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[ABS-CBN News @ABSCBNNews]

THIS IS HER-STORY! 🇵🇭🏆

Pinay tennis sensation Alex Eala captured her first WTA singles title after defeating top seed Jessica Pegula, 4-6, 6-4, 6-0, in the Mubadala DC Open final.

The victory marks Eala's first WTA 500 title and the biggest singles triumph of her professional career.

Congratulations, Alex!

[Vatican News @VaticanNews]

Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, at the age of 88 at his residence in the Vatican's Casa Santa Marta.

[The Olympic Games™ @Olympics]

Carlos Yulo secures Philippines first GOLD medal at #Paris2024! 🇵🇭🥇

[Cielo Magno @profcielomagno]

CF of the top 10 cities. Zero CF for Pasig, Taguig and Mandaluyong. Mandaue and Cebu had CF in 2021 and 2022 only.

Talagang mapapaisip ka kung kailangan pa ng confidential fund. Hindi confidential fund ang sagot sa kahirapan.

#WagKangKuCorrupt

[One Sports @OneSportsPHL]

The flow of time is always cruel… no one can change it. But on this timeline, the heroes win.

For the first time in six decades, Gilas Pilipinas bring the Asian Games basketball gold medal to its original home: ours 🥇

#HangzhouAsianGames #AsianGames

[Teddy Casiño @teddycasino]

Sinarado ang isa sa pinaka busy na kalsada sa bansa dahil tatawid ang isang ViP? Grabe naman yan.

Sent to me by an ex-military man.

[Rappler @rapplerdotcom]

The Davao City government’s annual confidential expenses ballooned from P144 million in 2016 to P460 million when Vice President Sara Duterte was the city’s mayor.

Full story: https://t.co/tc6rf7KPdw

[Rappler @rapplerdotcom]

Documents showed that the Davao City government set aside over P2.6 billion for confidential expenses over the past seven years, with an annual expenditure of P460 million since 2020. The amount surpasses the confidential spending of even the most affluent cities in the country.

#ConfidentialFunds #PeraNgBayan #BudgetWatch https://t.co/lbIWMl77r7

[Rappler @rapplerdotcom]

WATCH: Tension in the House earlier when Rep. Raoul Manuel questioned Marcos' certification as urgent of the proposed 2024 budget. His mic was then muted. #BudgetWatch #PeraNgBayan | via @newsdwight

[Isa Avendaño-Umali @Isa_Umali]

PANOORIN: Kinuwestyon ni 1-RIDER party-list Rep. Rodge Gutierrez ang P21 million na intelligence funds ng MMDA. @dzbb

📷: @HouseofRepsPH

[Rappler @rapplerdotcom]

Sen Risa Hontiveros on VP Sara Duterte's spending of P125 million in just 11 days: "Napakagaspang." | via @bnzmagsambol

[The Philippine Star @PhilippineStar]

'SAAN N'YO DINALA ANG PERA?'

Senator Risa Hontiveros criticized Vice President Sara Duterte's spending of P125-million confidential funds in just 11 days last year.

[JP @dumidyeypee]

Bakit ninyo inistress si Ces Drilon, @cocoteaph? 😩🧋

[The Philippine Star @PhilippineStar]

“We cannot arrest her because we did not catch her in the act,” OTS administrator Ma. O Aplasca said, adding that the screener cannot be named at this time. https://t.co/S3m1KG5E3q

[ABS-CBN News @ABSCBNNews]

"HINDI KO KAILANGAN ANG RESPECT MO."

Sen. Risa Hontiveros responds again to VP Sara Duterte's remark that she "has no respect" for her and Rep. Castro.

"Ang hinihingi ko sa iyo at ng taumbayan ay accountability... Mas marami ka pang patutsada kaysa sa paliwanag," she says. | via @jauhnetienne

[ABS-CBN News @ABSCBNNews]

WATCH: Sen. Risa Hontiveros responds to VP Sara Duterte’s remark on her supposed “flair for drama” during budget hearings.

“Trabaho lang, walang drama… Hindi kayo special,” she says.

Hontiveros also asks Duterte to avoid personal attacks and points out that offices under Duterte—the OVP & DepEd—have more confidential funds than DND & NICA combined.

“I demand a shred of competence when it comes to fiscal matters… Kaysa personal na atake, mas maganda linawin na lang niya ang pondo ng opisina niya.” | via @jauhnetienne

[iMPACT Leadership @iMPACTPH2019]

'THE HIGHEST FORM OF COURTESY SHOULD BE EXTENDED TO THE FILIPINO PEOPLE'

Kabataan Partylist Rep. Raoul Manuel says the highest form of courtesy in the country should be extended to the Filipino people.

#BantayBudget2024

[iMPACT Leadership @iMPACTPH2019]

'MADAM CHAIR, USEC. WILL ANSWER THE QUESTION'

VP and Education Secretary Sara Duterte stumbles on a question about the Public Wi-Fi Program during the House Committee on Appropriations briefing on the proposed FY 2024 budget of DepEd. #BantayBudget2024

[KABATAAN PARTYLIST @KabataanPL]

Rep. Raoul Manuel nahuli si National Youth Commission Chair Cardema na ginagamit ang kaniyang opisina para sa hobby niyang REDTAGGING na dahilan ng maraming human rights violations sa mga kabataan! 😤

Budget para sa youth development, hindi sa korapsyon!

#CardemaResign