BREAKING NEWS: Former senator Miriam Defensor Santiago dies at age 71.

<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> </div> <h2 style="text-align: center;"> <span style="color: magenta;">Former Senator <a href="http://todaysupdateph.blogspot.com/2016/09/watch-emotional-de-lima-dares-duterte.html">Miriam Defensor</a> Santiago, 71, succumbed to <a href="http://todaysupdateph.blogspot.com/">cancer </a>on Thursday morning, her husband Atty. <a href="http://todaysupdateph.blogspot.com/2016/09/watch-emotional-de-lima-dares-duterte.html">Jun Santiago </a>said.</span></h2> <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6o2Fu0UMyZ-QI8JRmDBwk6rtoR6f1ChYmHmSXR9D_71O4-YZ77I3Ylrdj_hIemL1XrCdi5ePHtVNETO8gPADFQteDO3kaJWjgrzlPrD8mR1iAOgCkdjyq5LtL9meIzcI2yWcehUzwmF4/s1600/Screenshot_29.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="http://todaysupdateph.blogspot.com" border="0" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6o2Fu0UMyZ-QI8JRmDBwk6rtoR6f1ChYmHmSXR9D_71O4-YZ77I3Ylrdj_hIemL1XrCdi5ePHtVNETO8gPADFQteDO3kaJWjgrzlPrD8mR1iAOgCkdjyq5LtL9meIzcI2yWcehUzwmF4/s320/Screenshot_29.png" title="Former Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago, 71, succumbed to cancer on Thursday morning, her husband Atty. Jun Santiago said." width="320" /></a><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <center> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="380" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/V7xi3OTIYbw" width="640"></iframe></center> <br /><b>"She died peacefully in her sleep this morning," Santiago said.<br /><br /><br />The former lawmaker passed away while confined at the <a href="http://todaysupdateph.blogspot.com/2016/09/watch-emotional-de-lima-dares-duterte.html">St. Luke's </a>Medical Center in Bonifacio Global City.<br /><br /><br />Her official Twitter account posted a message midmorning that former Sen. Santiago died at 8:52 a.m.<br /><br /><br />It was in 2014 when the former <a href="http://todaysupdateph.blogspot.com/2016/09/watch-emotional-de-lima-dares-duterte.html">lawmaker</a> said that she had stage 4 lung cancer.<br /><br /><br />Born in Iloilo City on June 15, 1945, the former senator ran for president in the May 2016 elections but lost to Rodrigo Duterte. She also sought the presidency in 1992 (won by Fidel Ramos) and 1998 (won by Joseph Estrada).<br /><br /><br />Santiago has been dubbed as the "Iron Lady of Asia" for her no-nonsense drive against graft and corruption when she served all the three brances of the government—<a href="http://todaysupdateph.blogspot.com/2016/09/watch-emotional-de-lima-dares-duterte.html">judicial, executive, and legislative.</a><br /><br /><br />"In a nation where many public officials are charged with, or suspected, of plunder, her honesty shines like a light in the darkness," her Senate <a href="http://todaysupdateph.blogspot.com/2016/09/watch-emotional-de-lima-dares-duterte.html">biography</a> read.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />SOURCE: <a href="http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/583161/news/nation/former-senator-miriam-defensor-santiago-dies-at-age-71">GMA</a></b>

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Former Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago, 71, succumbed to cancer on Thursday morning, her husband Atty. Jun Santiago said. "S...

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WATCH: President Duterte's reaction when asked if he likes Senator De Lima.

