Hi Edward, Here are the most important news that you need to know.       House allies back DU30 vs Senate probe In his attacks against senators investigating the allegedly irregular transfer of at least P42 billion pesos from the Department of Health (DOH) to the Procurement Service of the Department of Budget and Management (PS-DBM), President Duterte found supporters in the House of Representatives on Wednesday.   Inquirer Plus starts at P149/month   DepEd: Enrollees top 2020 levels but . . . The number of enrollees for this school year has already surpassed the 2020 total as of Wednesday, but remained lower than prepandemic levels, according to data from the Department of Education (DepEd). The agency reported more than 100-percent enrollment rate for 11 out of 17 regions, indicating that students who opted to sit out school last year have rejoined the basic education system.   LIMITED DINERS Workers disinfect and prepare the tables at a restaurant in Malate, Manila, on Wednesday, a day before the National Capital Region is placed under a new system of pandemic restrictions allowing certain businesses to reopen at a limited capacity. One employee (inset) shows a sign explaining that only fully vaccinated customers can dine inside. —Richard A. Reyes   Learn more   Iloilo City slashes fee for RT-PCR test​ ILOILO CITY—The city government is hoping that more residents would be encouraged to have themselves tested for COVID-19 after it further reduced the cost of the reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test here. The new fee at the local government-run laboratory is P1,800. The city council on Sept. 1 already lowered the rate from P3,800 to P2,500, which is effective until Dec. 31.   Take our news quiz!   Opinion: The inexhaustible Pharmally mysteries​ THE staggering revelations that continue to come out of the Senate’s investigation into the P11.486 billion worth of contracts snagged by woefully undercapitalized Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp. are pointing to “the makings of a scam of the decade”, as Bayan secretary-general Renato Reyes has put it.   Learn more   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