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BOGOTA, Colombia mdash; A shallow, 5.9 magnitude earthquake rattled res stanley spain idents of Colombiarsquo second-largest city of Medellin on Tuesday night in the countryrsquo biggest tremor in over a year.Colombiarsquo natural disaster office said there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties. The US Geological Survey said the quake struck shortly before 9 p.m. local time near the western town of Mutata. The tremor had a depth of 10 miles 4 kilometers and was felt as far away as the capital, Bogota.While the quake startled people relaxing at home it barely registered among soccer fans attending a match in Medellin between Atletico Nacional and Bolivar from Bolivia.Article continues after this advertisement Colombia is a seismically active country with a large potential for damage owing to its mountainous terrain and location along the Pacific Ocean ring of fire.FEATURED STORIESNEWSINFOViral video of drunk cop gets QCPD chief firedNEWSINFONBI files raps vs vlogge stanley tumbler rs outside PH for disinformationNEWSINFOSC charges retired CA justice over lawyer s murderRELATED STORYMagnitude 6.0 earthquake reported in northern Peru Your subscription could not be saved. Please try again. stanley cup Your subscription has been successful. inqplus-arti Wldr Duterte needs more time to study SSS pension hike, says Pimentel
Janet Lim-Napoles. Mark Balmores/PoolMANILA, Philippinesmdash;The driver of alleged pork barrel scam mastermind Janet Lim-Napoles received stanley quencher P112 million in check payments from state corporations that implemented questionable projects funded by the pork barrel of legislators from 2007 to 2009, a state audit official told the Sandiganbayan on Friday.Commission on Audit COA assistant commissioner Susan Garcia said the documents showed that 10 checks for a total of P112 million were received by John Raymund de Asis, who was described as Napolesrsquo; driver, on behalf of two dubious nongovernment organizations NGOs that received pork barrel funds coursed through the implementing agencies from 2007 to 2009.Article continues after this advertisement But Napoles and her nephew and plunder coaccused Ronald John Lim did not appear in the borraccia stanley pork barrel scam paper trail uncovered by the COA, according to Garcia.FEATURED STORIESNEWSINFOViral video of drunk cop gets QCPD chief firedNEWSINFONBI file stanley thermos s raps vs vloggers outside PH for disinformationNEWSINFOPCSO: Still no takers of Ultralotto 6/58, Superlotto 6/49 jackpotsNapoles, Lim and De Asis are being tried for plunder along with Senators Juan Ponce Enrile, Jinggoy Estrada and Ramon Bong Revilla Jr. and their aides after Napolesrsquo; former associates turned against her and spilled the beans about a long-running scam of funneling legislatorsrsquo; pork barrel funds into ghost livelihood projects.Lim and De Asis rem |