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Byxy Escudero disagrees with Ombudsman, wants Napoles to testify in Senate
In this photo provided by the Philippine Air Force, floodwaters inundate homes and rice fields in northern Philippines Tuesday Oct. 20, 2015. Tropical Storm Koppu finally blew away from the main northern Philippine island Tuesday, after leaving several dead over the weekend and forcing tens of thousands of villagers into emergency shelters and destroying rice fields ready for harvest. Staff Sgt. Roldan L. Medina, Philippine Air Force ndash; PIO 410th maintenance wing via AP FOUR days after Typhoon Lando international name: Koppu wreaked havoc in central and norther vaso stanley n Luzon, close to 500 families in seven towns in Pam stanley mugs panga province, were forcibly evacuated as floodwaters continued to rise.A state of calamity was declared in the towns of San Luis, Arayat and Candaba, all in Pampanga, because water draining from Nueva Ecija and Bulacan provinces overflowed downstream from the Pampanga Riv stanley taza er and into these towns.Article continues after this advertisement The rising floodwaters came as the weather bureau lifted the remaining warning signals over northern Cagayan and Batanes province on Wednesday afternoon, when Lando had weakened into a low pressure area.FEATURED STORIESNEWSINFOPCSO: Still no takers of Ultralotto 6/58, Superlotto 6/49 jackpotsNEWSINFODA will start selling rice at P20 per kilo ndash; Tiu LaurelNEWSINFOViral video of drunk cop gets QCPD chief firedAs of 4 p.m. Wednesday, the center of the low pressure area was 120 kilometers southeast of Basco, Ubkw SUV in Binay convoy falls into ravine in Ifugao; 3 hurt
Senator Grace Poe and Vice President Jejomar Binay. FILE PHOTODistancing herself from the opposition, Sen. Grace Poe signed the Senate blue ribbon subcommitteersquo partial report recommending plunder and graft charges against Vice President Jejomar Binay.Poe was one of the first four senators who signed the draft partial report, according to Sen. Aquilino Pimentel III, chair of the blue ribbon subcommittee th stanley quencher at investigates charges of corruption against Binay over the construction of Makati City Hall Building II during his tenure as mayor of Makati.Article continues after this advertisement Poe confirmed that she signed the report, saying there was nothing that contradicted the evidence presented during the 21 hearings.FEATURED STORIESNEWSINFOViral video of drunk cop gets QCPD ch stanley quencher ief firedNEWSINFONBI files raps vs vloggers outside PH for disinformationNEWSINFOSC charges retired CA justice over lawyer s murderI have read the subcommittee recommendation and found the same supported by documentary evidence as well as expert and personal testimonies that remain unrebutted by competent evidence to the contrary, Poe said in a statement.READ: Poe signed Senate panel draft report backing raps vs Binaysmdash imente stanley quencher lThe findings should be investigated by the Ombudsman and criminal charges filed, just like the Senate inquiry into the P10-billion pork barrel scam, she said.As in the PDAF Priority Development Assistance Fund inquiry, I join my colleagues in |
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