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Posted: 17 May 2016 10:26 AM PDT

Villar is Senate's richest member; Escudero poorest
Inquirer.net
SEN. CYNTHIA Villar was richer by over P1.5 billion in 2015 than the previous year with no liability at that, allowing her to keep the distinction of being the wealthiest lawmaker in the 24-member Senate. Villar is the only billionaire in the Senate ...
Villar is Senate's lone billionairePhilippine Star
Villar richest, Escudero poorestThe Manila Times
Villar richest senator with P3.5bThe Standard
Rappler -InterAksyon -Coconuts Manila
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Posted: 17 May 2016 09:17 AM PDT

All roads lead to Davao
Philippine Star
Incoming president Rodrigo Duterte's partymate, Sen. Aquilino Pimentel III of PDP-Laban, said he expected politicians would be jumping to their party following last week's victory. Facebook.com/AttyKoko/timeline ...
Tycoons, turncoats, celebrities mob RodyInquirer.net
Rep. Villar 'humbly accepts' Duterte's DPWH offerBusinessWorld Online Edition
Duterte's meetings stretched to 20 hours on first day after weeklong breakGMA News
Rappler -Coconuts Manila -The Manila Times -Manila Bulletin
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Posted: 17 May 2016 02:19 PM PDT

Court of Tax Appeals orders arrest of director Carlo J. Caparas
InterAksyon
MANILA, Philippines -- The Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) on Tuesday ordered the arrest of movie director Carlo J. Caparas for the tax evasion case filed against him by the Department of Justice last April. The CTA Second Division issued a warrant of ...
Tax court orders arrest of Carlo CaparasBusinessWorld Online Edition
Tax court orders arrest of film director Carlo CaparasManila Bulletin
Tax Court orders arrest of director Carlo J. CaparasInquirer.net
GMA News -The Manila Times -The Standard
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Posted: 17 May 2016 09:17 AM PDT

25 Chinese fishermen nabbed
Philippine Star
Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) Lt. Jeffrey Collado, commander of the vessel MCS 3010, said the 25 suspected Chinese poachers were stopped in the vicinity of Sabtang island, Batanes on Monday. Facebook.com/BFAR.Central. MANILA, Philippines ...
PH authorities nab suspected Chinese poachers off BatanesRappler
PH detains 25 Chinese, 18 Vietnamese fishermenInquirer.net
2 Chinese fishing boats, 25 men held off BatanesManila Bulletin
BusinessWorld Online Edition -The Manila Times -InterAksyon -Sun.Star
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Posted: 17 May 2016 06:53 AM PDT

Zamboanga wants out from Bangsamoro
The Manila Times
ZAMBOANGA CITY: Reelectionist mayor Beng Climaco aired an appeal to presumptive president-elect Rodrigo Duterte to exclude the city from the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law that seeks to create a separate Muslim territory in the Southern Philippines.
Zambo mayor wants probe of Monday jailbreakManila Bulletin
Zamboanga City to ask Duterte for exclusion from Bangsamoro territoryPhilippine Star
Zamboanga City mayor has 4 requests for DuterteSun.Star
Zamboanga Today Online
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Posted: 17 May 2016 10:04 AM PDT

Marcos camp to seek poll systems audit
Inquirer.net
THE CAMP of vice presidential candidate Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will demand from the Commission on Elections (Comelec) a systems audit to determine the extent of the effect of the unauthorized tampering of a hash code in the agency's transparency server.
Bongbong camp to demand full audit of Comelec's network systemGMA News
Marcos asks Comelec for system audit of AES to settle questions on data 'gaps'InterAksyon
Marcos camp wants public audit of Comelec serverSun.Star

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Posted: 17 May 2016 04:55 PM PDT

SC disbars lawyer over 2010 hijacking, falsification of public documents
Inquirer.net
MANILA — The Supreme Court recently disbarred a lawyer for gross misconduct and violation of the Code of Professional Responsibility (CPR) for his purported participation in a hijacking in 2010. In a decision dated April 12 and made public on Tuesday ...
SC disbars lawyer involved in hijacking of P1.3-M worth of cellphones in 2010GMA News
SC disbars lawyer involved in 2010 hijacking incidentSun.Star
Lawyer in hijacking case disbarredThe Standard

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Posted: 17 May 2016 09:17 AM PDT

Piñol named DA chief; Domingo gets Pagcor
Philippine Star
DAVAO CITY, Philippines – Former North Cotabato governor Emmanuel Piñol and former immigration chief Andrea Domingo are the newest recruits to the incoming Duterte administration – as agriculture secretary and chief of the Philippine Amusement and ...
Duterte orders incoming Agriculture secretary; Villar accepts DPWH postManila Bulletin
Duterte's agri secretary: Cotabato's Manny PiñolRappler
Ex-Tempo deskman named DA secretaryTempo
Philippine Canadian Inquirer -Update Philippines
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Posted: 17 May 2016 08:14 AM PDT

Duterte is 'good for business,' Davao City business pioneers affirm
BusinessWorld Online Edition
DAVAO CITY -- Homegrown businesses expect more investors to start considering Davao City following the as-yet unofficial victory of Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte in this year's presidential election. At the same time they expressed confidence his ...
Duterte package eyed for Davao touristsMinda News
Duterte inaugural in Davao? plans afootThe Standard

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Posted: 17 May 2016 07:45 AM PDT

Soldiers, cops, media vote Palparan for senator
Rappler
MANILA, Philippines – If local absentee voters such as cops and soldiers had their way, the retired general known as "The Butcher" will become one of the Philippines' 12 new senators. Now detained, the 65-year-old Palparan was one of the top 12 ...
Dick, Ping, Ralph lead partial overseas, local absentee voting tallyInterAksyon

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