Right this moment’s headlines: Bong Go, Chiz Escudero, Karim Khan
Listed below are as we speak’s headlines – the most recent information within the Philippines and world wide:
Public Works and Highways Secretary Vince Dizon says the company, together with the Workplace of the Ombudsman, is investigating the hyperlinks between CLTG Builders and controversial contractors Curlee and Sarah Discayas.
The Escuderos are linked to development firm Octagon Concrete Options, an organization that’s now price P2 billion propelled by initiatives in 2024 below President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
Approval rankings for each chambers of Congress drop by double digits. This, as some lawmakers are implicated in alleged corruption involving infrastructure initiatives.
Nationwide Irrigation Administration Administrator Eduardo Guillen rejects the claims of murdered whistleblower Niruh Kyle Antatico. Antatico, a former authorized researcher on the NIA, accused the regional workplace of signing off on a P75-million ‘ghost venture’ in Maguing, Lanao del Sur.
The Worldwide Felony Courtroom says that the removing of prosecutor Karim Khan from the case in opposition to former president Rodrigo Duterte ‘has no affect on the case itself’. The choice to disqualify Khan is because of a ‘variety of elements that will give rise to an objectively cheap look of bias’. —Rappler.com
