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Villanueva said the “rumors within the intelligence community” were not only about the alleged involvement of people in the Bureau of Immigration (BI) but also of “PNP officials.” When asked what PNP units were supposedly involved, Villanueva said in a mix of Filipino and English: “Not a PNP unit, Ma’am, but personalities…. I think it was mentioned, the former chief PNP.” Source: Is a former PNP chief on Alice Guo’s payroll?

AKAP, which has a budget of P26.7 billion in 2024, is for those earning minimum wage but are negatively impacted by high inflation. However, the DSWD did not request this project in the 2024 National Expenditure Program (NEP), which serves as the executive branch’s budget proposal to Congress. “Paano naging national program, by law, ang isang programang hindi dumaan sa other House ng Congress?” Pimentel asked. Source: DSWD grilled over 'secret' program anew

A policeman is undergoing investigation after a fugitive he arrested in Quezon City reportedly escaped after tricking him into buying a sanitary napkin. The police officer, a 36-year-old corporal, was relieved from his post at the Batasan police station 6. He is facing a complaint for evasion through negligence under the Revised Penal Code. The policeman was relieved from his post after a woman identified as Mary Roy Parenas, who is wanted for qualified theft, managed to escape while in his custody on Saturday. An investigation showed that at around 3:50 a.m., the lawman and other police personnel served a warrant for Parenas’ arrest, issued by the Taguig City Regional Trial Court Branch 227. The policeman and his colleagues...

The interior minister said the foreign citizens were part of a CIA-led plot to overthrow the government. Venezuela says it arrested 6 foreigners allegedly involved in a plot to kill Maduro

Ako Bicol party-list lawmaker Jil Bongalon, the designated budget sponsor of the DOJ’s proposed P37.7-billion budget for 2025 during the House plenary deliberations, provided the information in response to a query from House Assistant Minority Leader and Gabriela party-list Representative Arlene Brosas. Source: Over half of witnesses vs. Quiboloy now in witness protection program

WASHINGTON--Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki called on U.S. officials to take stronger measures to prevent further sexual assaults by U.S. military personnel in the prefecture and to bolster information sharing. Okinawa leader asks U.S. officials to curb military *** crimes | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis

8-year-old na batang babae na p*****y at isinilid sa sako after h*nal*y ng isang adik na tatay na kanyang kalaro.

Acknowledging the national government’s lack of anticipation of the high court’s ruling that the province of Sulu is not part of the BARMM, Tolentino said the consequence is the difficulty of funding BARMM offices in the detached province. The lawmaker was reacting to Sulu Gov. Abdusakur Tan’s report that employees of the BARMM offices in his province were already informed of the last salary until Sept. 10. Source: Tolentino brings up fiscal problem for Sulu province following SC ruling

TD GENER AND TS PULASAN LOOK: Here's a tropical cyclone update from Pagasa as of 4 a.m. Tuesday, September 17, showing the location of tropical depression GenerPH and tropical storm Pulasan. Gener update: TD maintains strength while moving over N. Luzon

Can a hair follicle test be done on a bald person to determine potential drug use? This was the question of Sen. Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa to the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) during the hearing on the agency’s proposed 2025 budget of P3.8 billion. "Puwede yung hair sa ilong, hair sa ge̾nitals?" Dela Rosa asked. “Puwede lahat,” Lazo said. PDEA said, however, that they are not yet capable of doing a hair follicle drug test and is still developing the process for it. Source: https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/9/16/dela-rosa-asks-pdea-can-a-bald-person-take-a-hair-drug-test-1452

“’Yung Angels of Death ay hindi lamang figurative speech. Existing itong mga taong ito at meron na tayong na identify na mga pangalan. What is certain is totoo itong mga Angels of Death na maaaring ginagamit nga para panakot sa kaniyang mga biktima,” police said. Quiboloy’s Angels of Death are ‘real, armed human beings’

“My freedom is important to me. I will not surrender my freedom again as I did before, when I surrendered it for one day (contempt) while I was imprisoned,” he said in Filipino. Roque further noted that no case has been filed against him in the Supreme Court, unlike Cassandra Li Ong, the authorized representative of Lucky South 99, a POGO operator. Source: Harry Roque says he'll yield only to court as police fails to locate him

