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DEPED SUSPENDS CLASSES IN 17,774 SCHOOLS AS KRISTINE FLEXES MIGHT By Ralph Rirao and Rio Araja
KRISTINE’S WRATH.
A house is swept away by floodwaters in Libon, Albay even as the eye of tropical cyclone Kristine is still 275 kilometers, east northeast of Virac, Catanduanes, as of 4 pm yesterday. PAGASA has forecast intense to torrential rains today in Albay, Sorsogon, Northern Samar, Catanduanes, Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, Aurora, and Quezon. PAGASA/ Radyo Pilipinas screen grab
THE Department of Education (DepEd) reported Tuesday that tropical storm ‘Kristine’ has so far disrupted the operations of 17,764 schools in the Philippines.
NDRMMC on ‘red alert’ as ‘Kristine’ nears Luzon NEWS / A2 The typhoon affected basic education schools across 79 divisions in 12 regions. This affected a total of Next page
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STOCKS INCH UP AS PESO WEAKENS
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BUSINESS / B2 VOL. XXXVIII • NO. 250 • 3 SECTIONS 16 PAGES • P20 • WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2024
Rody to attend Senate hearing Koko: Blue Ribbon to work double time probing drug war EJKs
By Joel E. Zurbano and Maricel V. Cruz
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ORMER President Rodrigo Duterte will attend Monday’s first Senate hearing on his bloody war against drugs, Senate President Francis Escudero said. Escudero said Senator Ronald dela Rosa personally invited Duterte to attend the Blue Ribbon Committee hearing to be presided by subcommittee chairperson Senate Minority Leader Senator Aquilino Pimentel III. “According to Senator Bato, he invited President Duterte who expressed willingness to attend,” Escudero said. Escudero also assured the former Next page
Quiboloy can attend Senate hearing—Risa By Joel E. Zurbano SENATOR Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday announced that a Pasig Regional Trial Court judge has granted her request to allow detained religious leader Apollo Quiboloy to attend a Senate hearing scheduled on Oct. 23. Hontiveros, who chairs the Senate Committee on Women, Children,
REWARD SYSTEM. Former Senator Leila De Lima (left) and Lt Col. Jovie Espenido
(right) testify during the 9th Quad Committee hearing at the People’s Center in the House of Representatives yesterday morning. De Lima presented a diagram showing allegedly the drug war reward system implemented by former President Rodrigo Duterte when he was mayor of Davao City. Ver Noveno
Dela Rosa ordered frame up of De Lima, Espenido confirms
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PBBM silent on VP’s rant; son defends family By Maricel V. Cruz and Rachelle Tonelada PRESIDENT Marcos’ restrained smile gave Palace reporters all the answers they needed despite his refusal to comment on Vice President Sara Duterte’s hours-spanning diatribe against him. Mr. Marcos’ pregnant pause took place at the sidelines of the Philippine Next page
By Ralph Harvey Rirao and Joel Zurbano
• Leila: Rody modeled drug FORMER Philippine National Police chief and now Senator Ronald dela war after Davao Rosa ordered the framing up of former Senator Leila de Lima to the illegal Death Squad drug trade, police colonel Jovie EspeWRY SMILE. President FerFer dinand E. Marcos, Jr. responds with a wry smile and walks away when reporters ask him to comment on the statements made by Vice President Sara Duterte. ABS-CBN screengrab
nido told the House Quad Committee on Tuesday. Espenido confirmed the earlier testimony of self-confessed drug lord Kerwin Espinosa that Dela Rosa ordered them both to implicate De Lima, a vocal critic of then President Rodrigo Duterte.
Batangas Rep. Gerville Luistro asked Espenido if he confirms Espinosa’s statement that they were both directed to collaborate with each other to ensure their testimonies against De Lima were consistent. “I confirm, Your Honor,” Espenido Next page
AFP: Cadet who AFP-PNP task asked for PBBM’s force hunts US watch censured man’s abductors By Rex Espiritu THE Armed Forces of the Philippines said the issue of a cadet asking for President Marcos’ wristwatch during a recent Philippine Military Academy graduation ceremony has already been resolved. On Tuesday, AFP Spokesperson Colonel Margareth Padilla told reporters that PMA authorities already Next page
THE Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) are working together to search for the kidnapped American vlogger in Zamboanga del Norte. The AFP and PCG are now conducting coastal patrols in the area where Elliot Eastman was allegedly taken. Reports said four assailants shot Eastman in the leg before whisking him away on a boat on Oct. 17. Next page