Quick Glance: Malacañang defends termination of finance undersecretary Magno
- Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin claims Cielo Magno was trying to malign the Marcos administration
- Malacañang justifies the termination of Cielo Magno, stating that she was against the government's policies
- Magno had posted a chart depicting the law of supply and demand
- Magno expressed her concerns publicly instead of working together with colleagues in government
Quick Glance: OVP Easily Secures Funding from House Appropriations Panel
- The confidential and intelligence funds amounting to 4.5 billion pesos are part of the 1 trillion pesos that the President will control next year.
- President Marcos' office is requesting 10.7 billion pesos for 2024, including automatic appropriations.
- The Minority is requesting the same courtesy for the Office of the President.
- Stella Quimbo and Zaldy Co are responsible for overseeing the House budget briefings for the Office of the President.
Quick Glance: Supreme Court unanimously disbars Larry Gadon for sexist remarks
- The Supreme Court (SC) has unanimously disbarred suspended lawyer Lorenzo 'Larry' Gadon for his offensive remarks.
- In response to his disbarment, Gadon said, 'If this is what it takes to be a public servant, then I am willing to pay the price for the Filipino people.'
- In the same decision, the High Court also cited the disbarred lawyer in direct contempt for his allegations of bias against Senior Associate Justice Marvic Leonen and Associate Justice Alfredo Benjamin Caguioa.
- Gadon previously sought to inhibit Leonen and Caguioa from the case, which the Court found to be purely conjecture.
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Quick Glance: Frances Tiafoe advances to the US Open semi-finals after creating his own fairy tale.
- NEW YORK (AP) — Frances Tiafoe left John McEnroe speechless in an interview on the pressure he feels as the last American player remaining at the US Open.
- "To be honest — it sounds weird — I actually don't care!" Tiafoe laughed on ESPN as McEnroe stammered in disbelief.
- "Rafa and these guys were winning Slams; I don't care what your flag was."
- He is the first African-American male to reach a US Open semifinal since Arthur Ashe in 1972.