In an order sent to the media on Monday afternoon, the Valenzuela Regional Trial Court Branch 282 said Guo, otherwise known as Chinese national Guo Hua Ping, is allowed to appear for the hearing before the Senate committee on “September 17, 2024, at 9:00 o’clock in the morning upon the request of panel head Sen. Risa Hontiveros.” Source: Valenzuela court OKs Alice Guo’s Senate appearance on September 17

US bankruptcy filings spiked in August after a July slowdown, leading to the highest total for the first eight months of the year since 2020 and the second-highest since 2010. There were 63 bankruptcy filings in August of public and certain private companies, up from a revised 49 in July, according to the latest data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. This was the third-highest monthly total this year, behind 72 in June and 68 in April. US corporate bankruptcy filings spike in August

Over 400 Filipinos have contracted the human immunodeficiency virus or HIV due transactional ***, according to the Department of Health. Based on the DOH’s HIV and AIDS surveillance report, 404 or 12 percent of the newly diagnosed HIV cases in the first quarter of the year engaged in transactional ***. Of the number, the DOH reported that 194 people infected with HIV ρáíd for ***, including 192 male and two female. The DOH said 129 HIV patients, 124 of them are male, accepted money for ***. Eighty-one HIV cases either ρáíd or accepted money for ***. Of the figure, 76 are male and five are female. Up to 14,219 HIV cases due to transactional *** have been recorded by the DOH since December 2012. Broken down into types of...

At sumunod naman tayo?Ganun?Kala ko ba "ATIN ANG WPS"???anyare?

The first LPA is inside the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR), located 440 kilometers east of Casiguran, Aurora. It has low chance of developing into a tropical cyclone in the next 24 hours. The second LPA is outside the PAR located 2,145 kilometers east of Eastern Visayas. It has a moderate chance of developing into a cyclone. Meanwhile, much of the country may experience cloudy weather with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms due to the southwest monsoon or habagat, PAGASA said.

Ultra bilyonaryo Enrique K. Razon-led Manila Water Company Inc. obtained ’the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System’s (MWS) pan to implement a 2.03% foreign currency differential adjustment (FCDA) on its 2024 average basic charge of P42.26 per cubic meter. Razon’s Manila Water to raise rates by P0.86 per cubic meter amid FX fluctuations

"We've already sent an invitation to the former president. Karapatan niyang tumanggi sa aming invitation. We will accord him the courtesy and respect," said Surigao Rep. Robert Ace Barbers, lead chairperson of the House Quad Committee. "Wala pong special treatment. Ito ay in deference to him being the former president. Sa aming palagay, karapatan niya yan at yan ay nirerespeto namin," he said. Source: https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/9/14/house-will-not-cite-duterte-in-contempt-for-snubbing-quadcomm-probe-solon-1531

The Trump campaign posted about the new merch Thursday morning, calling on "Swifties for Trump" to buy the "Trump Era shirt." The shirt is printed with a black-and-white silhouetted photo of Trump in front of colored tiles containing other photos of him, including his mugshot taken while he was booked in Atlanta on charges that he tried to s†éál the election. Source: Trump campaign is selling Eras Tour-inspired shirts. Swifties call it his 'cease & desist era'.

SIGNAL NO. 1 Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No. 1 is hoisted over some areas in Luzon Monday, September 16 due to Tropical Depression Gener and the Southwest Monsoon enhanced by "Gener" and Tropical Storm Pulasan. Luzon: Cagayan including Babuyan Islands, Isabela, Quirino, Nueva Vizcaya, Apayao, Kalinga, Abra, Ifugao, Mountain Province, Benguet, Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, La Union, Pangasinan, Zambales, Tarlac, Nueva Ecija, Aurora, and the northern portion of Quezon (General Nakar, Infanta, Real) including Polillo Islands 📸Pagasa

