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Gibo: Protesters seeking gov’t ‘reset’ face arrest
DIESEL, KEROSENE PRICES TO DROP NEWS/ A2
By Rex Espiritu and Vince Lopez VOL. XXXIX • NO. 287 • 3 SECTIONS 16 PAGES • P20 • SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2025 •
ICC rejects Rody’s bid for interim release Court cites 'risks' if Rody released; EJK victims hail ruling
DEFENSE Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. cautioned participants in tomorrow’s “Trillion Peso March” against corruption that anyone pushing for a militarybacked “reset” of the government faces arrest, even as state security forces prepare to quell any civil unrest that may arise during the event. In an ambush interview yesterday, Teodoro said such calls are "totally illegal" and would be considered inciting to sedition. "What you cannot do directly, you cannot do indirectly in the law. So when you say withdrawal of support, it's an indirect way of saying, 'I'll take over,' which is illegal," the defense chief said. “Puwede, sa tingin ko ha… Pwedeng hulihin (The way I see it, they can be arrested). I mean, it's illegal. It's an indirect way, it's an artful way [of calling for an overthrow of the government],” he added. Recently, Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo "Ping" Lacson said he received, and ignored, offers from some retired military personnel to join a "civil-military junta" aiming to remove Marcos and Duterte from office. Next page
Marcos orders hunt for Zaldy Co’s air assets
DENIED. Presiding Judge Luz del Carmen Ibáñez Carranza, top right, reads the decision of the International Criminal Court Appeals Chamber confirming the rejection of the interim release request of former President Rodrigo Duterte while Duterte defense counsel Nicholas Kaufman, top left, listens to the verdict. Inset shows relatives of victims of the alleged extrajudicial victims of Duterte’s drug war reacting to the decision. International Criminal Court/YouTube, Edd Castro
By Charles Dantes PRESIDENT Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. ordered transport and aviation officials to work with counterparts in Malaysia and Singapore to locate aircraft allegedly linked to resigned Ako Bicol Rep. Zaldy Co. In a video statement Friday, Marcos said the Department of Transportation and the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines have been instructed to verify reports that helicopters and a private jet registered under Misibis Aviation & Development Corp. were flown out of the country and are being kept abroad. "You cannot steal from the Filipino people and expect to hide or fly away on your private jets," President Marcos told Co. "You may have the money to run, but you cannot outrun the Republic of the Philippines."
By Pot Chavez, Charles Dantes and Katrina Manubay
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HE International Criminal Court on Friday rejected a request by former president Rodrigo Duterte to be released from detention ahead of his trial on crimes against humanity during his bloody war on drugs. Presiding judge Luz del Carmen Ibanez Carranza ruled that lawyers for the 80-year-old had not laid out strong enough precautions to warrant a temporary release from custody in The Hague, where the court is based. Duterte's lawyers, appealing against an earlier refusal, had called for a "humanitarian" parole because of the state of his health. But the judge said "the conditions for release proposed were not sufficient to mitigate the risks it found in relation to Mr Duterte's Next page interim release."
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Organizers declare teachers’ ‘sit-down strike’ successful By Rex Espiritu and Ram Superable
The campus protests pushed through despite some DepEd regional and division offices issuing directives discouraging teachers from joining THE Alliance of Concerned Teachers the sit-down strike, warning them of (ACT) yesterday declared the nationpossible “consequences” if they parwide sit-down ticipate, ACT’s strike a success, leadership said. with 237 schools ACT Chairacross 34 maperson Ruby jor cities and Bernardo stated provinces in 14 that no memo regions particifrom higher NEWS / A3 pating in the dayauthorities can long activity. criminalize the Classrooms across the country constitutional right of teachers to protransformed into spaces of protest and test unjust conditions. political discussion, as educators con“Ang protesta ng teachers ngayon ducted full-day “alternative classes” ay ligal at lehitimo, at para sa ikainside their rooms, halting regular inbubuti ng buong bayan (The protest of struction to confront the roots of "the teachers today is legal and legitimate, worsening crisis in the sector." Next page
P20 rice for public school teachers
RESTITUTION. Acting Justice Secretary Frederick A. Vida, second from left, receives the P110-million in cash surrendered by dismissed DPWH engineer Henry Alcantara at the Department of Justice (DOJ). Norman Cruz
Alcantara surrenders P110m in kickbacks to DOJ By Pot Chavez FORMER Bulacan District Engineer Henry Alcantara on Friday returned P110-million to the government, the
amount he purportedly obtained from flood control projects. In a press briefing, Justice Acting Secretary Fredderick Vida said return of the money was part of the restitu-
tion efforts of the Department of Justice (DOJ). “This is a portion of the amount... It is based on their statements that they Next page
PBBM launches Angat water tunnel P500 Noche Buena to supply Metro, nearby provinces Meal triggers DTIBy Charles Dantes PRESIDENT Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. on Friday led the inauguration of Tunnel No. 5 of the Angat Water Transmission Improvement Project, calling the new facility a crucial investment to secure reliable water
for nearly 20 million residents across Metro Manila, Bulacan, and parts of Cavite and Rizal. During the inauguration ceremony, President Marcos said the new tunnel expands the aging Umiray–Angat– Ipo–La Mesa system, which supplies Next page
House word war
By Maricel V. Cruz and Othel V. Campos A PARTY-LIST lawmaker on Friday assailed the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) over its statement that Next page
SIT-IN STRIKE. Protesting students wear headbands with the word ‘Kurakot Resign’ during the sit-in strike yesterday at the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City. Edd Santos