News: Indonesia wants to swap Alice Guo with Australian prisoner in PH

Wednesday, September 4, 2024

Indonesia wants to swap Alice Guo with Australian prisoner in PH

September 5, 2024

FRESH FROM ARREST An image of mayor-turned-fugitive Alice Guo shortly after her arrest in Jakarta, Indonesia, early Wednesday is flashed onscreen several hours later at a briefing by Philippine National Police spokesperson Col. Jean Fajardo at Camp Crame, Quezon City. —SCREENGRAB FROM the PNP Facebook page

Hi there. Indonesia wants to swap Alice Guo with Australian prisoner in PH

The complication: The Australian is wanted by Jakarta for drug smuggling, a capital offense in that country. The Philippines, however, has abolished the death penalty. To bring back Alice Guo, should Manila hand over the Australian who could later be executed?

Amid multiple questions over its handling and disbursement of funds during the tenure of VP Sara Duterte as Education chief, the DepEd said it is working with the Commission on Audit to achieve compliance on the issues flagged by the state auditors.

Agriculture in Bicol is a picture of devastation in the wake of Tropical Storm "Enteng," which left over P350-million worth of losses in the region as widespread flooding caused by heavy rains submerged farmlands and wiped away crops.

No, cell phones do not cause brain cancer. That's according to a World Health Organization review of thousands of studies worldwide -- that despite the massive increase in technology use in the last 20 years, "there has been no rise in the incidence of brain cancers."

In Lifestyle, the section celebrates the diverse culinary journey through Mindanao being offered by SM Supermalls this September through its malls located in the cities of Davao, Cagayan de Oro, Butuan, General Santos, and Zamboanga. It's Mindanao on a plate!

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