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P1.10/l oil price rollback seen FIVE LOCAL HOLIDAYS IN OCT. NEWS / A3
ISRAEL CONTINUES PBBM: No major economic disruptions but warns vs. price gouging TO POUND HEZBOLLAH VOL. XXXVIII • NO. 227• 3 SECTIONS 16 PAGES • P20 •MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2024 •
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By Alena Mae S. Flores, Charles Dantes and Maricel Cruz
G PNP resurrecting probe Gov’treadies LOBAL oil prices softened as the ceasefire deal between Israel and Iran continued to hold Wednesday, resulting in a possible rollback in domestic pump prices by as much as P1.10 per liter next week.
PAGASA
into PCSO official's slay
Citing the rapid stabilization of global oil prices following the ceasefire, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said he expects no major economic disruptions stemming from the 12-day Israel-Iran conflict, but said the government is on the lookout against price gouging. "We looked at it and analyzed what could happen. We saw that the effect on the economy should be manageable… The price of oil went up to $79 per barrel, but after the ceasefire was announced, it went back down to $69. So far, there is no significant effect on the economy," said. By Rio N.heAraja "What we are watching now is
price gouging. I’ve seen a lot of sellers raising prices even though oil prices haven’t gone up," he said. Most equities extended a global rally Wednesday after the ceasefire ended more than a week of hostilities. However, wariness over the agreement involving the Middle East foes helped oil prices climb, though they are still well down from their highs on Monday. According to Jetti Petroleum president Leo Bellas, this week’s first two days MOPS (Mean of Platts Singapore) average was lower versus last week’s average.
P1.48b aid as 'Julian' strengthens
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 BaA HELPING HAND. Filipino hotel workers of Carmel Forest Haifa, in Israel, affected bybuyan the heightened Islands. tensions between Israel and Iran receive relief goods and financial aid from Labor Attaché Rodolfo Gabasan with the team of Migrant Workers Office “’Julian’ is forecast to continue (MWO) in Tel-Aviv. Next page intensifying over the next 24-36 hours as it moves towards Batanes HE Philippine and/or Babuyan Islands. With the current trend in its intensification, National Police the possibility of reaching super (PNP) is reopening typhoon category is not ruled out,” PAGASA said in its advisory. its investigation into Meanwhile, the National Disasthe 2020 murder of ter Risk Reduction and ManagePhilippine Charity ment Council (NDRRMC) said that previously enlisted THE ceasefire that ended 12 days of aFilipinos total ofwho 1.9have million family food Sweepstakes Office for voluntary repatriation have war between Israel and Iran was going packs worth P1.48 billion, backed other out with the worth ceasefire in place. "very well," President Donald Trump (PCSO) board secretary food items P276 million, and “We have a list of some resaid on Wednesday, with nationals and non-food items (NFIs) worth340 P919 Wesley Barayuga. quests for repatriation. And of this residents of both countries, including million were already prepared by number, we have been receiving calls Filipinos, eager for a return to normalthe Department of Social Welfare XXXIX NO. 130 On VOL. Sunday, PNP•Chief Police• 3 SECTIONS 16 PAGES • P20 • THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 2025 • to tell us they will (DSWD). back out because cy in their daily lives. and Development General Rommel Francisco Marthey prefer to stay here,”in Mendiola According to Philippine AmbasSome P171 million standby bil said he ordered the reopening of Next page said inisaalso television interview. sador to Israel Aileen Mendiola, some fund available for utilization the cold case after whistleblower by the DSWD, including P123 milPolice Lt. Col. Santie Mendoza told lion which can be allotted as Quick the House Quad Committee that he Response Fund (QRF) in the cenhelped carry out the killing at the tral office of the DSWD. behest of ex-PCSO general manager In Batanes, the Provincial DiRoyina Garma. saster Risk Reduction and ManageMendoza narrated before conment Office (PDRRMO) advised gressmen how Garma allegedly faresidents to secure their roofs and cilitated the PCSO official’s roadside install window shutters as Typhoon assassination on Julyof 30,Justice 2020 by THE Department on Julian is expected to make landfall providing necessarythat information Wednesdaytheconfirmed the Interabout hisCriminal schedule,Court details his Next page national hasabout reached vehicle funding necessary to out and and that the department will assist A WEB OF CRIME? House leaders Aurelio Gonzales and