Here鈥檚 a quick roundup of today鈥檚 top stories:
Oplan Tokhang, the brutal 鈥渒nock and plead鈥� anti-drug operation carried out by former President Rodrigo Duterte鈥檚 administration, was a brainchild of his daughter, then Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte, while her brother, then Vice Mayor Paolo 鈥淧ulong鈥� Duterte, led a narcotic smuggling ring behind the scenes, a confessed Davao Death Squad (DDS) gunman has claimed.
The explosive allegations against two of Duterte鈥檚 children, Sara now vice president and Paolo a Davao representative, were first made by retired police officer Arturo Lasca帽as in an affidavit he executed during the six-day pretrial investigation of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in February 2022.
In a late-night tirade against President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. for supposedly initiating the latest moves to amend the Constitution, former President Rodrigo Duterte said local political forces would be regrouping here to start a movement for a 鈥渟eparate and independent Mindanao.鈥�
In a press conference he called on Tuesday evening, Duterte said the breakaway 鈥渨on鈥檛 be a bloody one鈥� but would follow the processes established by the United Nations.
Vice-President Sara Z. Duterte thanked President Ferdinand 鈥淏ongbong鈥� Marcos Jr. on Wednesday for his continued trust in her as the education secretary and for respecting her principles.聽鈥淭aos-puso po akong nagpapasalamat kay Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos Jr. para sa kanyang patuloy na tiwala at kompyansa sa akin bilang kalihim ng Kagawaran ng Edukasyon,鈥� Duterte said in a statement.(I thank President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. wholeheartedly for his continued trust and confidence in me as secretary of education.)
February is not off to a good start for consumers as the price of cooking gas climbed for the second month in a row.
In an advisory, Petron Corp. said it implemented an increase of P0.95 per kilogram in liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) prices on Thursday, Feb. 1.