INQToday: Alice Guo must face PH sentence prior to deportation, says Hontiveros

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

Alice Guo must face PH sentence prior to deportation, says Hontiveros

Prior deportation, embattled former Bamban Mayor Alice Guo needs to serve a sentence in the Philippines if she ever gets convicted, Senator Risa Hontiveros said on Friday.

During a virtual conference, Hontiveros echoed the words of Interagency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT) Undersecretary Nicholas Ty regarding Guo’s possible fate.

Risa Hontiveros hopes de Lima would vie for Senate seat in 2025

Sen. Risa Hontiveros hopes that former Sen. Leila de Lima will consider running again for senator in the 2025 midterm elections.

Speaking to reporters at a press conference on Friday, Hontiveros said de Lima should consider running in the midterm polls and joining the opposition party.

PH-Japan meeting on defense, security set in July

Filipino and Japanese officials are set to convene in a Foreign and Defense Ministerial meeting, otherwise known as 2+2, on July 8, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) confirmed.

In a statement, DFA said Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs Kamikawa Yoko and Minister of Defense Kihara Minoru will visit Manila to meet with Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro and Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo.

Sonny Angara an ‘excellent choice’ for Education chief — Escudero

Sen. Sonny Angara would be an “excellent choice” to fill the newly-vacated top post of the Department of Education (DepEd), Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero said on Friday.

In a text message to reporters, Escudero said: “I was asked by some people close to [President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.] who I thought would be a good replacement for Vice President Sara at DepEd and the only person I thought of and mentioned was Senator Angara. I don’t know if it reached the President.”

Bronny James, LeBron’s son, picked by Lakers in NBA Draft

It was the dream that LeBron James first floated a few years ago, the notion of playing in the NBA alongside one of his sons.

And it’s a step closer to reality now.