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Today’s headlines: Sara Duterte, Marcos’ health, Donald Trump

Here are today’s headlines – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:

• VP Sara’s P125M spent in 11 days? Madriaga: ‘Wrong, I disposed it in less than 24 hours’

Ramil Madriaga, Vice President Sara Duterte’s alleged former bagman, refutes findings that it took the Office of the Vice President 11 days to spend P125 million in confidential funds in December 2022.

• DOE warns of possible fuel price hike next week after rollback

Energy Secretary Sharon Garin warns of a possible increase in fuel prices starting Monday, April 20. She says this a day after President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. announced a big-time rollback in fuel prices effective Tuesday, April 14.

• Me, sick? Come to the gym with me, Marcos challenges detractors

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. debunks rumors he is sick or dead through jumping jacks. In the past weeks, social media was rife with allegations that Marcos had either been confined because he was seriously sick, or that he had died.

• Barzaga surrenders to police amid arrest warrant for cyberlibel

Suspended lawmaker Kiko Barzaga surrenders to police authorities Monday, April 13, after a court issued an arrest warrant over his cyberlibel case. Business tycoon Enrique Razon sued the neophyte congressman for cyberlibel after he accused the billionaire, without proof, of bribing members of the National Unity Party.

• Trump’s AI image of himself as Jesus-like figure follows feud with Pope Leo

US President Donald Trump posts an AI-generated image of himself as a Jesus-like figure, and later deletes it. This comes amid his escalating feud with Pope Leo, who has criticized the war that started with US-Israeli strikes on Iran as inhumane. – Rappler.com