News: House postpones next hearing so Sara can face NBI subpoena

Thursday, November 28, 2024

House postpones next hearing so Sara can face NBI subpoena

November 29, 2024

COMPROMISES MAY BE INEVITABLE Contingents from the Senate and the House of Representatives open the bicameral conference on the draft 2025 national budget at the Sheraton Hotel in Pasay City on Thursday. Both sides need to reconcile their versions of the proposed P6.352-trillion purse. —SENATE PRIB

House postpones next hearing so Sara can face NBI subpoena

No, you can't use us as an excuse, said the House panel looking into VP Sara Duterte's alleged misuse of public funds, announcing it was postponing its hearing on Friday so Duterte could appear before the NBI for alleged grave threats.

Amid calls to make its deliberations public, the bicameral committee that will craft the 2025 national budget from the Senate and House versions has instead created a technical working group, again seemingly keeping the talks from public scrutiny.

Remember Customs fixer Mark Taguba, who implicated Davao Rep. Pulong Duterte and VP Sara's husband Manases Carpio in the P6.4B shabu shipment in 2017? Now a drug convict, Taguba said he has "never recanted" his affidavit vs Pulong et al.

While Israel and Lebanon have forged a ceasefire, no sign of a similar deal appears to be coming soon for battered Gaza, with Israeli ministers making clear their war aims against Hamas in Gaza are very different from those for Lebanon.

Pioneer restaurant Cafe Adriatico turned 45 years old on Nov. 28, and historian Ambeth Ocampo celebrates the occasion in his Opinion column with reminiscences, and the hope that "people remember the institution that formed Manila's café culture.

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BUSINESS

Power couple's Polo Club bid foiled

This rich, powerful couple has been trying to get into Manila Polo Club for more than a decade. But like several other prominent personalities whose membership bids had been rejected in the past, no amount of moolah and political backing could get them a seat at the table of the premier leisure club.

By Doris Dumlao-Abadilla

REGIONS

Dredging in Zambales town still suspended

SAN ANTONIO, ZAMBALES—The Zambales provincial government denied on Thursday that a vessel, where 13 undocumented Chinese were arrested in nearby Bataan province, would conduct dredging operations in San Felipe town.

By Joanna Rose Aglibot

FASHION

From rags to runway: Upcycled streetwear wins big

A trio of fashion students at SoFA Design Institute who upcycled old tracksuits into fresh new streetwear were chosen winners of the ArteFino Maker's Lab 2024. The third edition of the contest, dubbed "Retaso Atbp.: ArteFino x SoFA Upcycling Design Challenge," chose the three-piece entry, "Siga," by Raine Maxine Eduave, Summer Villaluz, and Jace Icha Logaring for the grand prize.

By Cheche Moral

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SPORTS

North Star

Arvin Tolentino and NorthPort are hoping that their 114-87 rout of NLEX in the PBA Commissioner's Cup opener would serve as a good sign in their quest to make a return trip to the playoffs. "That's the goal," Tolentino said after bucking a scoreless first quarter and a minor injury to produce 29 points.

By Jonas Terrado

INQUIRER PLUS-EXCLUSIVE

Megawide to build SMC's Boracay airport terminal

The groundbreaking for SMC's Caticlan Airport is set for next month with Megawide Construction Corp. tapped to design and build the passenger terminal building. "We believe that Megawide's track record of building key infrastructure through efficient and sustainable practices will help us deliver a world-class facility within our committed deadline," SMC chair and CEO Ramon Ang said.

By Tyrone Jasper C. Piad

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