Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson laughed off claims linking the upcoming impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte to the Senate 's ongoing investigation into anomalous flood control projects. According to Lacson, such attempts are being pushed by politicians already in "campaign mode"...
The Office of the Ombudsman has directed Senators Alan Peter Cayetano and Robin Padilla, along with former Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Mao Aplasca, to answer a complaint filed by Tindig Pilipinas in connection with events involving Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa at the Senate last month. In an...
Malacañang assured that government programs and functions will not be stalled during the impeachment proceedings against Vice President Sara Duterte. Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro refuted the statements of Senator Alan Peter Cayetano that there would only be...
Former senator Antonio F. Trillanes IV filed on Thursday, June 25, a cyber libel case against Senators Alan Peter Cayetano and Rodante Marcoleta in connection with the June 4 hearing when he was accused of receiving suitcases containing money. The case was filed before the Department of Justice...
Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson says he can 't help but "pity" erstwhile Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano, whom according to him is on the verge of a "meltdown". This, after Cayetano lost the numbers in the Senate and was formally replaced by newly-installed Senate President Sherwin...
Senate President Sherwin Gatchalian said he has yet to personally hear from Senate Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano following his assumption of the chamber’s leadership. In a radio interview on DZMM, Gatchalian emphasized that his “door is open” to all colleagues as he seeks unity in the...
Senate President Pro Tempore Vicente "Tito" Sotto III on Friday, June 19, shrugged off Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano 's latest attacks against fellow senators, saying the public exchanges were becoming more like a television drama than productive political discourse. In a Viber message to...
Senator Alan Peter Cayetano 's bloc has seemingly abandoned the 18 ex-bodyguards who have been creating noise as bagmen under the flood control projects corruption scandal. Thus, said Manila 6th district Rep. Bienvenido "Benny" Abante in a statement Thursday, June 18, two days after the...
At least P700-million in taxpayers ' money were wasted in the 28 days that disgraced ex-Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano headed the Upper Chamber, Sen. Panfilo "Ping" M. Lacson said Thursday, June 18. Lacson said the lowest period in the Senate included the shooting inside the premises...
ILOILO CITY – Ilonggos have criticized West Visayas State University (WVSU) for giving the Presidential Service Award to Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano in the Program on Awards and Incentives for Service Excellence (PRAISE) Awards on Tuesday, June 16. “Paano naging PRAISE award ‘yung gumagawa ng...
Senator Alan Peter Cayetano has accepted the end of his tenure as Senate President, while vowing to continue pursuing what he described as the truth behind alleged irregularities in government flood-control spending. In a post on Facebook ahead of an expected leadership transition in the Senate in...
For Senator Panfilo Lacson, the Senate crisis is not caused by Senator Alan Peter Cayetano; in fact, he is the crisis himself. He said this on Tuesday, June 16, after the Cayetano bloc filed a petition before the Supreme Court to "restore themselves to power", so the high court would have enough...
