Here鈥檚 a quick roundup of today鈥檚 top stories:
The Indonesian government is open to the possibility of allowing President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to grant drug convict Mary Jane Veloso clemency, Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Eduardo de Vega said.
聽although her legal custody would remain under Indonesia.
Offices under Vice President Sara Duterte are facing another issue as the same person received two different acknowledgment receipts (ARs) for confidential fund expenditures, but showed different handwriting and signature styles.
At the sixth hearing of the House of Representatives committee on good government and public accountability held on Wednesday, Lanao del Sur 1st District Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong showed two confidential fund (CF) ARs 鈥� one for the Office of the Vice President (OVP) and one for the Department of Education (DepEd) 鈥� which were both received by a certain Kokoy Villamin.
An Office of the Vice President (OVP) official has been warned that interfering with House of Representatives hearings would eventually merit a contempt citation, as officials ordered to show up at the congressional probe were given travel orders.
During the House of Representatives鈥� committee hearing on good government and public accountability on Wednesday, Abang Lingkod party-list Rep. Joseph Stephen Paduano claimed that it seems the OVP is hiding its personnel needed for the panel鈥檚 probe into alleged fund misuse.
United States Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin III聽 revealed the existence of a 鈥淯.S. Task Force Ayungin鈥� as Washington continuously vows to prop-up Manila in its West Philippine Sea disputes with Beijing.
Austin said he met with US service members who are members of this task force as he visited the Command聽and聽Control聽Fusion Center in Palawan province on Tuesday.
Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Gen. Rommel Marbil said they were 鈥渞ecalibrating鈥� their anti-drug campaign to 鈥渆nsure a humane and rights-based approach.鈥�
On Wednesday, Marbil told the media, 鈥淭he mission is clear: to conduct intensified operations, ensure successful prosecution, and foster public awareness on the harmful effects of drugs in close partnership with our communities.鈥