David Suarez presented this matrix during the last QUAD carry it out. prosecution witnesses in it in securing Comm hearing which shows the operations of a criminal syndicate allegedly led by fugitive Michael Yang, then economic also implicated theThe trialwhistleblower of former President Rodrigo adviser of former President Rodrigo Duterte, that controlled the illegal activities of the POGOs and was involved in the drug incumbent Policeof crimes ComDuterte whoNational stands accused trade and extrajudicial killings. missioner Edilberto Leonardo in the against humanity over his bloody planning drug war.of the murder. Barayuga a retired police "There's anwas official [talk] already, general and lawyer supposedly they have gone to ourwho Witness Protecthreatened to expose tion Program to securecorruption the peoplewithwho in thebePCSO was may neededshortly to testifybefore in Thehe Hague, THE Philippine government on shot dead Mandaluyong City. and and so weinhave given our support Sunday publicly called for the UnitGarma, herself ex-police Lt. THE legal counsel of Chinese adviser of former President Rodrigo of illegal drugs and illegal activities cooperation as thisanrequest is welled Nations (UN) to give it a seat on Colonel, allegedly gained the top businessman Tony Yang sought to Duterte. associated with POGOs,” Suarez said founded, based on the safety, necesthe UN Security Council, highlightspot at bring the PCSO becausesafely of her disparage lawmakers’ conclusions Fortun, a lawyer who often finds in a mixture of Filipino and English. sity to the witnesses to inthe 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 Hague," Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin dedication to upholding the rule of sketchy past and his alleged ties cases, apparently sought to mock matrix details Yang’s connections to Remulla told ANC's "Headstart." law.DESTROYED. President with Philippine Overseas Gaming congressmen, calling their probe other individuals involved in illicit Remulla said that the Philippine Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. Department of Foreign Affairs Operators (POGOs) and even “unacceptable.” activities, including the operations of government will also extend finanpersonally leads the destruction (DFA) Secretary Enrique Manalo in organized crime. However, House members argued illegal POGOs. cial assistance to the witnesses in orof some 1.53 tons of assorted a speech delivered at the UN GenLawyer Raymond Fortun they did not come by their suspicions Among the companies implicated der for them to travel to The Hague, illegal drugs worth P9.48 billion eralyesterday Assembly York said the questioned the House Quad about Yang recklessly. are Brickhartz Technology Inc. at in theNew Philippine Drug Netherlands, where the Duterte’s trial Philippines continues emphasize Enforcement Agencyto(PDEA) Committee’s impartiality and its On Friday, Senior Deputy Speaker and Xionwei Technology Co. Ltd., is taking place.. thefacility “importance upholding the in Capas,of Tarlac. The ability to pin Chinese national Yang Aurelio Gonzales Jr. of Pampanga which are being linked to alleged “Only the witnesses will be asrule of law and the integrity of the initiative, which was attended down for ay wrongdoing in a real and Deputy Speaker David Suarez of kidnapping. sisted, because they do not have the multilateral system in the face of toby representatives from the criminal court. Quezon presented a matrix showing The two firms supposedly resources to (to go to The Hague,” DILG, DDB,challenges.” and PDEA , was day’s global “I am very interested in how they Yang’s first appearance and his have connections with the Baofu Remulla said. aimed ensuring theManalo safe andalso Quotedatby reports, [Quad Comm members] can prove subsequent activities at the Quad Compound in Bamban, Tarlac, Kristina Conti, one of the lawproper disposal of the has illicitconsissaid: “The Philippines this criminal network in court. In Comm hearing. which, in turn, can be directly traced yers of the EJK victims, said she was drugs (STORY ON A3). tently pursued peace, the sovereign Congress, lawmakers act as both “We saw a pattern, and we tracked to disgraced ex-mayor Alice Guo. "pleasantly surprised" with the DOJ's equality of states, the rights and digprosecutor and judge,” he said. it to the top of these corporations... During Friday’s Quad Comm position that “aligns with that of the nity of all persons.” Yang, who already admitted we stripped it of its layers , to get to hearing, lawmakers cited Tony Yang Next page drug war victims.” 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 recognized as the “first Asian Recertificate, is the brother of Michael discovered and identified at least two businesses and business partners. Yang, a presidential economic main actors or players in the issue Next page Next page
