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• Hontiveros on Duterte’s use of P125M in 11 days: Daig pa may patagong credit card

Opposition Senator Risa Hontiveros joins those asking Vice President Sara Duterte to explain how her office used up its P125 million in confidential funds in just 11 days.

• House passes MUP pension bill, putting ball in Senate’s court

The House of Representatives passes on final reading a bill seeking to reform the country’s ballooning pension system for military and uniformed personnel.

• DA, Marcos ‘do not support’ zero tariff plan on rice imports

The Department of Agriculture disagrees with the Department of Finance’s proposal to remove tariffs on rice imports.

• Youth lawmaker: Filipinos should not pay for ‘revenge travel’ of Marcos

Kabataan Representative Raoul Manuel questions the travel spending of the jet-setting President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and seeks the ‘return on investment’ for these trips shouldered by Filipino taxpayers.

• OTS chief claps back vs Romualdez’s resignation call over cash-gobbling scandal

Mao Aplasca, administrator of the Office of Transportation Security, resigns from his post following House Speaker Martin Romualdez’s demand that he leave.

• Olympian Carlo Paalam and skateboarder Margielyn Didal at the 2023 Asian Games

Olympic silver medalist Carlo Paalam rolls through the first round of the 19th Asian Games boxing preliminaries at Hangzhou, China.

• Brownlee, Kouame form one-two punch as Gilas Pilipinas routs Bahrain in Asian Games

Gilas Pilipinas fights a tentative start and cruises to an 89-61 win over Bahrain for a rousing start in the Asian Games at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium in China. — Rappler.com