<h2 style="text-align: center;"> <span style="color: magenta;">One of the news reporter asked the President about what DE LIMA said yesterday on her <a href="http://getupdatedph.blogspot.com/">PressCom</a>, that if the <a href="http://todaysupdateph.blogspot.com/2016/09/live-riot-at-bilibid-hold-press.html">PRESIDENT</a> FALL IN-LOVE WITH DE LIMA.</span></h2> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFuWNtB1kkhQsMNGMsYVt5MxTD0-2serCTJ8-u9y88eDaUDhyH3GVOM0fxXHyU4yYRYW37d2k2yrhd0Q8Fp2WV0L0rNj8SQ1mXWx6wDJkfHRR_wRZm82UakqmciFCvCCXz_zYhe5xI4co/s1600/Screenshot_10.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="http://getupdatedph.blogspot.com/" border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFuWNtB1kkhQsMNGMsYVt5MxTD0-2serCTJ8-u9y88eDaUDhyH3GVOM0fxXHyU4yYRYW37d2k2yrhd0Q8Fp2WV0L0rNj8SQ1mXWx6wDJkfHRR_wRZm82UakqmciFCvCCXz_zYhe5xI4co/s320/Screenshot_10.png" title="One of the news reporter asked the President about what DE LIMA said yesterday on her PressCom, that if the PRESIDENT FALL IN-LOVE WITH DE LIMA." width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <br /> <center> <b><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="400" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FabscbnNEWS%2Fvideos%2F10154395452965168%2F&show_text=0&width=400" style="border-style: none; border-width: initial; overflow: hidden;" width="400"></iframe></b></center> <center> <b><br /></b></center> <center> <b><br /></b></center> <center> <b><br /></b></center> <h3> <center> <a href="http://getsupdatedph.blogspot.com/"><b>More Video Here</b></a></center> </h3> <center> <br /></center> <center> <br /></center> <center style="text-align: left;"> SOURCE: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/abscbnNEWS/videos/10154395452965168/">ABS-CBN</a></center>

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READ: President Rodrigo Roa Duterte departs the Ninoy Aquino International Airport II (NAIA II) onboard a Philippine Airlines chartered flight PR001 bound for Hanoi, Vietnam on September 28, 2016.

<h2 style="text-align: center;"> <span style="color: magenta;">In his two-day<a href="http://todaysupdateph.blogspot.com/2016/09/live-riot-at-bilibid-hold-press.html"> official visit</a>, the President is scheduled to meet with Vietnam President Tran Dai Quang and Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc to discuss bilateral exchanges, including maritime cooperation, enhancement of law enforcement, and defense cooperation.</span></h2> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJTV6WHOsj184I2pa53ZExzHFD2oRtTK2TLiWRau9odSw4Lk1tuctGYSpU9Po9B70hKNWuE2-OInV1EBMMinqRit5Ejav4HFJXmy1H3nBOzWWWI643DjlA2GBKfFGB1u6no8CtXNNaxcU/s1600/Screenshot_8.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="http://todaysupdateph.blogspot.com/" border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJTV6WHOsj184I2pa53ZExzHFD2oRtTK2TLiWRau9odSw4Lk1tuctGYSpU9Po9B70hKNWuE2-OInV1EBMMinqRit5Ejav4HFJXmy1H3nBOzWWWI643DjlA2GBKfFGB1u6no8CtXNNaxcU/s320/Screenshot_8.png" title="http://todaysupdateph.blogspot.com/2016/09/live-riot-at-bilibid-hold-press.html" width="320" /></a></div> <div> <br /></div> <span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /> </span> <br /> <center> <iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="315" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fpresidentialcom%2Fvideos%2F1455338761162447%2F&show_text=0&width=560" style="border-style: none; border-width: initial; overflow: hidden;" width="560"></iframe></center> <br /> Likewise, the President is scheduled to meet with the Filipino community in Vietnam on his first day of visit.<br /><br /><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> SOURCE: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/presidentialcom/videos/1455338761162447/">RTVM</a>

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HEADLINE: High-profile inmate killed, 4 hurt in Bilibid 'riot'.

