel, who was scheduled to give birth, when the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) called to inform him of the positive test result. “Yes as she was scheduled to give birth this morning. I received the call from RITM when I was already in the hospital last…
President Rodrigo Duterte thanked the nation’s brave health workers on the frontlines of the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. In his nation’s address on Tuesday, the president expressed his gratitude to the COVID-19 frontliners who are risking their lives to stop the spread of the disease in the country. “Let me reiterate my sincerest gratitude to all our courageous frontliners in this war, especially our healthcare workers — our doctors, nurses, medical technologists and other allied health professionals,” he said. He added, “Maraming maraming salamat. Asahan niyo ang suporta ng inyong gobyerno.” The president also expressed his grief over the…
After Senator Miguel “Migz” Zubiri, Senator Aquilino “Kiko” Pimentel III became the second member of the upper chamber of the congress to test positive for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). “I was informed late last night March 24, 2020 that I have tested positive for the COVID-19 virus. The swab was taken last Friday, March 20, 2020,” he said in a statement on Wednesday. The senator shared he already tried his best to limit his movement since the last session day on March 11, but “will call (to the best of my ability)” those he had come in close contact…
The owner of a student dormitory in Tandang Sora, Quezon City has offered to accommodate COVID-19 frontliners as the enhanced community quarantine in Luzon is in effect. An ABS-CBN report said that the newly-built dormitory with 105 rooms which measures 18 square meters each will be made available for free to health workers who are on the frontlines of the country’s battle against the coronavirus pandemic. Each room also has its own comfort room, two bunk beds and tables. There have been reports of frontliners being forced to walk to work amid the suspension of public mass transportation due to…