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INQToday: Alice Guo to be slapped with perjury, disobedience charges – Gatchalian

/ 05:57 PM August 29, 2024

Here’s a quick roundup of today’s top stories:

Alice Guo to be slapped with perjury, disobedience charges – Gatchalian

Dismissed Bamban Mayor Alice Guo will face perjury and disobedience to summons charges, which the Senate plans to file before a local court within the week, according to Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian.

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At a Kapihan sa Senado forum on Thursday, Gatchalian said he had spoken to Senate Secretary Renato Bantug , who informed him that the cases would be filed “anytime soon.”

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Marcos says Permanent Court of Arbitration vital to PH foreign policy

President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. said that the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) is an “important part” of the Philippines’ foreign policy amid the “challenges” the country is currently facing.

Marcos made the pronouncement during PCA Secretary General Marcin Czepelak’s courtesy call on him at the Malacañan Palace on Thursday.

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Brawner happy about US’ help in West Philippine Sea ops but ‘we’ll depend on ourselves first’

Washington’s offer of assistance for the rotation and resupply mission of Manila in the West Philippine Sea is welcome, but the latter should rely on itself first.

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This is according to General Romeo Brawner, chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).

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SC voids marriage due to husband’s unjustified absence from marital home

The Supreme Court (SC) has ruled that “decades-long unjustified absence from the marital home may be considered evidence of psychological incapacity to comply with marital obligations.”

In a statement on Thursday, the SC cited the case of Leonora Dela Cruz-Lanuza against her husband Alfredo Lanuza, Jr.

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MMDA to pursue raps vs driver who had enforcer cling to car hood

The Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) is determined to file complaints against a driver, who, in a now-viral video, had a traffic agent clinging onto the hood as he allegedly tried to escape after hitting a motorcycle in Taguig City.

MMDA Chairman Don Artes said Thursday that they will pursue administrative and criminal charges against the driver, who requested anonymity, despite his apology.

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TAGS: Alice Guo, Bongbong Marcos, Don Artes, MMDA, Romeo Brawner Jr., Sherwin Gatchalian, Supreme Court

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