<h2 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="color: magenta;">(UPDATED) High-profile convict Tony Co is killed in a stabbing incident that led to a 'riot' at the <a href="http://getupdatedph.blogspot.com/">national state penitentiary</a>, says Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II</span></h2> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM5VMZzdLUE23rT-BLGuo4IzynDpI5BbU7BBAeTcedJqOHW87PS5lafioGRAWHoHIjbw2XhNa9tBc76cqhEUx3_W3QTnua-C6XXvhyphenhyphenU03Ig9PhbeI6bVN-wdeBUxrKl-spOlYUQWE5ze4/s1600/Screenshot_20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="(UPDATED) High-profile convict Tony Co is killed in a stabbing incident that led to a 'riot' at the national state penitentiary, says Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM5VMZzdLUE23rT-BLGuo4IzynDpI5BbU7BBAeTcedJqOHW87PS5lafioGRAWHoHIjbw2XhNa9tBc76cqhEUx3_W3QTnua-C6XXvhyphenhyphenU03Ig9PhbeI6bVN-wdeBUxrKl-spOlYUQWE5ze4/s1600/Screenshot_20.jpg" title="http://go.ad2up.com/afu.php?id=774878" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> 'RIOT.' Inmates reportedly peeved after they were told off by another inmate instigated a 'riot' at the New<a href="http://getupdatedph.blogspot.com/"> Bilibid</a> Prisons on September 18, 2016, killing one and hurting 4 more. File photo by Rappler<br /> <br /> MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) – At least one <a href="http://getupdatedph.blogspot.com/2016/09/read-duterte-eyes-return-of-philippine.html">high</a>-<a href="http://getupdatedph.blogspot.com/2016/09/read-duterte-eyes-return-of-philippine.html">profile</a> inmate at the New Bilibid Prison died Wednesday, September 28, after a “riot” erupted between inmates earlier in the morning.<br /> <br /> In radio and television interviews, Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II confirmed that a certain Tony Co, an inmate at Bilibid, died after the riot at Building 14.<br /> <br /> Other high-profile inmates – Peter Co, Vicente Sy, Jaybee Sebastian –<a href="http://www.rappler.com/nation/146926-jaybee-sebastian-law-ruled-bilibid"> </a>and retired police Chief Inspector Clarence Dongail were also injured, according to Aguirre.<br /> <br /> Co, Sy, and Sebastian were taken to the Medical Center Muntinlupa. The Dongail was also hurt, Aguirre said, but did not want to be brought to a hospital and chose to be treated at the Bilibid.<br /> <br /> Co is supposedly 50/50 while <a href="http://getupdatedph.blogspot.com/2016/09/read-duterte-eyes-return-of-philippine.html">Sebastian </a>is “stable,” according to Aguirre.<br /> <br /> Citing what he called "sketchy, initial reports," Aguirre said the two Cos and Sy were reportedly using shabu at the cell of Peter Co. An inmate, Edgar Cinco, saw them, and reported them Dongail.<br /> <br /> Dongail reportedly called out the group for using illegal drugs, and then went to the cell of Sebastian. Tony Co supposedly ran after Dongail and attempted to attack him.<br /> <br /> "There was a riot," Aguirre said, adding that an "<a href="http://getupdatedph.blogspot.com/2016/09/read-duterte-eyes-return-of-philippine.html">icepick</a>" was used.<br /> <br /> In the end, Tony Co was killed. Sy, Peter Co, and Sebastian were also hurt enough to require hospitalization, said the justice secretary.<br /> <br /> Dongail, who was the reported subject of the attack and was supposed to have been stabbed as well, according to Aguirre, was not included in the list of injured in the official statement released by Justice Undersecretary Ericcson Balmes.<br /> <br /> Aguirre: Sebastian should live<br /> <br /> Asked how shabu could still exist in the Bilibid, when it was already being guarded by the Philippine National Police-Special Action Force troopers, Aguirre said the problem could not be completely wiped out at once.<br /> <br /> Responding to questions, Aguirre said Peter and Tony Co, and Sy, are serving time for drug-related offenses. "They are considered among the biggest drug traders in the country," he said.<br /> <br /> Asked if he planned to go to Bilibid following the incident, Aguirre said he had no time as he was part of the presidential <a href="http://getupdatedph.blogspot.com/2016/09/read-duterte-eyes-return-of-philippine.html">delegation</a> to Vietnam, where President Rodrigo Duterte will have a working starting. They were due to leave early Wednesday afternoon.<br /> <br /> Then he said, "Ang masasabi ko lang ito ay hindi maganda sa gobyerno na mamatay si Jaybee Sebastian dahil 'yan ang talagang inaasahan namin na siya ang magspill ng beans, diretso 'yan kay Secretary De Lima eh. So ayaw naming mamatay 'yan, gusto naming buhay siya."<br /> <br /> (What I can only say is that it's not good for the government if Jaybee Sebastian dies because we're really counting on him to spill the beans, he goes direct to Secretary De Lima. So we don't want him dead, we want him alive.)<br /> <br /> He said Sebastian has not agreed to give full testimony at the House inquiry into the drug trade at the Bilibid when De Lima was justice secretary. Aguirre said Sebastian has not been subpoenaed to appear before the House committee on justice.<br /> <br /> ‪All inmates were detained at the Building 14 inside the NBP, which houses "<a href="http://getupdatedph.blogspot.com/2016/09/read-duterte-eyes-return-of-philippine.html">high-profile</a>" inmates, including those alleged to have continued drug operations inside prison. ‬<br /> ‪<br /> <br /> Co is among the detainees President Rodrigo Duterte accused of still being a drug lord in incarceration. Co is a convicted drug lord.‬<br /> <br /> ‪Sebastian is supposedly one of the most influential gang leaders in Bilibid. He has also been accused of helping Senator Leila de Lima, then justice secretary, raise campaign funds within the prison through illegal drugs, which De Lima had denied. Sebastian is serving time for carnapping.<br /> <br /> De Lima had said that Sebastian was a government asset.<br /> <br /> <a href="http://getupdatedph.blogspot.com/2016/09/read-duterte-eyes-return-of-philippine.html">Dongail</a> is one of 3 former police officers sentenced to 3 life terms – 120 years– each – in 2011 for the murder and kidnapping of a former barangay captain and two martime instructors in Bacolod City in 2003.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> SOURCE: <a href="http://www.rappler.com/nation/147548-bilibid-riot-inmate-killed?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=referral">RAPPLER</a>

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READ: New witnesses to testify over 'anomalous' Bilibid raid in 2014.

<div> <b><br /></b></div> <b><div> <b>AN INMATE and a state intelligence agent will testify in the House probe on the proliferation of illegal drugs in the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) next week, Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II said Tuesday.</b></div> <div> <b><br /></b></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0gOawFy5mK9Z-x9aAIHqDB1msPRxLgpeoJ202kr_WyxL28jBC5qxTJ2VsD3IFiQpfdTHXbnl-3mjhet_fNcX5__GFgTr2YrbS9vrGF9HhJ0Y5RHsOiGEd_VYlQ-AfrU0IE4GUPjo3468/s1600/Screenshot_1.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="174" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0gOawFy5mK9Z-x9aAIHqDB1msPRxLgpeoJ202kr_WyxL28jBC5qxTJ2VsD3IFiQpfdTHXbnl-3mjhet_fNcX5__GFgTr2YrbS9vrGF9HhJ0Y5RHsOiGEd_VYlQ-AfrU0IE4GUPjo3468/s320/Screenshot_1.png" width="320" /><b></b></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0gOawFy5mK9Z-x9aAIHqDB1msPRxLgpeoJ202kr_WyxL28jBC5qxTJ2VsD3IFiQpfdTHXbnl-3mjhet_fNcX5__GFgTr2YrbS9vrGF9HhJ0Y5RHsOiGEd_VYlQ-AfrU0IE4GUPjo3468/s1600/Screenshot_1.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div> <div style="display: inline !important;"> <b>Aguirre said the two witnesses would testify in connection with the December 2014 raid in the NBP where 19 high profile inmates were isolated and transferred to the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI).</b></div> </b><div> <b><br />The Justice Secretary revealed that he had received a report from these "sources" Monday night, which disclosed that some P298.4 million seized from the raid on December 15, 2014 were unaccounted.<br /><br />The witnesses claimed that more than P300 million cash were confiscated during the raid but the Bureau of Corrections (Bucor) declared only P1.6 million.<br /><br />"December 15, 2014 nagkaron ng galugad, nakareport sa dyaryo P1.6 million ang nakuhang pera pero sabi ng mga testigo they were able to get more than P300 million pero ang dineclare lang nila P1.6 million," Aguirre said.<br /><br />He said that these witnesses were present during the raid in the maximum security compound where reportedly P1.6 million cash, inflatable sex dolls, shabu, and expensive prohibited items such as Rolex watches and television sets were seized.<br /><br />Also discovered in the raid were the luxury villas or kubols, which house the richest and most influential drug convicts inside the Bilibid.<br /><br />When asked whether these witnesses have already executed their affidavits, Aguirre said, "Hindi pa nadedetalye. Wala pang affidavit pero meron nang report."<br /><br />Aside from the two, Aguirre also said that Joenel Sanchez, the former security aide of de Lima, will also testify before the House committee on justice to substantiate the alleged illicit affair of de Lima and her former driver and bodyguard, Ronnie Dayan.<br /><br />Aguirre said former Bucor chief Franklin Bucayu has sent "feelers" to him but has not confirmed yet if he will attend the next hearing on October 5.<br /><br /><br /><br /></b><h3> <b>SOURCE: <a href="http://www.sunstar.com.ph/manila/local-news/2016/09/27/new-witnesses-testify-over-anomalous-bilibid-raid-2014-500169">SUNSTAR</a></b></h3> </div>

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