TWG asks for 6-month extension for pilot study of motorcycle taxi
TWG asks for 6-month extension for pilot study of motorcycle taxi;
Comelec stands by decision to disqualify Smartmatic from bidding process for elections;
DOST-FNRI says not much has changed regarding state of nutrition of children in PH;
Sen. Marcos questions need for ICC probe
Comelec stands by decision to disqualify Smartmatic from bidding process for elections;
DOST-FNRI says not much has changed regarding state of nutrition of children in PH;
Sen. Marcos questions need for ICC probe
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00:00 The Commission on Elections, or ComELEC, remains unfazed with Smartmatic's decision to appeal
00:05 to the unbanked decision of the poll body disqualifying it from participating in the
00:10 bidding process for elections.
00:12 This and other stories in tonight's national news roundup.
00:18 The Technical Working Group, or TWG, has requested for a six-month extension for the conduct
00:25 of the pilot study on motorcycle taxi during the House Committee on Transportation hearing.
00:31 This as their recommendation to the lower house on whether to pass a measure on the
00:35 use of motorcycles for public transportation is still being finalized.
00:41 The Commission on Elections, or ComELEC, stood pat on its unbanked decision disqualifying
00:46 Smartmatic from the bidding process for upcoming elections.
00:51 Smartmatic filed a petition before the Supreme Court against the said decision by ComELEC.
00:57 Nothing much has changed in terms of the overall nutrition situation of children in the country.
01:02 This was the assessment of the Food Nutrition Research Institute of the Department of Science
01:07 and Technology, or DOSTFNRI, after the conduct of an expanded national nutrition survey.
01:15 The country recorded a 28.2% in terms of prevalence of stunting among children under five years
01:22 of age.
01:23 Western Visayas has the highest reported cases, with 36.9%.
01:29 The DOSTFNRI is holding a rolling survey spanning three years from 2018, but was delayed due
01:37 to the COVID-19 pandemic.
01:39 That is why the survey was resumed only from 2021 to 2022.
01:45 Senator Aimee Marcos questioned what she deemed was meddling on the part of the International
01:50 Criminal Court, or ICC, with its insistence of conducting a probe on the Duterte administration's
01:57 drug war, even though she believes the rule of law is still working in the country.
02:02 The lawmaker also believes the Philippines does not need to apologize for its decision
02:06 to leave the ICC.
02:08 William Thio for The Nation.