The suspect in Sunday's apparent assassination attempt on Donald Trump was a pro-Ukraine activist, reports say. US media, including the BBC's US parter CBS, have named the suspect as Ryan Wesley Routh, 58. Source: Donald Trump latest: Suspect in apparent Trump assassination attempt, Ryan Wesley Routh, was pro-Ukraine activist, reports say

Kristina Conti, a cocounsel in the ICC case who represents families of victims of extrajudicial killings (EJKs) during the Duterte administration, said they wanted to further speed up the issuance of the warrant although this would be a challenge. To do this, she said they would have to convince the ICC there was an urgent need to arrest Duterte and his coaccused as some of them remain in power and could influence any ongoing probes, particularly into his drug war. Source: Lawyer cites need to fast-track ICC warrant vs Duterte

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was safe on Sunday after the FBI foiled what appeared to be an assassination attempt while he was golfing on his course in West Palm Beach, Florida. Source: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-is-safe-following-gunshots-his-vicinity-says-campaign-2024-09-15/

The Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations and Gender Equality on Monday cited dismissed Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo in contempt for the second time by for allegedly continuing to lie before the senators. Source: Alice Guo cited in contempt for 2nd time by Senate panel

Russia and Ukraine conducted a second exchange of prisoners of war in two days, while Russian officials threatened an uncontrolled escalation of war. (📹: Reuters) https://www.facebook.com/100068996364931/posts/841972708112600/

The Philippine National Police has now joined the manhunt for former presidential spokesperson Harry Roque, who was issued an arrest order after being cited for contempt by the House of Representatives on Sept. 12 for refusing to submit subpoenaed documents related to his alleged involvement with îllégâl Philippine offshore gaming operators (Pogos). Source: PNP manhunt on for Harry Roque

A LOTTO outlet owner had won the Super Lotto 6/49 draw of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) in January with a jackpot prize of over P640 million after “investing” P90 million bet money, Senator Raffy Tulfo revealed on Monday, March 18, 2024. During the resumption of the inquiry of the Senate Committee on Games and Amusement on the integrity of PCSO lotto games, Tulfo said the winner placed P30 million bets in each of his three lotto outlets in Binondo, Manila through “system 12,” which allows bettors to choose 12 numbers from 1 to 49 instead of the traditional six-number combination. The winner took home a total of P640,654,817.60 after hitting the Super Lotto 6/49 jackpot with a winning combination of...

A woman has put up for sale three Taylor Swift concert tickets that she had purchased for her daughter's 13th birthday because of the popstar's recent endorsement of Democratic nominee Kamala Harris. In a viral video she posted on social media, the woman said she no longer supports Swift due to the singer's political stance and what she described as "non-Christian beliefs." Source: Woman Sells Daughter's Taylor Swift Tickets Over Popstar's Kamala Harris Endorsement

A Chinese scientist and his team launched a DJI Phantom 4 Pro drone off the coast of Guangdong. The drone was roughly the size of a bird and had a radar cross-section similar to a s†éálth fighter. Despite its s†éálth characteristics, the target unexpectedly appeared on the screen even though the ground-based radar did not emit any radio waves that would have resulted in an echo. The scientists explained that this was possible because the drone was illuminated by electromagnetic radiation from a Starlink satellite passing over the Philippines. Source: https://www.eurasiantimes.com/china-can-detect-f-22-f-35-s†éálth-jets/

As of this writing, no statements have been released by either Manila or Beijing regarding the movement of the Coast Guard vessel from Sabina. Prior to its departure, the Philippine Coast Guard stated that the vessel was running low on supplies. Manila’s previous attempts to resupply Teresa Magbanua with other patrol ships failed due to Chinese forces intercepting and blockading the missions. Source: https://news.usni.org/2024/09/14/manila-withdraws-coast-guard-flagship-from-sabina-shoal-ais-shows

The National Security Council (NSC) on Saturday said the Philippines is not a pawn of the United States after a Chinese military official warned that it "will never have any patience" if Washington "moves its pawns behind the scenes." Source: https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/9/14/nsc-says-philippines-not-a-us-pawn-after-china-s-crush-threats-1521