GORDON REVEALS P20M BRIBE TRY TO EXCLUDE FAMILY IN POGO MONEY LAUNDERING PROBEMANILA - Sen. Richard Gordon on Tuesday said he was offered a P20-millionbribe to avoid summoning to a Senate investigation the family tagged in amoney laundering scheme linked to Chinese-run offshore gaming.The P20 million bribe was offered Monday evening through a mutual friend,Gordon told Senate reporters. Another emissary offered to "donate" P5million to the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) instead, the senator said."Ang sabi, 'Puwede ba sabihin mo wag na kami tawagin at may magandangmangyayari,'" he said, referring to members of a certain Rodriguez familywho brought to the Philippines some $283 million in cash from July 2019 toMarch 2020."Hindi ako nagyayabang but I am chagrined. Ang lalakas ng loob nitong mgaito. Akala nila lahat kaya nilang bilhin."The Rodriguez family is expected to attend the second Blue Ribboninvestigation on the money laundering issue on Thursday, after the clanfailed to appear at the initial hearing last week.The Senate panel will issue a subpoena should the clan still fail to attendthe March 12 hearing.Gordon earlier alleged that huge sums of cash were being smuggled to thePhilippines to fund Philippine Offshore Gaming Operations not legallyregistered with the government.JOY BELMONTE WARNS SUPPLIER OF FAKE SHOESMANILA — Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte has vowed to go after suppliers ofcounterfeit products.Belmonte issued the statement following reports that at least 1,000 pairs ofalleged counterfeit rubber shoes were distributed to local athletes who willrepresent the city in national sporting events.She said the city government would initiate legal action if the allegationsare proven true.“If proven guilty, the supplier of the fake shoes should be held liable,”Belmonte said in a statement.The mayor has ordered the recall of the supposed counterfeit shoes.The shoes will be replaced before March 14 in time for the holding of theNational Festival of Talents in Isabela province and Palarong Pambansa inMay.Belmonte also instructed the bids and awards committee to exercise duediligence in evaluating and selecting winning bidders of the citygovernment’s supplies.WALANG PASOK: DUTERTE SUSPENDS METRO MANILA CLASSES UNTIL MARCH 14MANILA — President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday evening announced thesuspension of classes in all levels in National Capital Region startingTuesday, March 10 until Saturday, March 14.“It’s a consensus of everybody that classes will be suspended in NCR,National Capital Region lang beginning tomorrow and it will end [on] March14. The reason being is tignan natin ‘yung incubation period,” Duterte saidin a press conference after a meeting with Cabinet members and some mayorsof Metro Manila.He added that the duration of class suspensions will be monitored for nowsince the usual length of coronavirus incubation period lasts for 14 days."Children should study while they are being detained in their respectivehomes..” he was also quoted as saying."What the secretary wants to happen is that there is no stoppage ofeducation," he furthered.Duterte also announced that the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases jumped to24.

COPS WITH ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS WITH INMATES FACE DISMISSAL — PNP CHIEFMANILA — Police officers with romantic relationships with inmates will bedismissed from the service, according to Philippine National Police (PNP)chief Gen. Archie Francisco Gamboa.“Policemen are not supposed to be in love with PDLs (persons deprived ofliberty),” Gamboa told a press briefing at Camp Crame yesterday.Maj. Ildefonso Miranda Jr., police chief of Argao, Cebu, was arrested lastweek after he was allegedly caught sleeping with a 23-year-old drug suspectat his quarters at the municipal police station.Miranda did not apologize for his action, saying he fell in love with thewoman.However, operatives of the PNP Integrity Monitoring and Enforcement Groupsaid the 46-year-old police official was allegedly having a sexualrelationship with the inmate “in exchange for her privilege to sleep in hisair-conditioned office.”Another female inmate caught sleeping in Miranda’s office reportedly acts asMiranda’s “helper.”Gamboa also slammed Capt. Wilfredo Dizon, Norzagaray deputy police chief,for tapping an inmate as his personal driver.He said Miranda and Dizon would be dismissed from the service for committinga “grave offense.”Gamboa said an average of six police officers are dismissed from the serviceeveryday for various offenses.