News: Sara's snub draws more scrutiny

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Sara's snub draws more scrutiny

September 11, 2024

BOOKED The Department of the Interior and Local Government released these unaltered mug shots of televangelist Apollo Quiboloy on Tuesday, after the Philippine National Police drew flak for the initially released photos that were pixelized to hide his face, supposedly to protect the privacy of crime suspects still facing trial and thus presumed innocent. —PNP PHOTOS

Sara's snub of Congress hearing draws more scrutiny of her budget

With VP Sara Duterte's absence in the House budget hearing, lawmakers said they will be forced to either cut or transfer funds she requested for her office, while senators recounted her alleged misuse of nearly two-thirds of the DepEd's allocation in 2023.

After seven years of self-imposed exile, former Iloilo City Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog, who fled the Philippines in 2017 after being linked by then President Rodrigo Duterte to the illegal drug trade, returned to the country on Tuesday, vowing to prove his innocence.

She may have dodged further Congress questioning, but Cassandra Ong is facing more heat, accused by 10 Chinese nationals of trafficking and forcing them to work at the illegal POGO hub in Porac, Pampanga, raided in June.

The Philippines remains the "most dangerous country" in Asia for environmental activists, with the highest number of advocates killed in the region between 2012 to 2023, 17 of them in 2023 alone, according to the international watchdog Global Witness.

The latest bloodshed in the Israel-Hamas war saw Israeli missiles setting ablaze a tent camp for displaced Palestinians in southern Gaza, killing around 40 people and wounding at least 60 others, the Hamas-controlled civil emergency service said.

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REGIONS

BARMM leaders shocked as Sulu cut from region

COTABATO CITY—The Supreme Court decision upholding the constitutionality of the law that created the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) but cutting out the province of Sulu from the area of autonomy has shocked the region's leaders who have started discussing the ruling's implications on Tuesday.

By Edwin O. Fernandez

OPINION

Redemption for Bureau of Customs

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) has been on a veritable winning streak of late, scoring major seizures of smuggled agricultural products and counterfeit items, fanning hopes that there is hope for the government agency that has become synonymous with widespread corruption.

By Editorial

SPORTS

Falcons coach casts eye on No. 4

By his reckoning, there will be a lot more to fight for among teams that normally occupy the bottom half of the standings. It's not a grand goal. But for Nash Racela, it will do—for now.

By Angel B. Dukha III

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ARTS

Kamias Triennial: How a 'joke' art show rose to prominence

The Kamias Triennial (KT), conceived by artist Patrick Cruz, began in his ancestral home in Kamias, Quezon City. What started as a lighthearted, almost satirical art exhibit has transformed into a significant, government-funded festival.

By Marz Aglipay

INQUIRER PLUS-EXCLUSIVE

'I'm Alice Guo': Read transcript of Senate hearing where Guo denies being Guo Hua Ping

The Senate committee on women, children, family relations, and gender equality conducted a public hearing on Monday, September 9, 2024, alongside the committees on migrant workers, public order, and dangerous drugs. When the dismissed Bamban, Tarlac mayor appeared before the Senate on Monday, she insisted that she was not Guo Hua Ping, despite documentary evidence indicating otherwise, prompting senators to cite her in contempt.

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