Windows26: Gunman in Percy Lapid slay gets 16 years in prison

May 7, 2024

Hi, reader! In today's edition: Gunman sentenced in Percy Lapid slay, urgent calls for rice tariffication law amendments, President Marcos' stance on using water cannons in West Philippine Sea tensions, and thousands of garment factory workers lose jobs.

Gunman in Percy Lapid slay gets 16 years in prison

The confessed gunman in the Oct. 3, 2022, assassination of broadcaster Percival "Percy Lapid" Mabasa was sentenced on Monday to a maximum of 16 years in prison, the fifth among several accomplices — but no mastermind to date — to be found guilty of the crime.

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Tweaks in rice tariffication law urgent, says Marcos

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Monday said he would certify as urgent the proposed amendments to the Rice Tariffication Law (RTL), in a bid to lower stubbornly high prices of rice that have stoked inflation and weakened Filipinos' purchasing power.

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Marcos: PH won't use water cannons

The Philippines would not be dragged into the ploy of heightening tensions in the West Philippine Sea by also resorting to the use of water cannons, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on Monday.

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Over 5,000 PH garment factory workers lose jobs

Around 5,100 local garment factory workers across the country have been either retrenched or forced to go on leave since the beginning of the year, due mainly to weak demand overseas that depressed local orders.

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NBP inmates' wives hit 'traumatic' strip search

Two women whose husbands are being held at New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City filed formal complaints on Monday against its officials for allegedly subjecting them to "degrading and traumatic" strip searches, including body cavity inspections, even though they were not carrying illegal items.

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EDITORIAL: Not a cure but a curse

Newly released templates of graphic health warnings show some of the immediate and long-term effects of vaping: dry, itchy red eyes; a dry mouth with lesions due to vaping juices; a damaged and scarred lung; a bloodied and mangled hand caused by accidental explosion; and a bedridden patient wearing an oxygen mask.

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