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Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi declared a net worth of P1.355 billion in 2017. That’s an increase of P1.19 billion from his net worth in 2016.
The proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law, meanwhile, is expected to be approved at the Senate and at the House of Representatives within the day.
Follow Rappler, too, for updates on the confirmation hearings of 3 Cabinet secretaries – John Castriciones, Menardo Guevarra, and Bernadette Romulo Puyat.
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Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi’s net worth surged by P1.19 billion in 2017, reaching P1.355 billion. That’s based on his latest Statement of Assets, Liabilities, and Net Worth.
Rappler found more contracts awarded to the security agency owned by Solicitor General Jose Calida and his family.
The Makabayan bloc said Filipino citizenship would be a “fitting recognition” for Sister Patricia Fox’s “selfless service” to poor and oppressed Filipinos in the past 27 years.
The sponsors of the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law at the House urge their colleagues to remember the historical injustices suffered by the Bangsamoro people – injustices the BBL would help resolve.
Government forces raided a firearms factory of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters in Maguindanao. But BIFF members were able to flee the area.
In Belgium, a gunman shot dead two female cops with their own weapons before killing a bystander. Federal prosecutors have launched a terror investigation into the incident.
US network ABC canceled the show Roseanne, following a tweet by Roseanne Barr against Valerie Jarrett, former adviser to president Barack Obama.
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