Here’s a quick roundup of today’s top stories:
BIR files tax evasion complaint vs Guo and others
The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has filed a tax evasion complaint against dismissed Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo, and others before the Department of Justice (DOJ).
Representatives from the BIR, along with Commissioner Romeo Lumagui Jr. personally appeared at the DOJ Justice Hall on Wednesday and filed criminal complaints against Guo, Jack Uy, and Rachelle Joan Malonzo Carreon, the Corporate Secretary of Baofu Land Development Inc. (Baofu).
Submit report on VP’s secret funds, COA told
The powerful House committee on appropriations agreed on Tuesday to subpoena the Commission on Audit’s (COA) reports on the confidential and intelligence funds (CIF) given in 2022 and 2023 to the Office of the Vice President (OVP) and Department of Education (DepEd), both led by Vice President Sara Duterte.
The motion to issue a subpoena was proposed by the Makabayan bloc composed of ACT Teachers Rep. France Castro, Gabriela Rep. Arlene Brosas and Kabataan Rep. Raoul Manuel at the hearing of the committee led by Marikina Rep. Stella Quimbo on COA’s proposed 2025 budget.
PH Olympians now home, get Malacañang honors
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Tuesday awarded Paris Olympics double gold medal winner Carlos Yulo with the Presidential Medal of Merit as the Philippine delegation arrived in Malacañang on Tuesday night.
The medal is one of the highest awards conferred by the President to Filipinos in recognition of their contributions to sports, literature, science, the arts or entertainment.