Here’s a quick roundup of today’s top stories:
Marcos says he ordered to stop impeachment moves vs VP Sara Duterte
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on Friday that he had told Congress not to file an impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte.
Marcos made the pronouncement after being asked to confirm a text message he supposedly sent to House leaders, which surfaced on Thursday.
VP Sara Duterte no-show at NBI, asks for rescheduling
Vice President Sara Duterte was a no-show at the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) on Friday, citing a scheduling mix-up.
Instead, she sent her lawyer to the bureau’s headquarters in Manila to ask for a resetting of her appearance to explain her inflammatory words about President Bongbong Marcos, the first lady, and the House Speaker.
Indonesia aims to return Mary Jane Veloso to PH by January
Mary Jane Veloso, the Filipino death row convict whose sentence was commuted by Indonesia and is poised to be transferred to the Philippines, will be given the choice of where to serve the rest of her prison term upon her return, the chief of the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) said on Monday.
According to BuCor Director General Gregorio Catapang Jr., preparations are under way for Veloso’s homecoming, after more than a decade of negotiations between Manila and Jakarta on the fate of the woman convicted of drug trafficking and meted the death penalty in 2010.