🔴JUST IN:Sen. Cayetano Marcoleta 18 Marines Stella Quimbo Arnold Clavio Tulfo Kiko Chiz Escudero Sot

Journalist Arnold Clavio has denied allegations that he received a paper bag of money sent on the orders of former congressman Zaldy Co.In a press conference by the former bodyguards of Zaldy Co, one of them, Mario Ceniza, Jr., alleged that Clavio was among the media personalities who received cash.Clavio called the accusation a lie, adding that it was both ridiculous and deeply lamentable.Tulfo rejects ‘18 Marines’ label, calls alleged bagmen kargadors.Senators from the new Majority bloc on Monday urged the public to stop referring to the 18 alleged bagmen as former Marines, arguing that they were more akin to “kargadors” or pier porters who were supposedly tasked only with loading suitcases into vans.Speaking at the start of the Senate blue ribbon committee consultatitve meeting, Sen. Raffy Tulfo said the individuals appeared to have been labeled as members of the Philippine Marine Corps to project an image of honor and integrity.Let me call them 18 kargadors because, according to their own account, they were tasked with carrying suitcases allegedly filled with cash. That was their job — carrying and loading luggage.