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Senator Richard Gordon just released his draft report on the Dengvaxia controversy, where he said that former president Benigno Aquino III and Aquino’s Cabinet officials can be held “criminally liable.”
Chinese tycoon Jack Lam’s “middleman” in the Bureau of Immigration bribery case, Wally Sombero, also surrendered to police.
In the US, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg appeared in a congressional hearing for the first time, apologizing for the data privacy scandal that has affected millions of users.
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In a draft report on the Dengvaxia controversy, Senate blue ribbon committee chairman Richard Gordon said charges should be filed against former president Benigno Aquino III and his Cabinet officials Florencio Abad and Janette Garin.
Wally Sombero, the alleged middleman of Chinese tycoon Jack Lam in the Bureau of Immigration bribery case, surrendered to police.
Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit the Philippines again later this year. His visit will take place after the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit from November 12 to 18 in Papua New Guinea.
President Rodrigo Duterte had said he wants to “give” Boracay land to farmers. Is the land there really agricultural?
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources is studying a proposed “critical habitat” in Boracay. It would be “for the endemic and threatened species of flying foxes and marine turtles” there.
President Rodrigo Duterte created an oversight committee for the entry of the country’s 3rd telecommunications player. The committee is led by the Department of Information and Communications Technology.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg appeared in a US congressional hearing for the first time, amid the outrage over the data privacy scandal hounding his social network.
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