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‘Kristine’ batters north PNP resurrecting probe Luzon, may re-intensify into PCSO official's slay PAGASA: Storm to loop over WPS, could head back to PH Speaker grateful for PMA Class '83 vote of confidence in Quad Comm By Rio N. Araja
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“Kristine” battered parts of HE Philippine northern Luzon yesterday National Police as it moved over the waters (PNP) is reopening of Santa Lucia in Ilocos Sur, its investigation into the state weather bureau said, the 2020 murder of warning the weather disturbance Philippine Charity may reintensify and loop over Sweepstakes Office the West Philippine Sea until (PCSO) board secretary Monday and may move back to Wesley Barayuga. the direction of the Philippines.
On Sunday, PNP Chief Police The provinces Ilocos Sur, La Union and PanGeneral Rommelof Francisco Margasinan remained under Signal No. 3 with schools bil said he ordered the reopening of and government offices shuttered the cold case after whistlebloweras the storm paved Lt. a trail destruction from told the Bicol region Police Col.ofSantie Mendoza going north.Quad Committee that he the House “'Kristine’ to re-intensify helped carry is outforecast the killing at the as it moves over the West Philippine Sea. While it is likely that behest of ex-PCSO general manager the tropical cyclone will remain a severe tropical Royina Garma. Next page Mendoza narrated before congressmen how Garma allegedly facilitated the PCSO official’s roadside assassination on July 30, 2020 by providing the necessary information about his schedule, details about his vehicle and the funding necessary to A WEB OF CRIME? House leaders Aurelio Gonzales and David Suarez presented this matrix during the last QUAD carry it out. Comm hearing which shows the operations of a criminal syndicate allegedly led by fugitive Michael Yang, then economic The whistleblower also implicated adviser of former President Rodrigo Duterte, that controlled the illegal activities of the POGOs and was involved in the drug incumbent National Police Comtrade and extrajudicial killings. missioner Edilberto Leonardo in the planning of the murder. Barayuga was a retired police general and lawyer who supposedly threatened to expose corruption within the PCSO shortly before he was shot dead in Mandaluyong City. Garma, herself an ex-police Lt. THE legal counsel of Chinese adviser of former President Rodrigo of illegal drugs and illegal activities Colonel, allegedly gained the top businessman Tony Yang sought to Duterte. associated with POGOs,” Suarez said spot at the PCSO because of her indisparage lawmakers’ conclusions Fortun, a lawyer who often finds in a mixture of Filipino and English. Next page about submerged his client’s himself at City thewhere center high-profile The solonsimpassable explained how the IN KRISTINE’S WAKE. Rising floodwaters houses,supposedly upper photo, in Tuguegarao some roads have also been rendered sketchy andstorm his ‘Kristine’ alleged sought to amock matrix detailschest-deep Yang’s connections to yesterday due to torrential rains brought by severe past tropical . Inties Barangaycases, Soteroapparently Nuesa in Roxas, Isabela, resident wades through with(lower Philippine Overseas Gaming congressmen, calling theirInformation probe other individuals involved in illicit floodwaters, lower left photo, while evacuees right photo) wait out the passage of Kristine. Cagayan Provincial Office Operators (POGOs) and even “unacceptable.” activities, including the operations of organized crime. However, House members argued illegal POGOs. Lawyer Raymond Fortun they did not come by their suspicions Among the companies implicated questioned the House Quad about Yang recklessly. are Brickhartz Technology Inc. Committee’s impartiality and its On Friday, Senior Deputy Speaker and Xionwei Technology Co. Ltd., ability to pin Chinese national Yang Aurelio Gonzales Jr. of Pampanga which are being linked to alleged Thefor House version of the in 2025 By Maricel V. Cruz down ay wrongdoing a GAB real and Deputy Speaker David Suarez of kidnapping. contained the P1.3 billion to the Office criminal court. Quezon presented a matrix showing The two firms supposedly of“ItheamVice President (OVP), reallocatTHE House of Representatives on very interested in how they Yang’s first appearance and his have connections with the Baofu ing theComm funds tomembers] the Department of SoHe explained all the Tarlac, Thursday submitted its approved By Maricel V. Cruzat the Quad [Quad can prove subsequent activities Compound in that Bamban, cial Welfare and Development (DSWD) panel needs to can do now is lift traced version of the P6.352 trillion Genthis criminal network in court. In Comm hearing. which, in turn, be directly and the Department of Health (DOH). contempt order Alice issuedGuo. HOUSE Quad Committee Comm) eral Appropriations Bill (GAB) for Congress, lawmakers act as both “We saw a pattern, and(Quad we tracked tothedisgraced ex-mayor House and appropriations committee against her last September chair,top Surigao del Norte Rep. Robert 2025 to the Senate amid inclement prosecutor judge,” he said. itlead to the of these corporations... During Friday’s Quad12, Comm chair and Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. and she will be free to go the Yang Ace Barbers said the mega-panel is set to weather. Yang, who already admitted we stripped it of its layers , to get to hearing, lawmakers citedfor Tony Zaldy Co the small birth comrelease Police Lieutenant The money measure was submitted having a earlier fake said Philippine the top retired and through it all, weColonel have inmeantime. contempt for “lying” to about his mittee responsible for introducing indiGarma, and in her affidavits sub subRoyina Garma detention after two panel to the Senate’s Legislative Bills and Incertificate, is the brother of Michael discovered andfrom identified at least businesses business partners. vidual and institutional amendments to mitted to and testimonies before members found her testimonies and coopdex Service, per the Senate Public ReYang, a presidential economic main actors or players in the issue Next page Next page eration satisfactory. Next page lations and Information Bureau.
