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Sara's military aides mentioned in fund probe summoned to House hearing

November 27, 2024

WRAPPING UP After causing the arrest of a town mayor and the filing of charges against several others, the Senate panel chaired by Sen. Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday holds its final hearing on Philippine offshore gaming operators (Pogos), where a matrix shows the alleged cabal behind the now-banned companies. —RICHARD A. REYES

Hi there. Sara's military aides mentioned in fund probe summoned to House hearing

What will they reveal? The two ranking officers of the VP Security and Protection Group will have to answer earlier testimonies that they disbursed—in cash—

P612.5 million in confidential funds under the OVP and DepEd.

Following her claim to have hired a hitman to kill President Marcos, first lady Liza Araneta-Marcos, and House Speaker Martin Romualdez if she were to be assassinated, VP Sara Duterte has been issued a subpoena by the NBI over her threat.

"Selfish and brazen," said the Palace of former President Rodrigo Duterte's

call on the military to correct the country's alleged "fractured governance"—an insult to "our professional armed forces by asking them to betray their oath," it warne

Let the tariffs begin: President-elect Donald Trump has pledged to slap big tariffs

on the US' three largest trading partners—Canada, Mexico, China—in fulfillment of campaign promises that experts say could trigger trade wars.

So who won the konfrontasi between Marcos and Sara? "It was the President," declares Manuel L. Quezon III in Opinion, though "The irony is that it was the Vice President who fired off the starting gun, so to speak."

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