Cayetano dares Binay to allow Senate to look into his bank accounts

Senator Alan Peter Cayetano on Friday dared Vice President Jejomar Binay to allow the Senate Blue Ribbon subcommittee to look into his foreign and local bank accounts.

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US Embassy urges heightened vigilance in international schools

Citing a possible threat on American and other international schools, the United States Embassy in Manila has advised US citizens in the Philippines to be move vigilant at international schools.

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Drug raps filed vs 6 Chinese nabbed in Tarlac raid

Criminal charges were lodged late Friday against six Chinese nationals who were caught in a major drug raid in Tarlac on Thursday that yielded around P3 billion worth of illegal drugs, paraphernalia and equipment.

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SC junks Napoles brod’s plea vs. arrest warrant

Reynald Lim, brother of alleged pork barrel scam mastermind Janet Lim-Napoles, will remain a fugitive after the Supreme Court denied his plea to revoke the arrest warrant issued against him for serious illegal detention.

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Gigi Reyes once complained of missing P500k commission for Enrile, witness says

A government witness on Friday claimed that lawyer Gigi Reyes once complained of a missing P500,000 commission for then-Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile from the alleged pork barrel fund scam.

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De Lima seeks update on NBI’s verification of Napoles-linked SAROs

Justice Secretary Leila de Lima on Friday said she would be following up with the National Bureau of Investigation on its ongoing verification of the special allotment release orders (SAROs) of senators and around 100 congressmen implicated in the P10-billion pork barrel fund scam.

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Cayetano: Evidence not enough to wrap up probe on VP Binay

Senator Alan Peter Cayetano on Friday said the Senate blue ribbon subcommittee has yet to gather enough evidence against Vice President Jejomar Binay, and is not yet ready to give a recommendation to the Office of the Ombudsman.

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PNoy: PHL to give $1M to UN for Ebola containment

The Philippine government will be giving $1 million to the United Nations to help in efforts to prevent the spread of the Ebola virus, President Benigno Aquino III said on Friday.

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Cayetano to Tiu: Present documents or face contempt

Businessman Antonio Tiu may be cited for contempt if he continues to refuse to submit the documents related to his supposed ownership of a controversial property in Batangas despite a subpoena from lawmakers, Senator Alan Peter Cayetano said Friday.

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State witness links Loren, Bongbong, 3 others to pork scam

A state witness in the multi-billion peso pork barrel fund scam on Friday testified that Senators Loren Legarda, Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., former Masbate governor Rizalina Seachon-Lanete and two former congressmen were involved in the massive fund anomaly.

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PHL climate change envoy to end epic walk in Tacloban

Philippine climate change envoy Naderev Saño on Saturday will reach ground zero of the strongest typhoon ever to hit land, completing an epic march he believes will help spur global warming action.

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PNoy arrives in Yolanda-hit town in Samar, inspects markets, schools

President Benigno Aquino III arrived in Guiuan town in Eastern Samar before noon Friday to see for himself how people are recovering from the devastation caused by super typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) almost a year ago.

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DOH: No Ebola cases in PHL

The Department of Health has denied a report circulating on social media that there are 18 cases of the deadly Ebola virus in Quezon City.

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Militants start protests vs. govt ‘negligence’ 1 year after Yolanda

On the eve of the first anniversary of super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan), militants staged mass actions in Tacloban City – one of the areas hit hardest by Yolanda – to protest what they called government inaction.

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