“Itong dalawa matitigas ang ulo. Gusto nila sumama dun sa six PNP personneldismissed per day,” he said.CEBU PACIFIC EXECS TAKE PAYCUT TO SAVE WORKERSMANILA — Cebu Pacific senior managers have decided to take the hit for thecompany instead of laying off workers as travel restrictions brought aboutby the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak continue to take a tollon the budget carrier.Charo Logarta-Lagamon, spokesperson for Cebu Pacific, confirmed yesterdaythe news that first appeared on esquire.ph, which said the airline’s seniormanagement officials have agreed to take pay cuts to avoid reducing itsworkforce.Lagamon said the pay cut would cover all of Cebu Pacific’s seniormanagement.“It’s the least that can be done given the challenging situation and it’sthe right thing to do,” Lagamon said.The 10-percent pay cut that has been reportedly agreed upon by the CebuPacific senior management officials, however, was not confirmed by Lagamon.Cebu Pacific, the country’s largest budget carrier owned by the Gokongweifamily, currently has over 4,000 personnel.WHAT LANI MISALUCHA WANTS TO TELL SARAH G, MORISSETTE AMONMANILA — Music veteran Lani Misalucha had a simple answer when asked foradvice to Kapamilya singers Sarah Geronimo and Morissette, who facecontroversies involving their families.“The best tool would be prayers, honestly,” Misalucha said on “Tonight withBoy Abunda”.“It’s the only thing that you can do: to pray for the situation that’s goingon in your family, pray for yourself for extra guidance and strength, towiden your understanding,” she said.Geronimo’s relationship with her parents has been the subject of headlinessince her secret wedding with now-husband Matteo Guidicelli. The pop star’sparents are supposedly against the marriage.Morissette, meanwhile, was similarly reported to have a rift with herparents over her romance with fellow singer, Dave Lamar.Misalucha, who is a mother of two, went on: “Look, kahit ano’ng mangyari,magulang mo ‘yan, magkalayo kayo ng path, o hindi kayo magkaintindihan, theywill always be your parents.”“So you just really have to pray for your family, na magkaroon ng pagsasamanang mahusay, [at] magkaintindihan kayo ulit,” she added.COCO MARTIN, ANGELICA PANGANIBAN SHOOT MOVIE IN DUBAIKapamilya stars Coco Martin and Angelica Panganiban are now in Dubai toshoot key scenes for the upcoming romantic-comedy film "Love or Money."On Monday, Star Cinema released behind-the-scene photos of the movie, whichis the first team-up of Panganiban and Martin on the big screen, on itsvarious social media accountsDirected by Mae Cruz-Alviar, "Love or Money" is one of the eight officialentries to the first-ever Metro Manila Summer Film Festival, which runs fromApril 11-21 in cinemas nationwide.NBA SCORES MARCH 8FINAL    1    2    3    4    Tteam logo Bulls 21-43    23    27    20    37    107team logo Nets 29-34    22    36    19    33    110SCORING LEADERS    O. Porter Jr. CHI23 PTS, 3 REB, 2 AST    S. Dinwiddie BKN24 PTS, 3 REB, 6 ASTFINAL    1    2    3    4    Tteam logo Pelicans 28-36    36    35    27    22    120team logo Timberwolves 19-44    29    34    21    23    107SCORING LEADERSJ. Holiday NO37 PTS, 9 REB, 8 ASTM. Beasley MIN21 PTS, 9 REB, 0 ASTFINAL    1    2    3    4    Tteam logo Lakers 49-13    27    22    36    27    112team logo Clippers 43-20    25    28    28    22    103SCORING LEADERSA. Davis LAL30 PTS, 8 REB, 2 ASTP. George LAC31 PTS, 6 REB, 3 ASTFINAL    1    2    3    4    Tteam logo Bucks 53-11    28    31    32    40    131team logo Suns 26-38    47    30    25    38    140SCORING LEADERS    K. Middleton MIL39 PTS, 2 REB, 4 AST    D. Booker PHO36 PTS, 5 REB, 8 ASTFINAL    1    2    3    4    Tteam logo Thunder 40-24    29    23    31    22    105team logo Celtics 42-21    26    37    21    20    104SCORING LEADERSC. Paul OKC28 PTS, 6 REB, 7 ASTG. Hayward BOS24 PTS, 5 REB, 4 ASTFINAL    1    2    3    4    Tteam logo Heat 41-23    29    28    15    28    100team logo Wizards 23-40    23    31    18    17    89SCORING LEADERSB. Adebayo MIA27 PTS, 14 REB, 6 ASTS. Napier WAS27 PTS, 4 REB, 7 ASTFINAL    1    2    3    4    Tteam logo Pacers 39-25    31    24    31    26    112team logo Mavericks 39-26    26    26    32    25    109SCORING LEADERSD. Sabonis IND20 PTS, 17 REB, 6 ASTL. Doncic DAL36 PTS, 10 REB, 8 ASTFINAL    1    2    3    4    Tteam logo Magic 29-35    34    37    34    21    126team logo Rockets 39-24    24    22    30    30    106SCORING LEADERSD. Augustin ORL24 PTS, 2 REB, 3 ASTR. Westbrook HOU24 PTS, 8 REB, 4 ASTFINAL    1    2    3    4    Tteam logo Pistons 20-45    22    25    24    13    84team logo Knicks 20-44    27    22    23    24    96SCORING LEADERS    C. Wood DET22 PTS, 8 REB, 2 AST    J. Randle NY22 PTS, 12 REB, 1 ASTFINAL/OT    1    2    3    4    OT    Tteam logo Spurs 26-36    18    32    41    27    11    129team logo Cavaliers 19-45    35    25    27    31    14    132SCORING LEADERS    D. DeRozan SA25 PTS, 8 REB, 4 AST    A. Drummond CLE28 PTS, 17 REB, 1 ASTFINAL    1    2    3    4    Tteam logo Raptors 45-18    22    29    27    40    118team logo Kings 28-36    22    28    24    39    113SCORING LEADERSN. Powell TOR31 PTS, 2 REB, 5 ASTD. Fox SAC28 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST