#SanaAll? NEDA junks P50k inflation aid for all workers

By Vince Lopez

THE National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) ruled out giving a onetime inflation aid of P50,000 to all workers, saying the country was already providing assistance to the poorest of the poor.

Socioeconomic Secretary Arsenio

Balisacan made the statement after a think tank on Tuesday blasted as patronage politics Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri’s move to provide a P50,000 inflation assistanxe to each of the Senate’s 3,000 employees, adding that such help should

By Macon Ramos-Araneta and Rey E. Requejo

SENATOR Jinggoy Estrada on Tuesday filed a resolution opposing the International Criminal Court (ICC) decision to resume its investigation of the Duterte administration’s bloody war on drugs.

It was the second Senate resolution after Senator Robin Padilla’s seeking to defend former President Rodrigo Duterte from the ICC investigation.

In his resolution, Estrada said the country’s Department of Justice and the Philippine National Police-Internal Affairs Service have in fact investigated the alleged crimes committed during the drug war, which claimed thousands of lives. These efforts, Estrada added, resulted in the filing of four criminal cases before the courts.

Next page be given to everyone.

Balisacan said giving everyone the same inflationary assistance treatment would be "not feasible," citing the country’s “limited fiscal space.” He also said the government was also addressing inflation.

"It's not feasible for everyone to be given the same treatment, because as you know, our fiscal space is very, very limited. And so, we are taking a two-pronged approach. Make sure that we are able to address where the inflation is coming

Police eye drug ring as behind ambush on Adiong’s convoy

INVESTIGATORS said Tuesday a drug syndicate could have been behind the February 17 ambush on Lanao del Sur Governor Mamintal “Bombit” Alonto Adiong Jr. and his security convoy, as the Philippine National Police announced they are focusing on seven suspects in the attack that left four men dead. Meanwhile, police have identified the registered owner of the getaway vehicle used in the ambush of Aparri, Cagayan Vice Mayor Rommel Alameda and five others in Bagabag, Nueva Vizcaya, the PNP said.