Guevarra on Calida, Puyat on Tulfo brothers, ABC cancels Roseanne | Evening wRap

Today on Rappler:

Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra says he will now review his department’s contracts awarded in 2017 to the family-owned security firm of Solicitor General Jose Calida. Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat says the brothers of resigned tourism secretary Wanda Teo have not yet returned the controversial P60 million they received from the Tourism Department for advertisements in their show. Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno says Filipinos should not complain too much over the high prices of fuel and basic commodities. A World Bank report says around 22 million Filipinos or one-fifth of the Philippines’ population still live below the national poverty line despite the continued growth of the country’s economy. United States television network ABC cancels the hit working class comedy Roseanne, after its star Roseanne Barr aimed a racist tweet at a former advisor of former president Barack Obama.