Today’s headlines: Escudero, Binay, Revilla, Romualdez, flood control projects
Here are today’s headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:
Former DPWH undersecretary Roberto Bernardo says Senator Chiz Escudero and former senators Bong Revilla and Nancy Binay allegedly received kickbacks from government flood control projects.
Orly Guteza, a former security consultant of Ako Bicol Representative Zaldy Co, testifies he regularly delivered luggage filled with cash to the residence of former House speaker Martin Romualdez in Makati City.
Lawyer Brian Keith Hosaka will be the executive director, or the day-to-day boss, of the ad hoc Independent Commission for Infrastructure.
The Philippine DFA and the International Criminal Court say the welfare check visit with former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte was made with his consent, and was part of any foreign service post’s duties.
It’s a full-circle moment and 20 years in the making, as Filipino-American singer Jessica Sanchez wins season 20 of America’s Got Talent. – Rappler.com
