News Update
As of January 16, 2018 (Tuesday)
1. Manila Bulletin
12,000 flee as lava oozes from Mayon volcano
More than 12,000 people have been ordered to leave a seven-kilometer danger zone around the crater of Mayon volcano. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology stated that the volcano is erupting but the eruption is fairly quiet. They further said that it may escalate into a hazardous eruption.
https://news.mb.com.ph/2018/01/16/train-world-prices-jack-up-gas-price-today/
2. Philippine Star
Senate to do solo Cha-cha
Sen. Panfilo Lacson yesterday filed Senate Resolution 580, which seeks to convene the chamber into a constituent assembly to propose amendments to the Constitution separate from the House. He said his resolution would avert a situation that would make the Senate irrelevant should the House insist on a constituent assembly in a joint session with the two chambers voting jointly.
http://beta.philstar.com/headlines/2018/01/16/1778186/senate-do-solo-cha-cha
3. Daily Inquirer
Thousands more evacuate as eruption of Mt. Mayon looms
The number of people evacuated has increased to more than 20,000 as the lava from the Mayon Volcano continued to flow.
As of Tuesday, January 16, a total of 5,318 families or 21,823 individuals have been affected in 25 barangays in the towns of Camalig, Guinobatan, Ligao City, Daraga, Tabaco City, and Malilipot in Albay and were staying in 18 evacuation centers, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said on Tuesday.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/960723/thousands-more-evacuate-as-eruption-of-mt-mayon-looms
4. Manila Times Sanofi to refund govt
FRENCH pharmaceutical giant Sanofi Pasteur announced on Monday it had agreed to the demand of the Department of Health (DoH) to refund the cost of unused vials of anti-dengue vaccine Dengvaxia, which was earlier suspended because of health risks.
“Sanofi Pasteur has responded positively to the Philippine Department of Health’s request that we provide reimbursement for the doses of Dengvaxia that were not used by the government in the public vaccination program,” it said in a statement, without disclosing the amount.
Last week, Health Secretary Francisco Duque 3rd wrote Sanofi Pasteur Asia-Pacific head Thomas Triomphe, asking for a refund for the unused vials of Dengvaxia worth P1.4 billion or $27.8 million.
http://www.manilatimes.net/sanofi-refund-govt/374558/
