Senate President Vicente C. Sotto III has always been one of the more sober and reasonable voices in the Senate. Lawyer Ferdinand Topacio issued the statement after thanking Sotto for his ‘’kind announcement regarding our clients Mohit Dargani and Linconn Ong, and to his adherence to the ruling...
Two Pharmally Pharmaceutical corporation executives will come out of the Pasay City jail on June 3 with their heads held high ‘’unbroken and unbowed.’’ This was the statement issued today (May 17) by lawyer Vonn Rico Kapunan, lawyer of Mohit Dargani, treasurer, and Linconn Ong, auditor, who...
The two detained Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation executives are expected to be freed from jail on June 3, the ‘sine die’ adjournment of Congress. This is because the contempt charge slapped by the Senate Blue Ribbon committee against the two shall have been extinguished, Senate President...
The Senate Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs is seeking to regulate the operations of online cockfighting (e-sabong) and limiting its operations only every Sunday and legal holidays. Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa said this is just one of the initial recommendations of the Senate...
Presidential candidate Senator Panfilo M. Lacson on Monday, April 4 said he would inhibit himself from any Senate investigation into the unpaid P203-billion estate tax on the Marcos family. "Ako, dahil presidential candidate ‘yung involved sa isyu—sabi ko nga kanina—mag-i-inhibit ako sa...
Senators on Monday said it is imperative for the government to go after the so-called “untouchables” who are behind the large-scale food smuggling in the country, affecting the livelihood of locals farmers and fishermen in the Philippines. “Merong (There are) untouchables. May mga (There are...
Presidential candidate Senator Panfilo M. Lacson on Monday, March 28 asked why the Department of Agriculture (DA) was lacking in its help for communities affected by African Swine Fever (ASF) in Mlang town in Cotabato. Lacson raised this question in today’s Senate Committee of the Whole (COW)...
Lawmakers on Tuesday, March 28 expressed fears that formaldehyde, a disinfectant and preservative in aqueous solution, could have been used on smuggled vegetables, notably carrots, because they last longer than those locally produced. During a hybrid hearing by the Senate Committee of the Whole,...
On-line ‘e-sabong’ (cockfight) licensee Charlie ‘’Atong’’ Ang denied allegations that he could make a ‘sabungero’(cockfight afficionado) disappear for P5,000 for game fixing. Ang made the denial before the Senate public order and dangerous drugs committee chaired by Senator Ronald...
Vice-presidential candidate Senate President Tito C. Sotto III said government efforts to locate the 31 missing online cockfight enthusiasts would continue after President Duterte agreed to suspend the licenses of seven electronic sabong firms that might be connected to the case. At a public forum...
Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa on Friday said the Senate Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs will summon businessman Atong Ang to its inquiry into the disappearance of the 31 cockfight enthusiasts next week. Charlie Tiu Hay Sy Ang, also known as Atong Ang, at a Senate hearing. Dela...
Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa on Thursday said he will set another hearing on the case of the missing cockfight enthusiasts since the management and personnel of the cockpit arenas involved in their disappearances failed to attend the Senate Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs...
