ABS-CBN: Puno visited Israeli firm blacklisted in India for corruption Interior and Local Government Usec. Rico E. Puno and three others visited in May the main facility of an Israel-based firm that has been blacklisted by Indian defense ministry early this year for engaging in corrupt practices.

INQUIRER: The Nationalist People's Coalition might bolt its powerhouse administration coalition with the ruling Liberal Party and Nacionalista Party if the equity of the incumbent was not followed in the choice of candidates for elections in the local levels next year, an NPC senator said Tuesday.

ABS-CBN: Miriam to Puno: No excuses, face probe - Interior and Local Government Undersecretary Rico Puno's resignation will not excuse him from the probe that was set to determine the alleged corruption in the present administration, Senator Miriam Santiago said.

TV PATROL (6:37-6:41) NEWS BY RYAN CHUA
IMBESTIGASYON NG SENADO KAY DILG USEC. RICO PUNO, TULOY PA RIN SA KABILA NG PAGBIBITIW NITO SA PWESTO. PUNO, MARAMING TANONG NA KAILANGAN SAGUTIN SA PUBLIKO PARTIKULAR ANG PAGPUNTA NITO SA CONDO UNIT NI SEC. JESSE ROBREDO AYON KAY SEN. MIRIAM SANTIAGO. SUBPOENA, IPALALABAS NG SENADO KUNG HINDI DADALO SI PUNO SA HEARING.

ANC: Sen. Miriam Santiago: Puno should have resigned earlier, then he would have become the poster boy for delicadeza. But he hung in there until the president was compelled to announce his replacement. When a replacement has been named, that means you have been overstaying your post.

ANC: CGMA thanks the public for their support as she undergoes stem cell treatment for cervical spine problems. She also thanks govt doctors for allowing her to seek alternative medical care.

ANC: First a probe, now a call for resignation. Sen. Miriam Santiago says DILG Usec Rico Puno should step down as the senate prepares to investigate Friday.

bakit mukhang "dignified silence" mode sila sec de lima, ombudsman morales and bir comm kim henares kay usec puno? pag arroyo at corona, ang bilis ng imbestigasyon at filing ng mga kaso kahit tsismis lang ang basehan!