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…

Teves’ lawyer says no order for solon to come home: We can attend hearing online

Gabriel Pabico Lalu - Reporter / @GabrielLaluINQ 03/20/2023

MANILA, Philippines — The lawyer of Negros Oriental 3rd District Rep. Arnolfo “Arni” Teves Jr. has maintained that there was no compulsory order for the lawmaker to return home and report for work, saying that the House…

Group asks gov’t to implement comprehensive sex education

Gabriel Pabico Lalu - Reporter / @GabrielLaluINQ 03/17/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Recent reports of adolescents contracting human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) have prompted a women’s rights advocacy group to call for implementing comprehensive sexual education (CSE) to help children and teenagers avoid sexually transmitted diseases. In…

Informant tells House panel: 30%-70% of seized ‘shabu’ return to streets

Gabriel Pabico Lalu - Reporter / @GabrielLaluINQ 03/14/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Around 30 percent to 70 percent of “shabu” or crystal meth that authorities had seized during anti-drug operations go back to the streets, an informant told the House committee on dangerous drugs according to…

Bill allowing married women to retain maiden surnames approved on 2nd reading

Gabriel Pabico Lalu - Reporter / @GabrielLaluINQ 03/14/2023

MANILA, Philippines — A proposal that would allow married women to retain and use their maiden surnames has been approved by the House of Representatives on the second reading. House Bill No. 4605 authored by Manila 4th…

41 seconds only: Gun attack on slain Negros Oriental governor very quick, wife says

Gabriel Pabico Lalu - Reporter / @GabrielLaluINQ 03/06/2023

MANILA, Philippines — The attack on the residence of slain Negros Oriental governor Roel Degamo lasted only for 41 seconds, his bereaved wife revealed on Monday. Mayor Janice Degamo of Pamplona, Negros Oriental, said in an interview…

Not a peso should be spent for Con-con; give P28B to poor families instead — Makabayan

Gabriel Pabico Lalu - Reporter / @GabrielLaluINQ 03/02/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Members of the Makabayan coalition again assailed proposals to amend the 1987 Constitution through a constitutional convention (Con-con), saying that not a single peso should be spent on delegates as many poor families can…

Pet rescue organization says armored car hit, killed sleeping dog in GenSan

Gabriel Pabico Lalu - Reporter / @GabrielLaluINQ 01/27/2023

MANILA, Philippines — An organization rescuing distressed pets and animals said that an armored car is now being tracked down for running over a sleeping dog in front of a house in General Santos City and speeding…

Robbers who looted Oton school in Iloilo say they don’t have money to buy rice

Gabriel Pabico Lalu - Reporter / @GabrielLaluINQ 01/20/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Several robbers looted the parents-teachers association (PTA) room inside a school in Oton, Iloilo and left a note on the blackboard saying they don’t have money to buy rice for their family before managing…

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