Hi Edward, Here are the most important news that you need to know.       Detention till Christmas if Ong won’t cooperate Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp. director Linconn Ong will likely spend the rest of year in the Senate’s detention cell if he continues to refuse to cooperate in the senators’ investigation of his company’s multibillion-peso contracts with the government, Sen. Panfilo Lacson said on Tuesday.   Inquirer Plus starts at P149/month   Marcos ‘conduit bank’ must pay gov’t In the culmination of a process that began in 1997 when the Presidential Commission on Good Government filed a complaint against the then Traders Royal Bank, the Sandiganbayan Second Division has ordered the bank to pay the government P96 million and $5.4 million (plus interest) from the ill-gotten wealth of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos.    FLAGGED FOR RECOVERY Business groups are asking the government to further relax restrictions on commercial activities in Metro Manila next month. Downgrading the alert status to Level 3 would allow small shops -- like this barbershop in Barangay San Antonio, Quezon City -- to accommodate up to 30 percent of their capacity. —LYN RILLON   Learn more   More Pinoys see his VP run as a violation​ President Duterte believes there is no legal impediment for him to run for vice president, his spokesperson Harry Roque said on Tuesday. But a Social Weather Stations survey shows that three out of five Filipinos agree that Mr. Duterte’s plan to run for vice president would violate the Constitution.    Take our news quiz!   Opinion: Gambling culture So President Duterte has signed into law a new tax on Philippine offshore gaming operators (Pogos). Big deal. Are Filipinos afflicted by the economic and other effects of the COVID-19 pandemic heartened, even if, as Republic Act No. 11590 states, 60 percent of the revenues to be derived will fund the Universal Health Care Act, the health facilities enhancement program of the Department of Health (DOH), and the fulfillment of Sustainable Development Goals as determined by the National Economic and Development Program?    Sign up   SUBSCRIBE | FACEBOOK | VIBER INSTAGRAM | LINKEDIN | SUGGEST     © 2021 PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you are subscribed to Inquirer Newsletters. Unsubscribe