Today’s headlines: BIR, Rizalina Lanete, Claudia Sheinbaum

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

The Bureau of Internal Revenue files three separate tax evasion complaints against former Public Works engineers Henry Alcantara, Brice Hernandez, and Jaypee Mendoza over a P1.6-B tax liability.

Former Masbate representative Rizalina Seachon-Lanete, her aide Jose Sumalpong, and Janet Lim Napoles are acquitted in one plunder case. The Sandiganbayan rules, the prosecution’s evidence showed only P30.7 million in alleged payouts from Lanete’s congressional pork barrel. Far short of the P50-million mark that defines plunder under Philippine law.

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. declares a state of national calamity following extensive devastation caused by Typhoon Tino and in anticipation of potential super typhoon Uwan.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang warns, China will beat the United States in the artificial intelligence race. China’s access to advanced AI chips, particularly those produced by Nvidia, remains a flashpoint in its tech rivalry with the U.S.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum files a complaint against a man who groped her and tried to kiss her as she walked between meetings in the capital city. The incident underscores the insecurity women face in a country steeped in machismo and gender-based violence. —Rappler.com