Immediately’s headlines: Discayas, Sotto & Escudero, Alex Eala
Listed here are at the moment’s headlines – the newest information within the Philippines and world wide:
Prime flood work contractors Sarah and Curlee Discaya identify members of Congress and authorities engineers who allegedly demanded kickbacks from them. This as they categorical the need to show state witnesses in an infrastructure corruption scandal.
Voting 15-9, senators oust Chiz Escudero as Senate president Monday, September 8. Senate Minority Chief Tito Sotto replaces him, and tells reporters he met with Escudero on Monday and the latter agreed to step down.
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. decries the ‘garapalan’ or shameless corruption plaguing authorities infrastructure tasks. His administration’s Sumbong sa Pangulo web site acquired over 12,000 complaints in lower than a month.
Justice Secretary Boying Remulla says drug conflict whistleblower Royina Garma will likely be a key witness within the crimes in opposition to humanity case of former president Rodrigo Duterte. She returned to the Philippines following a failed try to hunt asylum in the US.
Filipino tennis star Alex Eala overcomes a nasty begin and makes historical past once more as she clinches her first-ever WTA Challenger crown. She wins in opposition to Hungary’s Panna Udvardy to rule the WTA 125 Guadalajara Open in Mexico. – Rappler.com
