Windows26: SC allows Enrile’s trial for plunder to proceed

July 30, 2024

Hello, reader! This Tuesday, we're covering the Supreme Court allowing Enrile's plunder trial to proceed, Sen. Hontiveros' revelations on Pogos evading audits, and the oil spill reaching Cavite.

SC allows Enrile's trial for plunder to proceed

The Supreme Court has allowed the Sandiganbayan to proceed with the plunder trial of former Senator and now Chief Presidential Legal Counsel, Juan Ponce Enrile.

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Hontiveros: Pogos used corporate layering to evade audit

Individuals behind the Philippine offshore gaming operators (Pogos) had put up various companies in the country to evade regulatory audit, Sen. Risa Hontiveros said, promising to continue investigating serious crimes related to Pogos even after President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has ordered a ban on them.

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PH schools open amid familiar woes

The new school year started as scheduled on Monday in areas spared by Supertyphoon Carina (international name: Gaemi) around the country but teachers and students had to face the usual problems ranging from simple section transfers to the yet to be solved classroom shortage on the first day of classes.

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Oil spill reaches Cavite; PCG seals ship's valves

Cavite Gov. Jonvic Remulla alerted coastal communities on Monday following reports that oil leaking from tanker Terra Nova, which sunk off Bataan on July 25, had reached parts of the province, particularly Ternate, Maragondon, Naic, and Tanza.

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Alice Guo faces quo warranto disqualification case filed by SolGen

Embattled Mayor Alice Guo of Bamban, Tarlac province, now faces a quo warranto case that could lead to her removal from public office.

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EDITORIAL: Not another Ondoy

The one lesson Filipinos have learned after a multitude of typhoons and other catastrophes isn't that we can rise above adversity by relying on our natural gifts and ingenuity, but that we needn't depend on ourselves and our neighbors to survive — if we push our leaders to do their jobs.

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