Former Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers assailed the June 4 Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing for facilitating what he described as "destabilization moves" against the Marcos administration. “Since when did it become legal to plot destabilization moves in broad daylight...
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...
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 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...
Current and former House members whose names were implicated to supposed playoffs during the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing on Thursday, June 4 said the claims were simply meant to distract from the upcoming impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte. The sub-committee hearing--presided...
The Philippine Marine Corps (PMC) personnel deployed at the Senate have been cleared of any direct involvement during the May 13 shooting incident inside the building and will remain in their posts, a military spokesperson confirmed Tuesday, May 26. Capt. Marissa Martinez, spokesperson for the...
A forum intended to “ferret out the truth” involving 18 alleged former Marines linked to the massive flood control controversy, also referred to as the “Maleta Boys,” who supposedly delivered billions of cash in suitcases to former Ako-Bicol Partylist Rep. Zaldy Co, took a chaotic turn on...
The United States Marine Corps (USMC) has practiced moving warfighting equipment from sea to shore in northern Mindanao ahead of Exercise Balikatan this month. The rehearsal held last month centered on a maritime prepositioning force offload at the port of Cagayan de Oro as the USNS Sgt. William W....
PASUQUIN, Ilocos Norte – An officer of the Philippine Marines was killed in a motorcycle crash here before dawn on Saturday, March 14. Police identified the victim as Major Noel Anthony Muñoz Mana-ay, 41, assigned to the 4th Marine Brigade based in Burgos, Ilocos Norte, and a resident of Imus...
National Security Adviser (NSA) Eduardo Año on Wednesday, March 4, filed a criminal complaint before the Department of Justice (DOJ) against 18 individuals claiming to be former Philippine Marine Corps (PMC) personnel, lawyer Levito Baligod, and former representative Mike Defensor after they...
