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How’s Tuesday so far, Rappler readers?
As Oplan Tokhang resumes, PNP chief Ronald dela Rosa said Monday, January 29, that they can’t promise a “bloodless” war on drugs, saying police still need to defend themselves from violent drug suspects. Malacañang said it wants the revived anti-drug program be less controversial than its two previous iterations, which has been criticized for having a high number of casualties.
Meanwhile, Malacañang has suspended Deputy Ombudsman Arthur Carandang for his alleged premature disclosure of the President’s financial records. But can the President do it to an official of an independent body?
Also on Monday, the Department of Health said it is now demanding a full refund from pharmaceutical giant Sanofi Pasteur over its Dengvaxia vaccine. This comes as the government continues to probe how the controversial vaccination program got a green light.
These stories, and more, are in today’s wRap.
The Office of the Executive Secretary files an administrative case against Overall Deputy Ombudsman Arthur Carandang for supposed premature disclosure of documents about President Rodrigo Duterte’s bank accounts.
The PNP chief makes this claim even as at least one police station – in Bogo City, Cebu – reportedly brought their city to drug-free status without any deaths.
Rappler’s petition for review cites procedural and substantive processes which were violated, and points out how Rappler’s PDRs were singled out.
The FBI’s deputy director, Andrew McCabe, is stepping down after having been accused by President Donald Trump of being a Democratic partisan.
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) criticized the move to allow Congress, sitting as a Constituent Assembly (Con-Ass), to revise the 1987 Constitution. The CBCP on Monday, January 29, also voiced its fears of a “creeping dictatorship” in the face of “self-serving” motives for Charter Change.
The Department of Health (DOH) is now demanding French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi Pasteur to fully refund the Philippine government the P3 billion it paid to purchase vials of the Dengvaxia dengue vaccine.
Music’s biggest stars gathered on Sunday, January 28 for the 60th Grammy Awards, with Bruno Mars walking away with the night’s biggest awards.
Top photo: A picture taken late on January 28, 2018 in Paris shows the flooded Quai de Grenelle by the banks of the Seine river, with the Eiffel Tower in background. Geoffroy van der Hasselt/AFP
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