Speaker grateful for PMA Class '83 vote of confidence in Quad Comm
Return to normalcy: Most Pinoys to stay in Israel, Iran
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DOJ to assist witnesses vs. Rody in ICC trial
Yang's lawyer mocks probers amid heated inquiry
PH lobbies UN for Security Council seat
DOTr’s Bautista says online news report‘unfounded'
House submits certification required by Senate By Maricel V. Cruz and Ram Superable THE House BAUTISTA Prosecution Panel on Wednesday formally submitted to the Senate, sitting as an impeachment
By Darwin Amojelar
TRANSPORTATION Secretary Jaime Bautista denied an online news report claiming that Malacañang was angry with the increase in airport fees without the approval of the Cabinet members. “The Bilyonaryo article is malicious and unfounded,” Bautista said in a Viber message, referring to the website that published the said story. “Bilyonaryo is inconsistent,” he added. Bilyonaryo reported online that “Bautista and his long-time protege in Philippine Airlines, Undersecretary for Aviation and Airports Bobby Lim, are at the center of the storm after it was Next page
Navy spokes debunks China claim of military exercises in Scarborough shoal court, a certification affirming that it has fully complied with constitutional requirements in impeaching Vice President Sara Duterte. In its June 25 submission, the panelRex attached an enrolled copy of By Espiritu Resolution No. 328 (House ResoluTHE Philippine Navy debunked on Sunday the recent announcement by China that it conducted military exercises off Bajo de Masinloc, also known as Scarborough Shoal, in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). China reportedly made the announcement coinciding with the fourth Multilateral Maritime Cooperative Activity between the Philippines, Australia, Japan, New Zealand, and the United States within Manila’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the regional waters over the weekend. Philippine Navy Spokesperson for WPS Rear Admiral Roy Vin-
tion No. 2346), which was adopted in plenary on June 11. The resolution asserts that the impeachment proceedings initiated on February 5 adhered to Article XI, cent Trinidad told reporters that Section 3, Paragraph 5 of the 1987 Manila troops did not Next monitor page any such activity, adding that Beijing’s statement was meant only for its internal audience. “Our troops did not observe any exercise, we have to understand that KASARILAYAAN. sometimes, China is Vicetheir President Sara audidoing this for internal and former ence, right?Duterte For them not to look President Gloria Trinidad weak and embarrassed,” Macapagal Arroyo said. applaud warships during Two Chinese were ceremonies celebrating monitored at a distance ranging Pride Month dubbed from eight Kasarilayaan to 14 nautical miles. yesterday One of these went up to in San Fernando City,1,000 yards at thePampanga. MMCA site OVPbut eventually went away. “It was not threatening, just normal,” accordNext page
P500k paid to assassins for each ‘sabungero’ killed, says DOJ chief By Vince Lopez JUSTICE Secretary Boying Remulla yesterday said the killers of more than 100 missing sabungeros were paid P500,000 for each kill. “This is an organized crime and it's not easy to prove, so let's be careful with the words we say. It’s something
that should be pursued from every angle," he said in an interview with ANC News.. Remulla also said the government has requested remotely operated vehicles from the Japanese government for the search of the missing sabungeros who were allegedly dumped in Taal Lake. Next page
Speaker assures funding for 20k new teachers AWARD. Hans Sy, Chairman of the Executive Committee of SM Prime Holdings,
tional budget and beyond. BywasMaricel V.theCruz honored by Philippine Retailers Association (PRA) with its Outstanding the development. Department of Filipino Retailers President Award for his visionaryMeanwhile, leadership in retail and Janos Barbero Education (DepEd) has confirmed (From left to right): PRA Director and Director of SM Retail Jorge T. Mendiola, PRA
thatABC, all Inc. 20,000 teaching positions Vice President and President and COO (The Penshoppe Group) it SPEAKER Martin Romualdez onof Golden, requested for 2025 have been apAlice T. Liu, SM Prime Holdings Chairman of the Executive Committee Hans T. Sy, Wednesday assured the public that the proved by the Department of Budget PRA President and Chairman of Quorum International, Inc. (Toby’s Sports) Roberto House of Representatives will continS. Claudio, and PRA Director and President of Sportshouse Int’l. Leisure, Inc. and and Management (DBM). ueproponent to sustainoffunding for 20,000 new PRA OFR President’s Award Mars C. Chua Next page public school teachers in the 2026 na-