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• Marcos certifies as urgent Senate version of Maharlika bill

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. certifies as urgent the Senate bill creating the controversial Maharlika Investment Fund.

• NUJP calls for support for media workers amid TeleRadyo shutdown

The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines calls for support and assistance for media workers affected by the impending shutdown of ABS-CBN’s TeleRadyo.

• Teves to House ethics panel: Why are you obsessed about asking me to come home?

Negros Oriental Representative Arnie Teves asks the House ethics committee why it was so ‘obsessed’ to compel him to come home to the Philippines.

• Lacuna: No commercial building to rise at Manila Central Post Office site

Manila Mayor Honey Lacuna assures the public no commercial space will be built at the site of the Manila Central Post Office. This, after a fire gutted the decades-old structure.

• Victims, kin ‘strongly urge’ ICC to allow resumption of drug war probe

Drug war victims and their families tell the International Criminal Court, there is no prospect of obtaining justice ‘at the domestic level.’ The ICC Registry, in a public redacted report, says that the victims ‘unanimously and strongly urge’ the court to continue investigations into Rodrigo Duterte’s violent war on drugs.

• It’s official: Coco Martin and Julia Montes have been dating for 12 years

After years of speculation, actor Coco Martin confirms he’s been in a relationship with actress Julia Montes for 12 years and counting.

• Sungchan and Shotaro leave NCT, to debut in new SM group

Buckle up, NCTzens, SM Entertainment announces a series of changes for K-pop group NCT! Idols Sungchan and Shotaro will leave NCT and debut in a new boy group. — Rappler.com