Due to alleged uncooperativeness, Pharmally executives Mohit Dhargani and Linconn Ong have been ordered transferred to the Pasay City Jail. (Photo from Senate / MANILA BULLETIN) The order issued by Senate Blue Ribbon Committee chairman Richard Gordon followed the adoption of a motion raised by...
Senator Richard Gordon said on Friday, Nov. 26, that the former presidential economic adviser Michael Yang was afraid to come out after the capture of his business colleagues Linconn Ong, as well as siblings Mojit and Twinkle Dargani. Following the filing of Yang's petition to nullify the arrest...
Ang Probinsyano Partylist Rep. Ronnie Ong on Friday, Oct. 22 said he should be counted out either as author or supporter of any legislative proposal that would curtail the freedom of the press and the right to information of Filipinos. Ong made this clear when asked to comment on the reported draft...
Outspoken private law practitioner Ferdinand Topacio on Wednesday, Oct. 20 chided anew the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee (BRC) as a “kangaroo court” out to cash in on the political mileage derived from the extended hearings on the overpriced COVID-19 supply scandal. Ferdinand Topacio Topacio,...
Doctor Willie Ong, who has over 16 million Facebook followers and 6.5 million subscribers on YouTube, filed his certificate of candidacy (COC) for vice president on Monday, Oct. 4, at the Sofitel Harbor Garden Tents in Pasay City. Dr. Willie Ong (Comelec Facebook Live Screenshot) He is running...
Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso filed his certificate of candidacy (COC) for president in the 2022 national elections on Monday, Oct. 4. MANILA MAYOR ISKO MORENO/ MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO Domagoso arrived at the Commission on Elections (Comelec) filling venue at Sofitel Harbor...
If a "Tondo tandem" can vie for the top two positions in government, why can't a "Davao duo" do the same? Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio (left) and President Rodrigo Duterte (Photos from MANILA BULLETIN/ Malacañang) Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo raised this question in...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Wednesday,Sept. 29 slammed the lawyer of Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation director Linconn Ong for accusing her of bribing the company’s former warehouse staff who testified on the alleged substandard face shields the firm delivered to the government. Hontiveros,...
The tandem of Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso" and Doc Willie Ong is final, Aksyon Demokratiko's campaign manager Lito Banayo said on Wednesday, Sept 29. Isko Moreno -Willie Ong (MANILA BULLETIN FILE) "Nung nagdeklara siya nung Miyerkules, 'yun na yon. All systems go na 'yun silang...
Senators on Tuesday, Sept. 28 rejected President Duterte’s claim that the detention of resource person from Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation by the Senate was akin to martial law. Senate President Vicente Sotto III told reporters the President’s statement was “obviously a mislay.”...
For President Duterte, the way the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee has been treating its resource persons is worse than being arrested during martial law. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) "Akala ko ba ayaw ng mga taong Pilipinas ng martial law? Eh tignan mo yung ginagawa ng Senado ngayon...
Before criticizing the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee as a "kangaroo court", lawyer Ferdinand Topacio had reached out to Senator Richard Gordon to lobby for his wife's appointment to the Court of Appeals (CA). Senator Richard Gordon (Henzberg Austria/Senate PRIB) Gordon made the disclosure as the...
