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...
WASHINGTON — U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Alan Greenspan has died at the age of 100. He died on Monday from complications of Parkinson’s Disease, said his wife of 29 years, NBC News correspondent Andrea Mitchell. “To me he was my husband, who shaped my life from our very first date in 1984,”...
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 Panfilo “Ping” Lacson rebuked what he considered an attempt by Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano to deflect accountability on the issue of P700 million in wasted taxpayers’ money during his 28-day stint as Senate leader. Cayetano, in yet another lengthy Facebook Live, had claimed, among other...
Senator Alan Peter Cayetano on Thursday, June 18, went live again on Facebook, answering those who criticize him for going live frequently. Absent from the special session on Wednesday, this is Cayetano 's first Facebook live as minority leader, and this is also the first time he has...
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...
