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…

Sandiganbayan acquits Napoles in 16 graft raps over pork barrel scam

Gabriel Pabico Lalu - Reporter / @GabrielLaluINQ 05/22/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Convicted pork barrel scam mastermind Janet Lim Napoles has been acquitted in 16 counts of graft raps relating to the pork barrel scam involving Senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr., the Sandiganbayan declared. In its…

House ethics panel chair: Expel Teves? We’ll talk about that if he doesn’t return

Gabriel Pabico Lalu - Reporter / @GabrielLaluINQ 05/17/2023

MANILA, Philippines — The possibility of expelling suspended Negros Oriental 3rd District Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr. if he still fails to return to the country will be discussed in the next meeting, COOP-NATCCO Rep. Felimon Espares said…

5.5 magnitude quake shakes Luzon

Gabriel Pabico Lalu - Reporter / @GabrielLaluINQ 04/29/2023

Update as of 12:34 a.m. MANILA, Philippines–A magnitude 5.5 earthquake hit waters off Occidental Mindoro at midnight on Saturday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) bulletin showed. Phivolcs said the tectonic quake centered 16 kilometers…

Marcos, VP Duterte get high approval ratings in latest Pulse Asia survey

Gabriel Pabico Lalu - Reporter / @GabrielLaluINQ 04/12/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Both President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and Vice President Sara Duterte received high approval ratings in the latest survey by polling firm Pulse Asia, with 78 percent and 83 percent of respondents, respectively, expressing…

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