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A lone bettor is now nearly P18 million richer after bagging the jackpot in the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office’s Lotto 6/42 draw Thursday night. The PCSO said the bettor got the combination of 10-05-12-30-04-31 to win the night’s jackpot prize worth P17,791,496. But as in the past, the PCSO is not likely to name the winner for security reasons. Only last May 22, a lone bettor got the combination of 31-35-04-06-30-03 to win the Super Lotto 6/49 jackpot worth P98,612,308. On May 21, a lone bettor got the combination of 24-44-04-16-34-40 to win the Mega Lotto 6/45  jackpot worth P37,972,220. Last April 15, a lone bettor won the Lotto 6/42 jackpot by getting the combination of 15-30-03-31-18-01 to take home P18,387,204. On April 14, a lone bettor bagged the Megalotto 6/45 jackpot, getting the combination of 30-16-06-10-18-12 to win P80,773,540. Last April 7, a bettor hit the jackpot of the PCSO’s Grand Lotto, getting the combination of 39-21-42-28-05-27 to win P249,841,572. On April 1, two lotto bettors won a combined P83.4 million in two PCSO draws. A lone bettor bagged the Superlotto 6/49 jackpot by getting the combination of 22-20-17-09-13-29 to win P63,332,184. The other bettor won P20,109,076 in the Lotto 6/42 draw, with the combination of 27-08-04-40-33-12. Last March 14, a lone bettor won P50,677,708 in the Lotto 6/42 draw by getting the combination of 15-20-21-23-01-05. On Feb. 27, a lotto bettor snagged the Superlotto 6/49 jackpot after getting the combination 30-44-45-07-39-48 to win P89,065,812. Last Jan. 20, a lone Read More …

Names of three members of President Aquino’s Liberal Party (LP) appeared in the digital files of pork barrel scam primary whistleblower Benhur Luy, GMA News “24 Oras” reported on Thursday. According to a “24 Oras” report, included in Luy’s digital files were draft letters bearing the names of Senate President Franklin Drilon, Senator Ralph Recto and former Senator Francis “Kiko”Pangilinan, The unsigned drafts reportedly had Drilon, Recto and Pangilinan each asking P10-million worth of financial assistance from the Department of Agriculture for projects for farmers in the countryside. Drilon and Recto had earlier denied involvement in the pork barrel scam. Pangilinan, who now serves as the Presidential Assistant on Food Security and Agricultural Modernization, said in a text message sent to GMA News: “Please, media should not waste its time with baseless and unfounded allegations.” Under the scheme ran by alleged pork barrel scam mastermind Janet Lim Napoles, lawmakers receive millions of pesos in kickbacks in exchange for endorsing her dubious non-government organizations as recipients of priority development assistance fund allocations to be released by government agencies. Aside from Drilon, Recto and Pangilinan names of other incumbent and former senators also appeared in Luy’s digital files.  Among them are Senators Juan Ponce-Enrile, Jinggoy Estrada, Ramong “Bong” Revilla Jr., Alan Peter Cayetano and Lito Lapid as well as former Senators Loi Ejercito-Estrada, Tessie Aquino-Oreta, Ramon Revilla Sr. and the late Robert Barbers.  Enrile, Estrada and Revilla are already facing plunder charges in connection with their involvement in the scam.  Lawmakers implicated Read More …

Residents near the site of a supposed shootout that killed eight suspected robbers in Cavite earlier this week have belied claims by police involved in the operation that they set up a checkpoint to intercept the slain suspects. This developed as the Philippine National Police’s national headquarters is preparing its own probe of the incident, according to a report on “24 Oras” Thursday. “Wala po kaming napansin na naglagay ng checkpoint diyan,” a resident told investigators from the Commission on Human Rights, which is investigating the encounter. Another resident said, “hindi ko naman nakita ang checkpoint eh… wala akong nakita.” Police involved in the alleged encounter in Silang town last Tuesday had claimed they set up a checkpoint to intercept the eight. Residents also said they heard one shot, followed by louder shots, with a policeman advising them to get inside their houses lest they get hit by stray bullets. “Puro bala po naririnig namin, walang mga boses. May isang pulis lang na nagsalita na pumasok kayo sa mga bahay ninyo, baka tamaan kayo ng ligaw na bala,” one resident said. On the other hand, a witness claimed seeing police personnel firing their guns but could not see who they were firing at. Residents still scared A CHR special investigator said residents may still be scared, and further investigation may be needed. “Mag-co-coordinate na lang kami doon sa (Scene of the Crime Operations) Office kung ano ang result,” CHR investigator Tony Abbago said. The PNP national headquarters will hold its Read More …

With just days to go before the new school year starts, an environmentalist group on Thursday warned students and parents against the presence of lead in some school supplies sold in Metro Manila. EcoWaste Coalition said some of the school supplies it had sent to a private laboratory for analysis were found to have lead content of up to 140,000 parts per million (ppm). The group noted the Department of Environment and Natural Resources’ Administrative Order 2013-24 prohibits the use of lead in the making of school supplies. Also, it said, the US Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) prohibits lead greater than 90 ppm in paint or any similar surface coatings of children’s products.   It added the US law sets a limit of 100 ppm of lead content in any accessible component part of a product for children, such as zippers of school bags. The group said it bought various school supplies with prices ranging from P7.50 to P599.75, from retailers in Divisoria and Quiapo in Manila; and in Makati City. It then had the items tested for lead by SGS, a global testing company. The group also quoted pediatric toxicologist Bessie Antonio of the East Avenue Medical Center as saying lead is particularly dangerous to young children “because their growing bodies absorb and keep more lead than adults do.” She warned the damage to their brains and nervous systems is “often irreversible, but fully preventable.” The group said the tests showed lead levels of school supplies were Read More …