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ISRAELprosecutors CONTINUES officially notify Sara House POUND HEZBOLLAH ofTOimpending impeachment proceeding VOL. XXXVIII • NO. 227• 3 SECTIONS 16 PAGES • P20 •MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2024 • WORLD / A6 By Maricel V. Cruz and Ram Superable
PNP resurrecting probe ICC case Duterteslay advances into PCSOvs.official's THE House of Representatives yesterday formally served the Office of the Vice President (OVP) the Entry
with Motion to Issue Summons, officially notifying Vice President Sara Duterte of the impeachment proceedings initiated against her. The motion was received by the Senate on March 24, and a copy was
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Gov’t readies P1.48b aid as 'Julian' strengthens
VOL. XXXIX • NO. 44 • 3 SECTIONS 16 PAGES • P20 • THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 2025 •
THE government has readied P1.48 billion worth of aid for communities that may be 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 and the northeastern portion of Babuyan Islands. “’Julian’ is forecast to continue intensifying over the next 24-36 hours as it moves towards Batanes and/or Babuyan Islands. With the current trend in its intensification, the possibility of reaching super 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 WELCOME SUMMER. (NFIs) worth P919 Thenon-food white-hotitems sun bears down were shielded already with prepared by onmillion schoolchildren umbrellas on their way while the Department ofhome Social Welfare young (inset) take(DSWD). to the waters and boys Development of Manila BayP171 to coolmillion themselves Some in from standby thefund searing heat. Manny Palmero and is also available for utilization Norman Cruz by the DSWD, including P123 million which can be allotted as Quick Response Fund (QRF) in the central office of the DSWD. 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
Prosecutors mandatorily furnish defense with 181 pieces of evidence Speaker grateful for PMA Class '83 vote of confidence in Quad Comm
By Rachelle Tonelada, By Rio N.Dantes Araja and Ram Superable Charles
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HE HE Philippine International Criminal National Police Court (ICC) has moved (PNP) is reopening forward with its case its investigation into against former Philippine President the 2020 murder of Rodrigo Duterte by disclosing Philippine 181 pieces Charity of evidence to his legal Sweepstakes defense team Office . (PCSO) board secretary In a three-page communication, the first batch Wesley Barayuga. of evidence, labeled as “Pre-Confirmation IN-
CRIM package 001” and classified as “confidenOn Sunday, PNP Chief Police tial,” was submitted by ICC Prosecutor Karim General Rommel Francisco MarKhan to the pre-trial chamber. bil said he ordered the reopening of “These items comprise the material cited in the the cold case after whistleblower Warrant of Arrest for Mr Rodrigo Roa Duterte, Police Lt. Col. Santie Mendoza told with the exception of those items notified to the the House Quad Committee that he Chamber and the Defence in the Prosecution’s helped carry out the killing at the related application under regulation 35 of the behest of ex-PCSO general manager Regulations of the Court, for which the disclosure Royina Garma. deadline has been extended by the Chamber,” the Mendoza narrated before condocument read. gressmen how Garma allegedly faWhile specific details of the evidence remain cilitated the PCSO official’s roadside undisclosed, the ICC prosecutor confirmed that assassination on July 30, 2020 by the materials are directly linked to the warrant of providing the necessary information arrest issued against Duterte. Next page about his schedule, details about his Next page By Rio N. Araja 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. STATE weather bureau the PhilipComm 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 pine Atmospheric, Geophysical and incumbent National Police Comtrade and extrajudicial killings. Astronomical Services Administramissioner Edilberto Leonardo in the tion (PAGASA) officially declared administration-backed coalition, Aly"I cannot stand on the same camsaid in a statement. planning of the murder. By Ram Superable on Wednesday the start of the dry ansa Para sa Bagong Pilipinas, a decipaign platform as the rest of the AlySenator Marcos had been very voBarayuga wasV.aCruz retired police and Maricel season. sion which she said was prompted by ansa. As I have stated from the outset cal about her misgivings on how her general and lawyer who supposedly In a statement, PAGASA notified