INQToday: Bato says someone from Palace wants to implicate Duterte, allies in Pogo

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

Marcos, Vietnam PM meet in Laos to deepen economic cooperation

President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. met with Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on the first day of his official visit to Laos for the Asean Summit to elevate ties between the Philippines and Vietnam.

During the bilateral meeting Tuesday night, the two leaders discussed deepening economic cooperation, particularly trade and agriculture, the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) said in a social media post.

Candidacy filing ends; 374 bets vie for Senate, party-list seats

A total of 374 aspirants filed their certificates of candidacy (COC) and certificates of nomination-certificates of acceptance of nomination (CON-CAN) for the senatorial and party-list race in next year’s midterm elections.

At the end of the eight-day candidacy filing period on Tuesday, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said the figure was composed of 184 candidates for senator and 190 party-list groups.

Bato says someone from Palace wants to implicate Duterte, allies in Pogo

Someone from the Palace wants to implicate former President Rodrigo Duterte and his allies to the proliferation of illegal Philippine offshore gaming operators (Pogos) in the country, at least according to Sen. Bato dela Rosa.

Former top cop turned lawmaker dela Rosa made the exposè at the Senate panel on women’s 15th hearing on Alice Guo’s Pogo ties.