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49% of Pinoys see life improving this year – SWS
worsen in the next 12 months.
file case against lawyers who [make up] cases to prevent ends of justice from being met,” he said.
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Criminal ring run from detention?
The DOJ chief also said authorities confiscated cellphones from foreign nationals detained at the BI facility. One Japanese detainee had six phones, he said.
"This is the subject of investigation within BI because these cannot be tolerated, this reeks of corruption," Remulla said, adding it is "very possible" that criminal activities were run from the detention centers through the contraband phones.
“Luffy” is believed to be directing robberies in Japan from his detention cell in the Philippines.
He said BI personnel who allowed mobile phones into the detenction center will be dealt with severely for a "very serious breach of discipline" in the bureau.
Still, Remulla stressed that the government intends to deport the fugitives to Japan as soon as possible and even before President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. flies there in early February.
"We expect all of these cases to be solved in the next few weeks and we will see how many we can deport before the state visit, he said. g
MANILA — Forty-nine percent of Filipinos believe their quality of life will improve this year, according to the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey. The survey, conducted from Dec. 10 to 14, 2022, also found 37 percent of respondents saying life would stay the same while five percent predicted it would
The remaining eight percent did not give an answer.
The resulting “net personal optimism” (percentage of optimists minus pessimists) of 44 percent is four points higher than the 40 percent in October 2022 and the highest since the prepandemic score of 44 percent in December 2019, the polling firm said.
The survey question on the respondents’ prediction of their quality of life change over the next 12 months has been fielded 147 times since April 1984. Out of the 147 surveys, the net personal optimism score was negative only 11 times, reaching a historic low of -19 in May 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns. It has since trended back upwards to pre-pandemic levels. g
Vergeire ‘ready’ to lead DOH if Marcos appoints her
by Pia Lee-Brago Philstar.com by Red Mendoza ManilaTimes.net
HEALTH Officer-in-Charge
Maria Rosario Vergeire said that she is "ready" if President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. decides to appoint her as full-time secretary of health.
Asked during a television interview on Tuesday, January 31 whether she wanted to be health secretary, Vergeire said that based on the six months she has helmed the department, she was ready because Filipinos might need her. In a later media briefing, Vergeire clarified that she will only accept the offer of Health secretary if Marcos has decided to appoint her full-time.
"Hindi niya kailangan akong lapitan para maging Secretary of Health ako, ako po ang magsasabi at makikipagusap sa kanya (The president does not need to approach me to be the health secretary, I will be the one to discuss it to him if he decides on it)," Vergeire said.
What changed her mind, according to Vergeire, was her visits to different communities in the past six months of her tenure as officer-in-charge, talking to different communities and experiencing first-hand the coronavirus situation in the country.
"Sa tingin ko ngayon, with all
