PCGG paradox: Agency battles abolition calls

Hi Edward, Here are the most important news that you need to know.     PCGG paradox: Agency battles abolition calls The Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) fought for its continued existence at a House briefing on Wednesday as lawmakers allied with President Marcos renewed a push to abolish the agency created 36 years ago to run after the ill-gotten wealth of the Chief Executive’s family and their associates.     Inquirer Plus offers FREE 30 day trial   Cagayan still reeling as ‘Florita’ exits PH TUGUEGARAO CITY—More than 3,600 families in Cagayan remained in shelters and flood warnings were still up in the province on Wednesday following the onslaught of Severe Tropical Storm “Florita” (Ma-on), which was already outside the Philippine area of responsibility after battering northern Luzon for two days. Two more storm-related fatalities were reported in Kalinga and Camarines Sur.   TOO WHITE TO BE ‘GREEN TEA’ An antinarcotics team of the Quezon City police seizes 25 packs of suspected crystal meth, or “shabu,”—labeled “green tea”—in a buy-bust operation on Roosevelt Avenue, Barangay San Antonio, on Wednesday. A suspect identified as Rodgen Perez of Sta. Rosa, Laguna (right), was arrested on the spot. —NIÑO JESUS ORBETA   6 in BOC Subic port relieved amid probe Six officials of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) at the Port of Subic have been relieved as part of the investigation into last week’s alleged smuggling of 7,021 metric tons of sugar from Thailand. Malacañang also reported the expansion to Mindanao of the government’s drive to flush out hoarded sugar stocks, with BOC agents inspecting warehouses of Crystal Sugar Milling Inc. in Cagayan de Oro City.   SUBSCRIBE NOW   Opinion: DA needs full-time leadership Mr. Marcos simply has too much on his plate, and it would do him and the country well for him to appoint someone who can take on the full-time job as agriculture secretary. This would afford him more time and focus to dispense the heavy load of responsibilities as the country’s President.         © 2022 PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you are subscribed to Inquirer Newsletters. Unsubscribe