Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. on Monday brushed aside concerns that the proposed Philippines-United States Pax Silica project could worsen water supply in host communities, saying no major industrial project would be approved without a sustainable water management system. “Totoo naman ’yun. Totoo talaga in any manufacturing concern, pero may sources of water naman. In any properly planned industrial estate, nandun na ’yung source of water,” Teodoro told reporters at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City. According to the defense chief, the greater concern should not be water consumption itself but how water is managed. | via @biancadava

Statement I accept the wisdom of the Supreme Court to suspend me for one year. All lawyers are under the disciplinary power of the Court and I am no exception. Back in 2018 to 2019, I was fighting for the life and liberty of my brother. And my family’s safety and reputation. I felt helpless and powerless except for my small voice on social media. We were nobodies and I was screaming against the void. If being suspended is the price I have to pay for defending my family, then it is a price I will pay in any lifetime. I recognize that words, contained in a tweet, have power and my choice of words should have consequences. All lawyers should be held accountable for their words and actions. That is why I prostrate myself to the Supreme Court for disciplining me and in the same vein, I beg the Honorable Court to resolve the pending disbarment cases of former President Rodrigo Duterte and Vice President Sara Duterte, to show that indeed, no one is above the law. And to our dear Senator-Judges, if a lawyer like me can be suspended for cursing, then a Vice President like Sara Duterte should likewise be answerable not just for cursing but for threatening the life of the President and the First Lady. Accountability should apply to all, big or small. #Accountability

DILG TO PROBE MAYOR BASTE Iimbestigahan ng Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) si Davao City Mayor Baste Duterte kaugnay ng utos nitong itapon ang mga basura sa harap ng opisina ng Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). Ayon kay Palace Press Officer Usec. Claire Castro, titingnan ni Interior Sec. Jonvic Remulla kung may posibleng kapabayaan at paglabag sa environmental laws si Duterte at iba pang local officials. Iniutos ni Mayor Baste ang pagtatapon ng basura sa DENR office kasunod ng naranasang delay sa garbage collection matapos isara ang New Carmen Sanitary Landfill sa lungsod. "Sa lahat po ng mga leader sa LGUs... kayo po ay para sa taumbayan, hindi pansarili. Hindi po dapat katamaran o pansarili ang iniisip. Isipin ninyo po ang inyong constituents," paalala ni Castro.

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