Chief Pol Gen Chakthip Chaijinda said police officers had no choice but to uphold the law and arrest leaders of youth protests this week. Pol Gen Chakthip said police officers are required to make the arrests because the leaders of the protest broke the law. Failure to act against the members would result in police being charged with dereliction of …

MANILA, Philippines – The Commission on Human Rights has appealed to the Department of Transportation on Friday, to revisit its policy that would ban elderly persons and pregnant women from riding the Metro Rail Transit (MRT) and Light Rail Transits (LRT) when the proposed general community quarantine takes into effect. CHR Commissioner Karen Gomez-Dumpit said that she urged DOTr to …

Cebu Mayor Edgardo Labella has said on his Facebook page that there were 63 more inmates that has contracted the dreaded Covid19 virus, bringing the number of Cebu Jail inmates tested positive for the Coronavirus above 200, now at a staggering number of 207. The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) Region 7 has already ordered the isolation of …

Qatar Airways on Monday handed a letter of resignation to about 200 Filipinos who worked for the company.   According to David Desang, Philippine Labor Attaché in Qatar, the dismissal of workers takes effect on Tuesday, March 17, 2020.  Most of those who were fired were employed in the technical department, in positions such as engineers, maintenance personnel, and other …