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MANILA -- Commissioner Kim Jacinto-Henares of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) said there were discrepancies in the statements of assets, liabilities and net worth (SALN) filed by Chief Justice Renato Corona in 2002 to 2010.
Henares disclosed the said discrepancies during the prosecution panel’s redirect examination Monday, prompting the presiding officer, Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile, to question whether Henares was qualified as an expert witness and is competent to testify on SALN discrepancies.
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MALACANANG on Monday announced several new appointments to the judiciary including an associate justice to the Court of Appeals (CA).
Presidential spokesperson Edwin Lacierda bared the appointment of Marilyn Lagura-Yap as Associate Justice to the CA. She graduated cum laude from UP College of Cebu, before earning her law degree from the University of San Carlos. She has been in government for almost 27 years.
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MANILA (Updated 3:55 p.m.) — Policemen in Central and Western Visayas have been tasked to help in the evacuation of residents in areas rattled by magnitude-6.9 quake on Monday.
This developed after state seismologists issued a tsunami alert along the coasts of eastern Negros Oriental and the western part of Cebu province. The tsunami can generate waves as high as three feet or one meter.
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PHILIPPINE officials in China on Monday raised concern over the reported increase in the illegal recruitment of Filipino workers to the country as household workers (HSWs), teachers and musicians.
In a statement, the Philippine embassy and Consulate Generals in China, including Hong Kong and Macau, said they observed an escalating number of illegal recruitment cases in their respective host countries.
They renewed their warning to Filipino workers to be wary of falling prey to unscrupulous parties who offer them jobs as HSWs, teacher and even musicians.
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MANILA (Updated 3:11 p.m.) -- The prosecution panel on Monday disclosed that Chief Justice Renato Corona opened a Philippine Savings Bank (PSBank) account in October 2008 with an initial deposit of $700,000.
In a supplemental request for subpoenae filed Friday and signed by lead prosecutor Iloilo Representative Niel Tupas Jr., the prosecution team said the amount of $700,000, equivalent to around P34 million in 2008, “was not declared in any of the respondent’s SALNs.
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DAVAO CITY -- A huge explosion ripped through a bus traveling at a highway in North Cotabato, Monday morning. No one was reported hurt.
A suspected improvised bomb was placed inside the Rural Transit bus traveling from Tacurong City to Cagayan de Oro City, said North Cotabato police chief Cornelio Salinas.
The explosion occurred at a highway in Barangay Cadiis, Carmen, North Cotabato.
The bus has body number 2930 and license plate number KDS-690.
Investigation is now ongoing. (Sunnex)
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LOS ANGELES -- Some unknown kids with superpowers have nudged out the world's most famous teen wizard at the weekend box office.
The 20th Century Fox release "Chronicle," featuring a relatively unknown cast as youths who gain telekinetic abilities, debuted as the No. 1 movie with $22 million.
Sunday studio estimates put "Harry Potter" star Daniel Radcliffe's ghost story "The Woman in Black," released by CBS Films, just behind with a $21 million opening.
The results were close enough that the No. 1 and 2 rankings could switch when final numbers are released Monday.
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NEW YORK -- Facebook's billionaire CEO Mark Zuckerberg calls himself a hacker.
For most people, that word means something malicious — shady criminals who listen in on private voicemails, or anonymous villains who cripple websites and break into email accounts.
For Facebook, though, hacker means something different. It's an ideal that permeates the company's culture. It explains the push to try new ideas (even if they fail), and to promote new products quickly (even if they're imperfect). The hacker approach has made Facebook one of the world's most valuable Internet companies.
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MADRID — Caroline Wozniacki must become "more aggressive" if the Danish tennis player wants to top the women's rankings again, according to her former coach.
"Caroline can recover her No. 1 ranking ... But she must be more aggressive," Ricardo Sanchez told Spanish sports daily Marca. "I tried (to help her) but they wouldn't let me. Wozniacki should be a race horse, not a pack horse."
Sanchez was fired after two months as Wozniacki's coach following her Australian Open quarterfinal exit that cost her the top ranking. Wozniacki remains without a Grand Slam title and is now ranked fourth.
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IT WILL be another working day for President Benigno Aquino III when he celebrates his 52nd birthday on Wednesday, February 8.
"The President will continue to work on his birthday," deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte said on government-run Radyo ng Bayan Sunday.
Valte said there is still no advice from the President's private office on what will be his activities on that day.
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