INQToday: EJ Obiena apologizes for missing out on Paris Olympics medal

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

EJ Obiena apologizes for missing out on Paris Olympics medal

EJ Obiena turned emotional and was apologetic after coming up empty-handed in the men’s pole vault final at the Paris Olympics 2024 early Tuesday (Manila time) at State de France.

Obiena fell just an attempt short of bagging the bronze that would have ended the Philippines’ 88-year medal drought in the Olympics in athletics.

Gatchalian: Baptismal certificates of Alice Guo’s brothers are fake

Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian bared on Monday that the baptismal certificates supposedly “issued” by a Caloocan church to Alice Guo‘s brothers—Wesley and Seimen—are fake.

Speaking before the chamber’s hearing, the senator said his staff personally went to a church called Parokya ng San Roque in Caloocan to investigate the matter.

July inflation accelerates to 4.4% – PSA

Headline inflation in July reached its highest rate in nine months, driven by higher price increases in housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels, transport items, and food and non-alcoholic beverages, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Tuesday.

Preliminary data from the agency showed the consumer price index grew by 4.4 percent year on year in July, accelerating from the 3.7 percent in June, but slower than 4.7 percent in the same period last year.