circumstances surrounding the arrest of the election period, I will continue brother’s administration handled the SENATORto Imee yesterday threatened exposeMarcos corruption withNext page of former President Rodrigo Duterte. to maintain my independence," she Next page announced withdrawal the in the PCSOhershortly beforefrom he was THE Philippine government on shot dead in Mandaluyong City. Sunday publicly called for the UnitGarma, herself an ex-police Lt. THE legal counsel of Chinese adviser of former President Rodrigo of illegal drugs and illegal activities ed Nations (UN) to give it a seat on Colonel, allegedly gained the top businessman Tony Yang sought to Duterte. associated with POGOs,” Suarez said the UN Security Council, highlightspot at the PCSO because of her indisparage lawmakers’ conclusions Fortun, a lawyer who often finds in a mixture of Filipino and English. ing the country’s strong record and Next page about his client’s supposedly himself at the center high-profile The solons explained how the dedication to upholding the rule of sketchy past and his alleged ties cases, apparently sought to mock matrix details Yang’s connections to law. with Philippine Overseas Gaming congressmen, calling their probe other individuals involved in illicit Department of Foreign Affairs Operators (POGOs) and even “unacceptable.” activities, including the operations of (DFA) Secretary Enrique Manalofrom in organized crime. However, House members argued illegal POGOs. zero-remittance campaign By Charles Dantes a speech delivered at the UN GenLawyer Raymond Fortun they did not come by their suspicions Among the companies implicated March 28 to April 4 to demand eral Assembly Yorktosaid questioned the House Quad about Yang recklessly. are Brickhartz Technology Inc. the returninofNew Duterte the the PhilBy Rex Espiritu MALACAÑANG assured over- Philippines continues to emphasize Committee’s impartiality and its On Friday, Senior Deputy Speaker and Xionwei Technology Co.(OFWs) Ltd., on ippines. seas Filipino workers the “importance of upholding the ability to pin Chinese national Yang AurelioTHE Gonzales Jr. of Pampanga which are being linked to government alleged Enrile said such activities Philippine Navy (PN) is preparWednesday that the rule of law and the integrity of the down for ay wrongdoing in a real and Deputy Speaker David occupation Suarez of of the kidnapping. could trigger government couning for the possible has no plans to revoke their tax multilateral system in the face of tocriminal court. QuezonGrande presented a matrixIslands showing two firms supposedly termeasures, raising concerns and Chiquita once these The privileges. day’s global challenges.” “I am very interested in how they Yang’s arefirst appearance his have connections the Baofu about the possible suspension of declared as militaryand reservations. Chief with Presidential Legal Quoted tax by reports, Manalo also [Quad Comm members] can prove subsequent"The activities at the Quad Compound in Juan Bamban, exemptions. thrust right now of the PN Counsel Ponce Tarlac, Enrile ear- said: OFW “The Philippines has consisthis criminal network in court. In Comm hearing. which, inlier turn,warned can be those directlyplanning traced to Palace Press Officer Claire Next page tently pursued peace, the sovereign Congress, lawmakers act as both “We saw a pattern, and we tracked to disgraced ex-mayor Alice Guo. Castro however said the governmount a “zero remittance week” equality of states, the rights and digprosecutor and judge,” he said. it to the top of these corporations... During Friday’sex-president Quad Comm ment remains committed to supto protest Rodrigo nity of all persons.” Yang, who already admitted we stripped it of its layers , to get to hearing, Duterte’s lawmakersarrest cited Tony porting OFWs, not burdening and Yang said the He added that the country is also having a fake Philippine birth the top and through it all, we have in contempt for “lying” to about his them. move could cost overseas Fili- recognized as the “first Asian Recertificate, is the brother of Michael discovered and identified at least two businesses andworkers business partners. "The government helps pino their tax perks. NAVAL RESERVATIONS. The resort islands of Grande and Chiquita off Subic Freeport Yang, a presidential economic main actors or players in the issue OFWs. We are not against them," Next page The pro-Duterte group Maisug Zone, Olongapo City are set to be declared as naval reservations by presidential proclamation. Next page NEWS / A2 Next page Google maps Croatia in Europe announced a
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