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...
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...
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...
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...
Senator Panfilo “Ping" Lacson on Thursday slammed "disgraced" Senator Alan Peter Cayetano for desperately and baselessly dragging his name into a "bogus" hearing of the Blue Ribbon Committee. Lacson said Cayetano 's attempt to link him to allegations involving the delivery of suitcases of...
Senators Erwin Tulfo and Vicente "Tito" Sotto III on Thursday rejected allegations raised during a Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing led by Senator Alan Peter Cayetano 's bloc that they received suitcases of money. In a statement, Tulfo accused Bernard Gumban, one of the individuals...
Malacañang challenged a witness in a Senate hearing to present evidence supporting his claim that bags of cash were allegedly delivered to President Marcos ' residence in Paoay, Ilocos Norte. The Palace issued the response after Bernard Tube, who identified himself as a former Marine who...
As the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing on the alleged flood control scandal proceeded on Thursday, June 4, Senator Alan Peter Cayetano and his allies insisted that a rival group of senators, or the new majority, had no authority to reorganize the committee 's leadership. Opening the...
Senator Raffy Tulfo on Wednesday, June 3, questioned the legitimacy of the current Senate Blue Ribbon Committee, which he described it as a "bastard" panel due to what he claimed was an insufficient number of members under existing rules. During an interview on Balitanghali, Tulfo said the...
