Cabinet member pushed as successor

[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – Senator Panfilo Lacson urged colleagues Monday to act swiftly on a bill he had introduced authorizing the president to appoint a cabinet member who will assume the highest elective office in the country if any of the constitutional successors He can not do it. Lacson, the …

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Duterte keeps Metro Manila under GCQ until September 30

[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – Metro Manila will remain under a less restrictive general community quarantine (GCQ) from Sept. 1 to 30, as total COVID-19 cases in the country reached 220,000, President Rodrigo said Monday night. Duterte. In a recorded speech, Duterte said that the provinces of Bulacan and Batangas and …

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2020 US Open: Live updates from day 1

[ad_1] The Louis Armstrong Stadium has a capacity of about 14,000 people. There were about 14 there on Monday morning. They received player introductions over the public address system, which fell, if not on deaf ears, then very few ears. An hour later, the women’s number one seed, Karolina Pliskova …

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ABS-CBN fires 4,000 workers – The Manila Times

[ad_1] More than 4,000 employees of ABS-CBN Corp., which closed its radio and television stations after Congress refused to renew its franchise, will be laid off as of today, September 1. SIGNING Members of various groups gather outside the ABS-CBN building in Quezon City on August 31, 2020, the last …

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