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The Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) has filed three petitions for civil forfeiture against assets allegedly linked to the flood control corruption scandal, following six months of investigations and freeze orders.

In a statement, the council said the petitions cover assets of individuals and entities earlier placed under freeze orders issued by the Court of Appeals. However, it did not disclose names or specific amounts covered by the petitions.

MANILA, Philippines — Food prices could rise as Middle East tensions affect logistics and input costs, particularly urea-based fertilizer, the Department of Agriculture said yesterday.

“I don’t want to do this, but we could import what we need to ensure supply is sufficient. We could always cut tariffs to mitigate the impact of higher freight costs,” Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. said.

The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Wednesday, began preparations for anticipated protests and rallies to mark former president Rodrigo Duterte’s 81st birthday on March 28.

PNP chief Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. said he has tasked chiefs of police offices and unit heads to prepare the deployment of officers in areas where rallies are expected.

MANILA, Philippines — The House justice committee has ordered the Office of the Ombudsman to turn over Vice President Sara Duterte’s statements of assets, liabilities, and net worth spanning nearly two decades of public office.

The subpoena was approved during the panel’s first impeachment hearing for Duterte, where lawmakers are now moving to build a documentary record for the impeachment case against the vice president.

Sara Duterte, the vice president of the Philippines, is so extreme she once threatened to dig up the body of a rival’s father and throw it into the sea. And now she wants to become president

MANILA, Philippines — The crisis committee President Marcos ordered created “does not start, but sustains and strengthens” the multiple mitigation measures to cushion the impact of the ongoing crisis in the Middle East on vulnerable sectors, Executive Secretary Ralph Recto said yesterday.

OpenAI is shuttering Sora, its stand-alone AI video generation app and social network, and the availability for developers to access the Sora 2 video model family through its application programming interface (API) to rely on it for their own products or video generation pipelines.

The announcement came abruptly this afternoon with OpenAI posting a message on X and not giving an exact shutdown date for the services, instead promising “timelines for the app and API and details on preserving your work.”

The New York Times accused the Defense Department on Tuesday of defying a federal court ruling that had declared major parts of the department’s press rules unconstitutional.

The company said in a legal filing that the department sought to fashion an “end run” when it issued revised media rules on Monday.

MANILA, Philippines — The Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI) has rebutted Tingog party-list Rep. Jude Acidre’s interpretation of one of its referrals in the flood control scandal.

“The referral did not make a determination of innocence or guilt on the part of former speaker Rep. Martin Romualdez,” the ICI pointed out.

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