News: Michael Yang brother admits Chinese nationality, fake PH papers

Tuesday, September 24, 2024

Michael Yang brother admits Chinese nationality, fake PH papers

September 25, 2024

SIBLINGS IN HIGH PLACES A photo of ex-President Rodrigo Duterte with his economic adviser Michael Yang (right of frame) is flashed during Tuesday's Senate hearing that focused on Yang's elder brother Tony, the arrested Chinese national whose real name is Yang Jian Xin (inset). —RICHARD A. REYES

Hi there. Michael Yang brother admits Chinese nationality, fake PH papers

Yang Jian Xin, also known as Tony Yang, the elder brother of Duterte economic adviser Michael Yang, admitted to being a Chinese national who faked his Filipino citizenship to form several companies, including a steel firm that allegedly hosted a POGO.

Subic may again host a major military installation soon, bigger and more suitable than the space currently rented by the Philippine Navy, with President Marcos having authorized the Defense department to discuss the matter with SBMA officials.

The Court of Appeals has junked the motion for reconsideration filed by Sanofi Pasteur Inc. over the dismissal of its appeal to review the government's revocation of the certificates of product registration for its controversial dengue vaccine, Dengvaxia.

Ex-Duterte Cabinet official Melvin Matibag wants the Supreme Court to disbar former presidential mouthpiece Harry Roque over, among others, Roque's post of a "deepfake" video supposedly showing President Marcos snorting a white powdery substance.

Ayala family and conglomerate in mourning: Beatriz Zobel de Ayala, matriarch of the clan behind the oldest business conglomerate in the country, died on Monday, Sept. 23, at 88, according to an Ayala Corp. announcement that also requested privacy for the family.

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