1. Senate impeachment court receives Duterte tax records after Marcos authorization
Representatives from the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) on Thursday said they secured President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s authorization, allowing the agency to submit Vice President Sara Duterte’s tax records to the Senate impeachment court.
The BIR representatives told the Inquirer that they had secured the President’s authorization to produce the records.
2. Sara Duterte hopes ICC will expedite father’s trial
Vice President Sara Duterte expressed hope that the International Criminal Court (ICC) will expedite her father, former President Rodrigo Duterte’s trial.
The vice president said this as she stated that her father can no longer afford to stay in detention for several more years.
3. MVP on scrapping system loss charge: Who bears the cost?
Businessman Manuel V. Pangilinan on Wednesday balked at President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s proposal to scrap the system loss charge from electricity bills, saying the removal will entail costs ‘too big’ for power industry players to shoulder.
‘When you push electricity through the copper wires, there will be a resistance. The longer the lines are, the more the losses will be,’ Pangilinan, chair of Manila Electric Co. (Meralco), told reporters in a media briefing