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...
Malacañang has refuted claims that some Cabinet members offered to help Senator Jinggoy Estrada avoid legal charges against him, saying the Cabinet has no such power. "Unang-una, ano po ba ang kapangyarihan ng mga miyembro ng gabinete na mangako sa isang tao na diumanong sangkot sa anomalya na...
The Office of the Ombudsman has filed criminal charges against eight officials of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Bulacan 1st District Engineering Office and three executives of St. Timothy Construction Corporation over alleged anomalies in a ₱53.9-million flood control project...
