Vice President Sara Duterte 's Senate impeachment trial will push through, no matter how hard you try to destroy the House prosecution panel 's credibility. This is House prosecutor Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Terry Ridon 's stern message to the panel 's detractors over the...
Senator Erwin Tulfo on Sunday, June 7 apologized about his heated outbursts and threats against senators whom he earlier criticized for attending what he called a “fake” Blue Ribbon Committee hearing last Thursday, June 4. “Over the past few days, we witnessed intense tension and...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Saturday, June 6, drew a clear line between the institution and the so-called “Maleta Boys” who refer to themselves as “Marines” or “ex-Marines” when they testified in a recent Senate hearing on the flood control controversy, saying it risks...
A major step toward accountability. That 's how Senator Rodante Marcoleta described Thursday 's Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing on alleged irregularities in flood control projects. The neophyte senator presided over the hearing in his capacity as sub-committee chairman. He said the...
Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson on Friday, June 5, warned of impending legal consequences for those who gave “testimonies” as well as other participants during what he considered a "bogus" Blue Ribbon Committee hearing led by Senator Alan Peter Cayetano. Secretariat and stenographers were not...
The Society of the Divine Word (SVD) said it has initiated legal action against individuals who accused one of its priests of receiving money allegedly linked to a flood control kickback scheme, saying the claims made during a Senate hearing were “false, malicious, and defamatory.” In a...
Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Terry Ridon made a rather cryptic--but clearly comedic--post on Facebook Friday, June 5 wherein he uploaded a photo of a luggage ("maleta") filled with ripe mangoes and a wig collection for men. This was a day after Ridon ' name and those of other House members...
Lanao del Sur 1st district Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong is seriously considering the filing of a libel case against the 18 Marine-bagmen who have accused him of receiving cash-filled luggages or "maleta" as payoffs for anomalous flood control projects. Adiong 's and a collection of other names of...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) said Friday, June 5, that it would carry out a Sandiganbayan order placing former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Manuel M. Bonoan under hospital arrest and transferring him to the PNP General Hospital in Camp Crame. In a statement, PNP...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Friday, June 5, said it would abide by the Sandiganbayan’s decision allowing former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Manuel Bonoan to remain under hospital arrest at the Philippine National Police (PNP) General...
The three ex-Makabayan solons didn 't let pass the slanderous claims hurled against them by the 18 Marine-bagmen who rattled off on Thursday, June 4 the names of alleged payoff recipients from the flood control projects corruption scandal. Among those tagged by the ex-soldiers during a Senate...
Palawan 2nd district Rep. Jose "Pepito" Alvarez literally rushed to the Senate in Pasay City on Thursday, June 4 after his name was included in a list of government officials who allegedly received money luggages ("maleta") from the so-called 18 Marine-bagmen. The 81-year-old Alvarez sought to deny...
