Author: Izel Abanilla

MANILA, Philippines – President Marcos refuted claims of “excessive use of force” during the police break-in into the Kingdom of Jesus Christ compound in Davao City for the arrest of fugitive televangelist Apollo Quiboloy that has gone missing for days since last weekend. Various personalities including Vice President Sara Duterte and her father, former President Rodrigo Duterte, have denounced the operation saying the use of 2000-strong force is too much for the arrest of one man and five other co-accused. “The reason we did this was so that we could maintain the peace. The only way to maintain peace is…

MANILA, Philippines – State weather bureau PAGASA said Wednesday that La Mesa dam in Quezon City is now overflowing after water levels reached 80.16 meters as of 5 a.m. According to PAGASA, low-lying areas along Tullahan River from Quezon City which includes Fairview, Forest Hills Subdivision, Quirino Highway, Santa Quiteria and San Bartolome are at risk of flooding. Barangay Ligon, North Expressway and La Huerta Subdivision in Valenzuela, and Malabon will also be affected by the dam’s release. “All the residents living in the aforementioned areas especially those near the river banks are advised to be alert for further increase…

MANILA, Philippines – Shiela Guo, the alleged sister of dismissed Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo, admitted that indeed, her sister asked her to accompany her somewhere because she was sad, but did not say anything further as to where they were going and how they would get there. Shiela made her narration during the Senate Committee on Justice subcommittee hearing Tuesday when senators grilled her as to how their family managed to escape the country without Immigration detection. “Ate, nalulungkot ako, samahan mo ako may pupuntahan ako,” Shiela said quoting the mayor on what she was told about where they…

MANILA, Philippines – Relentless rains also caused cancellation of flights on Wednesday, August 28. According to the Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA), the following flights have been cancelled: CebGo (DG)DG 6113/6114 Manila-Naga-Manila PAL Express (2P)2P 2963/2964 Manila-Busuanga-Manila Continuous rains have flooded areas in the National Capital Region prompting the Malacañang Palace to suspend work and classes in public schools and work in government offices in Metro Manila due to the southwest monsoon.

MANILA, Philippines – Unlike her sister, dismissed Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo, Shiela Guo, did not hesitate to answer questions from senatorss, especially as to how she and her siblings were able to exit Philippine borders without being detected.  In today’s Senate hearing of the Committee on Justice subcommittee investigating the Guo family’s mysterious disappearance, Shiela said she, together with siblings Alice and Wesley Leal Guo, boarded a series of boat rides that led them to Malaysia. “Sumakay po kami ng boat sa dagat, hindi ko alam yung lugar,” Shiela said. Shiela said they were fetched by a van from…

MANILA, Philippines – The National Bureau of Investigation’s theory as to the Guo family’s Philippine exit has the closest possibility to entry into the southernmost tip of the archipelago also known as the backdoor, located in Bongao, municipality of Tawi-Tawi according to Director Jaime Santiago. With Shiela Guo, sister of dismissed Bamban, Tarlac Alice Guo at the Senate Committee on Justice subcommittee hearing Tuesday, the NBI theory gets quite established with her admission that she, together with siblings, Wesley and the former mayor escaped the Philippines via a series of boat rides going to Malaysia. “Yung sinasabi niya nag biyahe…

MANILA, Philippines – Senator Judges on Tuesday’s Senate Committee on Justice subcommittee hearing on the Guo family’s escape commended the Philippine National Police Intelligence Group for being the first to discover that dismissed Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo and her company had already been out of the country. Bureau of Immigration Commissioner Norman Tansingco said their intelligence that the former mayor had already fled the country came from the PNP IG which they received on August 15, four days prior to Sen. Risa Hontiveros’ manifestation that the controversial former town chief is already gone. While the BI swallowed a slight…

MANILA, Philippines – The Bureau of Immigration had information that dismissed Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo had exited the Philippines on August 15, four days before the Sen. Risa Hontiveros made her manifestation but reported it to the authorities only on the 20th. This was the narration of Bureau of Immigration Commissioner Norman Tansingco Tuesday on the sub-committee hearing of the Committee on Justice and Human Rights digging into the Guo family’s mysterious escape from Philippine borders without detection. “We received the information from PNP IG [Philippine National Police Intelligence Group] on August 15 in the afternoon… “Upon receipt of…

MANILA, Philippines – Kapamilya actor Jericho Rosales can melt anyone with his voice, and Asia’s Queen of Songs Pilita Corales is no exception. The singer-actor serenaded the music icon with the song “Change the World” by Eric Clapton on her 85th birthday last August 22 held at the Manila Hotel. Clips of the event have gone viral over the internet with fans gushing at Rosales’ gesture. Just recently, actress Janine Gutierrez, granddaughter of Pilita and Rosales, admitted that they are dating each other. Rosales is now separated from his wife Kim Jones. Gutierrez was linked for a time to actor…

MANILA, Philippines – Katherine Cassandra Li Ong, identified as the authorized representative of Lucky South 99, admitted to “having information” on offshore gaming operations in the Philippines, said lawyer Ferdinand Topacio. “She also confirms that she has some information regarding POGO operations. And this picture may hold the clue as to why POGO operations, especially illegal POGO multiplied during the time of President Marcos. Because they were being aided and abetted by some officials of the present administration,” Topacio said in a press conference Monday. The statement was in supplement of a photo he presented to the media showing Ong…