Yang's lawyer mocks probers amid heated inquiry
DOTr’s Bautista House sends budget version to Senate Quad poised to free Garma says online news after satisfactory cooperation report‘unfounded'
Navy spokes debunks China claim
Over 20 dead as ‘Kristine’ leaves trail of destruction By Charles Dantes, Joel Zurbano, Vito Barcelo, Vince Lopez and Ralph PAGASA Rirao
Gov’t readies P1.48b aid as 'Julian' strengthens
RESCUERS raced Thursday to reach residents stranded by fast-rising floodwaters after torrential rains from Severe Tropical Storm “Kristine” submerged villages, killed more than 20 people, and affected over two million individuals. In the Bicol region alone, 20 fatalities were recorded as of Thursday morning, regional police chief Gen.P1.48 Andre THE government hasBrig. readied Dizon said, attributing most of the deaths billion worth of aid for communito drowning ties that mayand belandslides. hit hard by typhoon ‘Julian’ which PAGASA says could turn into a supertyphoon. As of 5:00 PM on Sunday, PAGASA raised Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No. 3 over Batanes NEWS / A4portion of Baand the northeastern buyan Islands. “’Julian’ is forecast to continue The National Disaster Risk Reintensifying the next Council 24-36 duction and over Management hours as it moves towards Batanes said some 2,077,643 individuals or and/or With the 431,738Babuyan families Islands. were affected, of current trend160,000 in its intensification, which over took shelter in the possibility of reachingNext super evacuation centers. page typhoon category is not ruled out,” PAGASA said in its advisory. Meanwhile, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said that a total of 1.9 million family food packs worth P1.48 billion, other food items worth P276 million, and non-food items (NFIs) worth P919 million were already prepared by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). Some P171 million in standby fund is also available for utilization by the DSWD, including P123 million which can be allotted as Quick Response Fund (QRF) in the central office of the DSWD. Kristine Track PAGASA In Batanes, the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) advised residents to secure their roofs and install window shutters as Typhoon Julian is expected to make landfall
SSS OPENS SALARY, PENSION LOANS FOR ‘KRISTINE’ VICTIMS
Rody’s presence at Senate probe inPHlimbo—Koko lobbies UN Next page
for Security FORMER President Rodrigo Duterte's Council seat attendance at a Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing scheduled on Oct.
By Ralph Harvey Rirao
28 appears to be ingovernment limbo as he isoncurTHE Philippine rently publicly rethinking whether not to Sunday called for theorUnitup, according to Senate Minority edshow Nations (UN) to give it a seat on Leader AquilinoCouncil, “Koko” Pimentel the UN Security highlight-III. In acountry’s interview strong on Thursday, ing the record Pimenand tel, who was designatedthetorule leadofthe dedication to upholding Senate's parallel probe on mass killings law. Next page Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Enrique Manalo in a speech delivered at the UN General Assembly in New York said the Philippines continues to emphasize the “importance of upholding the rule of ROYINA law and the integrity of the GARMA multilateral system in the face of today’s global challenges.” Quoted by reports, Manalo also said: “The Philippines has consistently pursued peace, the sovereign equality of states, the rights and dignity of all persons.” He added that the country is also recognized as the “first Asian ReNext page