The perceived popularity of presidential aspirant Vice President Sara Duterte has taken a hit because of her ongoing Senate impeachment trial. Impeachment complaint endorser Manila 6th district Rep. Bienvenido “Benny” Abante Jr. gave this take over the weekend even as the trial continues to...
Vice President Sara Duterte has been assailed over what pro-impeachment trial personalities in the House of Representatives have described as her persistent "evasive posture". This, as House impeachment adviser Robert Ace Barbers and impeachment complaint endorser Manila 6th district Rep....
After only 15 hearing dates in Vice President Sara Duterte 's Senate impeachment trial, Manila 6th district Rep. Bienvenido “Benny” Abante Jr. is ready to call the eventual result. “Guilty na siya (She 's already guilty). I think that what the prosecution team has actually said is...
House quad-committee (quad-comm) v2.0 overall chairman Manila 6th district Rep. Bienvenido "Benny" Abante Jr. refuses to jump to conclusions regarding the alleged "leadership fund" for senators. “So sa akin, ito ang unang-una. Naniniwala ako na documents first, yung facts first (For me, we do...
The members of the 18 "maleta boys" who retracted their affidavit have betrayed their role as "pawns", thus they must now reveal who their "king" is. Remarks from Manila 6th district Rep. Bienvenido "Benny" Abante Jr. and former Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers point to this...
Manila 6th district Rep. Bienvenido "Benny" Abante Jr. has called "highly irresponsible" the decision of Vice President Sara Duterte to fly overseas in the middle of her Senate impeachment trial. Abante, the House quad-committee (quad-comm) v2.0 overall chairman, went as far to say that Duterte’s...
Past and present leaders of the House quad committee (quad-comm) have expressed relief that there are no more impediments to the impeachment trial against Vice President Sara Duterte, following Senator Sherwin Gatchalian 's formal ascension as Senate President. Manila 6th district Rep....
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...
House leaders have welcomed President Marcos 's call for a special session on June 17, saying it provides an opportunity for Congress to complete key legislation on social protection, education, and healthcare. Hailing the Palace move were Speaker Isabela 6th district Rep. Faustino "Bojie" Dy...
Manila 6th district Rep. Bienvenido “Benny” Abante Jr. has filed cyber libel and libel complaints against the 18 ex-soldiers and their counsel, lawyer Levi Baligod over allegations that he received cash-filled luggages ("maleta") as payoffs under the flood control projects corruption scandal....
Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano 's description of the previous Duterte administration 's drug war as a "pro-life campaign" despite thousands of reported deaths didn 't sit well with Manila 6th district Rep. Bienvenido “Benny” Abante. “Let me remind SP Cayetano that we are...
Manila 6th district Rep. Bienvenido "Benny" Abante Jr. took a shot at Vice President Sara Duterte’s presidential aspiration on Wednesday, April 29 even as the House Committee on Justice was preparing to vote on the existence of probable cause in the latter 's impeachment case. In his summary...
