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NBI TO INVESTIGATE COPS LINKED TO MISSING ‘SABUNGEROS’ CASE THE National Police Commission (Napolcom) on Friday ordered its Inspection, Monitoring and Investigation Service (IMIS) to conduct a motu proprio investigation into the alleged involvement of several police officers in the disappearance of more than 100 "sabungeros" (cockfighting enthusiasts). Napolcom vice chair and executive officer Rafael Vicente Calinisan said the agency would not hesitate to remove from service any police personnel found to have colluded with the Next page
7 KILLED, 17 HURT IN SILAY ACCIDENT NEWS/ A3
US BACKS CLARK TO BATANGAS RAIL VOL. XXXIX • NO. 132 • 3 SECTIONS 16 PAGES • P20 • SATURDAY, JUNE 28, 2025 •
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2 countries turn away Rody
Australia, Belgium unwilling to be ‘third country’ for ex-president By Ram Superable, Charles Dantes, and Joel Zurbano
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HE governments of Australia and Belgium have both rejected requests to host former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte should the interim release currently being sought by his lawyers be granted by the International Criminal Court (ICC). “There’s no country on record that [is] willing [to serve] as host [or] as a third country in the interim release of the former president,” Assistant Counsel to the ICC, lawyer Kristina Conti, said yesterday. Duterte has been held at the ICC detention facility in Scheveningen, The Hague, since March, facing charges of crimes against humanity over an anti-drug campaign that allegedly left thousands dead. His legal team filed a motion on June 12 seeking temporary release to an undisclosed country, citing humanitarian concerns and insisting the 80-year-old posed no flight risk. A redacted filing posted on the ICC website claimed the unnamed country had expressed a “principled agreement” to host Duterte. Next page
MARCOS OPENS 1ST CLINIC FOR VETERANS NEWS/ A3 HONORING VETERANS. President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. speaks at the inauguration of the Veterans Memorial Medical Center (VMMC) Valor Clinic at Fernando Air Base in Lipa City, Batangas on Friday. He is joined by Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro and AFP Chief of Staff General Romeo S Brawner Jr. PAOAFP
House alleges VP Sara’s answer has ‘misleading, false’ claims By Ram Superable
SUBMITTED. Senate Secretary and Clerk of the Impeachment Court Renato Bantug Jr. (left) receives Friday the reply filed by
the House prosecution panel (right) to the answer submitted by Vice President Sara Duterte on the articles of impeachment. (Senate Public Relations and Information Bureau)
Big oil price rollback seen to relieve consumers By Alena Mae S. Flores and Ram Superable FILIPINO consumers can expect a reprieve from high oil prices next week
with a possible oil price rollback of as much as P2.20 per liter, as the ceasefire between Israel and Iran appears to be holding, causing both regional tensions and market jitters to ease. Gasoline and diesel prices have been
Speaker backs proposal to open bicam budget hearing to public By Maricel V. Cruz SPEAKER Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez on Friday expressed full support for the call to institutionalize a transparent budget process by opening bicameral deliberations to the public as part of broader budget reforms he will champion at the opening of the 20th Congress in July. “Transparency and accountability must be the cornerstones of the
THE Senate Impeachment Court yesterday formally received a 37-page document containing the official comment of the House prosecution team on the answer ad cautelam filed by Vice President Sara Duterte. Impeachment Court spokesperson Reginald Tongol confirmed that the Senate Secretary, acting as the Clerk of Court, received the copy at 1:38 p.m. on June 27. “At the onset, it must be pointed out that in the Answer Ad Cautelam, respondent Duterte had made several misleading and false material statements,” the prosecutors said in their comment. Ad cautelam is a legal term that translates to “with caution” in English.
It is normally used by lawyers in their pleadings for documents or proceedings that may be viewed as unnecessary, but they submitted them anyway as a matter of compliance. Under Senate rules, prosecutors were given five non-extendible days to respond to Duterte’s filing, wherein she claimed that the chamber no longer has jurisdiction over the case. The House panel submitted the reply within the deadline. “This Reply is timely filed,” the prosecutors said. Meanwhile, the Vice President has formally responded to the Office of the Ombudsman's order on the cases recommended by the House of Representatives over her alleged misuse of confidential funds. Next page
going up for five consecutive weeks due to the volatility in world oil prices. Department of Energy Oil Industry Management Bureau (OIMB) director Rodela Romero said that based on Next page
CHR airs alarm over killings of transgenders
budget process,” Romualdez said. “I support the move to make bicameral conference committee discussions open to the public. This is a crucial step in restoring public trust and ensuring that the national budget truly reflects the will and welfare of the people.” In a related development, the #OpenBicam campaign, gaining traction among reform advocates, pushes for the
THE Commission on Human Rights (CHR) on Friday sounded the alarm on what it called a “disturbing pattern of transfemicide” following the killing of two transgender women this month. The CHR cited the cases of Ali Macalintal, a former broadcaster
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LOVE LABAN. Workers install Pride Colors at the facade of Quezon Hall of the University of the Philippines Diliman campus, in Quezon City in preparation for today's ‘Love Laban sa Diliman’ Pride Ph Festival 2025. Manny Palmero