Windows26: Not guilty: Enrile, Reyes cleared of plunder in pork barrel case

October 4, 2024

Hi there, reader! Today, we're covering former Sen. Enrile's acquittal in the pork barrel plunder case, September's record-low inflation, and updates on COC filings for the 2025 polls.

Not guilty: Enrile, Reyes cleared of plunder in pork barrel case

Former Sen. Juan Ponce Enrile, who is currently President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s chief legal counsel, and his former aide Jessica Lucila "Gigi" Reyes were acquitted of plunder by the Sandiganbayan Special Third Division.

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Philippine inflation slows to 1.9% in September 2024

Headline inflation in September fell sharply to its lowest rate in more than four years, driven by a slower rise in costs for food, transport, housing, and utilities like water and electricity, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Friday.

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LIVE UPDATES: Day 4 filing of COCs for 2025 elections

Keep updated on who's running in the 2025 elections on Day 4 of the filing of certificates of candidacy.

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NBI also reopens 2020 Barayuga murder case

The National Bureau of Investigation has instructed the team that investigated the July 2020 ambush-slay of former Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) board secretary Wesley Barayuga to revive the cold case.

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Marcos lauds teachers, vows to improve welfare

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Thursday vowed to continue improving the quality of education after he led the advanced celebration of National Teachers Day with 10,000 teachers in Quezon City.

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EDITORIAL: I spy…

Last week, this made-for-TV series took a cinematic turn when the House hearing presented an Al Jazeera documentary on confessed Chinese spy She Zhijiang, who said that China's spies abound in the Philippines, among them Guo Hua Ping — believed to be Alice Guo's Chinese name.

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