Windows26: Overseas Hunt for Guo nets sis, Porac Pogo rep

August 23, 2024

Hello, reader! Today, we're covering the capture of Alice Guo's sister and a Pogo representative, a Chinese hospital ship spotted in the West Philippine Sea, and a House panel's contempt citation against Harry Roque.

Overseas Hunt for Guo nets sis, Porac Pogo rep

The government's hunt for Alice Guo yielded two persons who were likewise being linked to the controversies hounding the dismissed mayor of Bamban, Tarlac—her sister Sheila Guo and gaming company representative Katherine Cassandra Ong.

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Hospital ship now among Chinese vessels in WPS – PCG

A hospital ship and a rescue vessel are among the latest Chinese vessels seen at Escoda (Sabina) Shoal in the West Philippine Sea as tensions re-escalate between Manila and Beijing after a China Coast Guard (CCG) ship rammed two Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) vessels early this week.

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House panel cites Roque for contempt, invites Duterte anew

Former presidential spokesperson Harry Roque on Thursday was cited for contempt and ordered detained for 24 hours for supposedly lying to the quad committee of the House of Representatives about why he failed to attend the first hearing in Pampanga last week.

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Trade chief bats for easy MSME loans

Government-owned lender Small Business Corp. (SBC) is now offering more ways for businesses to qualify for loans, with P10 billion available in funding for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), according to Acting Trade Secretary Cristina Roque.

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Fish in 5 Cavite areas still unsafe to eat, says BFAR

The fish caught in two cities and three towns in Cavite province remain unsafe to eat due to the oil spill caused by a sunken tanker in Bataan province last month, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said in a statement on Thursday.

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EDITORIAL: Days of reckoning

Is there really an "orchestrated, incessant, and vicious" demolition job against the Dutertes, as claimed by former spokesperson Salvador Panelo? Or, if the former president's police chief and now Sen. Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa were to be believed, could a grand conspiracy be in the offing among the Marcos administration, left-leaning personalities, and the opposition Liberal Party to nail the Dutertes and their allies?

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