Solon on VP Duterte’s snub of NBI subpoena: Her ailment is evasion

Gabriel Pabico Lalu - Reporter / @GabrielLaluINQ 11/29/2024

MANILA, Philippines — Vice President Sara Duterte’s ailment is evasion as she again skipped an important invitation — this time, a subpoena from the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI). This was what Zambales 1st District Rep. Jefferson…

Duterte says he killed 6 or 7 people in Davao

Gabriel Pabico Lalu - Reporter / @GabrielLaluINQ 11/14/2024

MANILA, Philippines — When he was Davao City mayor, former President Rodrigo Duterte reiterated on Wednesday that he killed six or seven people then. Duterte said that he roamed the city then waiting for the chance to…

House committee grills Garma over hiring relatives in PCSO

Gabriel Pabico Lalu - Reporter / @GabrielLaluINQ 09/27/2024

MANILA, Philippines — The House of Representatives quad committee chairperson questioned Former Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) general manager Royina Garma about her hiring of relatives in various posts when she was still in office. Different personalities,…

Killing of PCSO’s Barayuga: Napolcom’s Leonardo, Garma tagged

Gabriel Pabico Lalu - Reporter / @GabrielLaluINQ 09/27/2024

MANILA, Philippines — National Police Commission (Napolcom) Commissioner and former police Col. Edilberto Leonardo and retired police Col. Royina Garma has been implicated by an active police official as the brains behind the killing of Philippine Charity…

Joint bank account: Roque’s ex-executive assistant quizzed

Gabriel Pabico Lalu - Reporter / @GabrielLaluINQ 09/06/2024

MANILA, Philippines – AR dela Serna, the former executive assistant of former presidential spokesperson Harry Roque, has been quizzed by lawmakers regarding their joint bank account. One lawmaker even said that a joint bank account was often…

House SecGen: VP Duterte as ‘designated survivor’? No such thing in PH

Gabriel Pabico Lalu - Reporter / @GabrielLaluINQ 07/11/2024

MANILA, Philippines — Vice President Sara Duterte may just be joking when she talked about appointing herself as a “designated survivor” because there is no such thing in the country. This is according to Reginald Velasco, House…

‘Heartbreak’, ‘Wellness’ leaves for single employees pushed in House

Gabriel Pabico Lalu - Reporter / @GabrielLaluINQ 02/16/2024

MANILA, Philippines — Two House bills aimed to provide “heartbreak” and “wellness” leaves for single employees in the country has been filed in the country by a lawmaker. The importance of giving singles a break from the…

Senator Jinggoy Estrada convicted of bribery by Sandiganbayan

Gabriel Pabico Lalu - Reporter / @GabrielLaluINQ 01/19/2024

The Sandiganbayan Fifth Division on Friday has acquitted Senator Jinggoy Estrada and businesswoman Janet Lim-Napoles of plunder in connection with the pork barrel scam. But Estrada was convicted by the anti-graft court division of one count of…

Isabela Rep. Albano replaces Arroyo as House Deputy Speaker

Gabriel Pabico Lalu - Reporter / @GabrielLaluINQ 11/07/2023

MANILA, Philippines — The House of Representatives has a new deputy speaker after Isabela 1st District Rep. Antonio Albano was elected on Tuesday, November 7. The former president and Pampanga 2nd District Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo was replaced…

Goring now a typhoon; Signal No. 2 up over northeastern Cagayan

Gabriel Pabico Lalu - Reporter / @GabrielLaluINQ 08/26/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Typhoon Goring intensified anew prompting state meteorologists to raise Signal No. 2 over the northeastern part of Cagayan province. The bulletin from the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) on Friday night…

Teves expelled from House; disorderly conduct, chronic absence cited

Gabriel Pabico Lalu - Reporter / @GabrielLaluINQ 08/16/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Negros Oriental 3rd District Representative Arnolfo Teves Jr. has been expelled from the roll of the House of Representatives. The expulsion comes after 265 lawmakers voted to adopt the latest recommendations from House Committee…

Sandiganbayan convicts Napoles, ex-Davao lawmaker for graft over PDAF

Gabriel Pabico Lalu - Reporter / @GabrielLaluINQ 07/01/2023

MANILA, Philippines — A former lawmaker of Davao del Norte’s first district and pork barrel scam alleged mastermind Janet Lim Napoles have been found guilty of graft by Sandiganbayan. The decision pertains to cases involving the appropriation…

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