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House Quad Comm issues arrest order for ex-spokesman Roque By Maricel V. Cruz THE House of Representatives has served an arrest order at the law office of former presidential spokesperson Harry Roque, House Secretary General Reginald Velasco said Friday.
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Guo’s ‘doppelganger’ finally surfaces at NBI DOJ to file qualified human trafficking case vs. ex-mayor By Pot Chavez and Macon Ramos-Araneta
OW can dismissed Bamban Mayor Alice Guo be in Bulacan to have a document notarized and in Singapore with her sister and business associate at the same time on August 14?
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Through a body double, authorities suspected. And at 2 p.m. yesterday, the alleged doppelganger, Cath Sala-
zar, showed up at the National Bureau of Investigation, wearing a light green shirt, a face mask, and a pair of eyeglasses – a dead ringer of Guo, save for the ex-mayor’s now shorter black hair. NBI Director Jaime Santiago earlier said Salazar was the one who did a drive-through at the office of lawyer Elmer Galicia to have her counter-affidavit notarized at around 7 p.m. of August 14. Guo, also known as Guo Hua Ping, fled the country in early July, and was already in Singapore with her sister Shiela and business associate Cassandra Ong by the time her document was notarized in Bulacan. After the dismissed mayor was arrested in Indonesia on Sept. 4, NBI Next page
Roque was cited in contempt and ordered detained by four House committees, known as the QuadComm, on Thursday after he refused to submit documents regarding the increase in his wealth. Next page
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The alleged doppelganger of dismissed Mayor Alice Guo presented herself to the NBI headquarters yesterday to respond to accusations that she had been used as a decoy to confuse authorities hunting down the fugitive official. Grab from ABS-CBN ALICE GUO
Marcos ratings 12 PH FIRMS AMONG TIMES’S WORLD’S improve in 2QBEST SWS survey MORE than half of Filipinos are satisfied with the administration of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., giving it a “good” +40 net satisfaction rating in June, according to the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey. While the latest rating is an improvement from the “moderate” +29 it got last March, it was lower than the “excellent” +52 mark in December 2023. Conducted from June 23 to July 1, the survey showed that 62% of Filipinos were satisfied, 15% were neither Next page
Quiboloy pleads not guilty; 2 of 5 victims to testify SELF-PROCLAIMED “Appointed Son of God” Apollo Quiboloy pled not guilty to charges of qualified human trafficking, his lawyer said on Friday. Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) legal counsel Israelito Torreon said the preacher and four co-accused entered the plea during their arraignment at the Pasig City Regional Trial Court branch 159 but refused to give further details. “He pled not guilty. We have no further statement because the case is already in court. We already pled not guilty,” he told reporters in Filipino afNext page ter the proceedings.
LOVELY DAY. A cake from agrarian reform
beneficiaries in Palayan City (upper right) and roses from students in Guimba, Nueva Ecija (inset) are among the many gifts received by President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. in his provincial sorties on his birthday. PCO
PBBM’s b-day wish: Elevate agri, health sectors By Charles Dantes and Pot Chavez ON his 67th birthday, President Marcos vowed that his administration
ARRAIGNMENT. Detained pastor Apollo Quiboloy arrives at the Pasig Regional Trial Court where he and his co-accused pleaded not guilty to charges of child and sexual abuse. Manny Palmero
Slowing demand to trigger big time oil price rollback By Alena Mae S. Flores THE Department of Energy announced a possible big time oil price rollback of as much as P1.65 per liter next week due to the slowdown in demand. Department of Energy director for the oil industry management bureau Next page
would continue introducing agricultural and healthcare reforms to ease the burden of common Filipinos. He called for greater synergy in the agriculture sector during the "Agri-Puhunan at Pantawid Program" launch in
Guimba, Nueva Ecija. "I really want every farmer in the Philippines to feel the impact of this program, as well as all the initiatives we’re working on at the Department Next page
OVP has last chance to defend budget By Maricel V. Cruz VICE President Sara Duterte still has one chance to show up and defend their proposed 2025 budget at the House of Representatives, Marikina Rep. Stella Quimbo said Friday. Although the committee on appropriations has approved cutting the budget of the Office of the Vice President from the proposed P2.1 billion to P733 million, this can be reversed during the plenary sessions which start on Monday, Sept. 16, Quimbo said.
"[It's] subject to plenary debate beginning Monday. The 312 members will vote, participate in the discussions. So if someone wants to increase the cut, or does not agree with the cut, that will all come out in the plenary," said Quimbo, who is senior vice chairperson of the appropriations panel. She said Duterte, who did not attend the second hearing of the deliberations on her budget, can still go to their plenary debates and speak through its budget sponsor Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong. Next page