Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Friday, August 21 pushed for heavier penalties against those who induce or force another person to commit perjury. Lacson said he will file such a measure following the recent recantations of “coached witness” Orly Guteza and three of the so-called...
Malacañang said the government’s investigation into alleged anomalies in flood control projects will continue despite the reported recantation of witness Orly Guteza, stressing that investigating bodies must pursue evidence and hold accountable those responsible for wrongdoing. Presidential...
A former national president of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) has criticized the quality--of lack thereof--of the Ombudsman 's investigation on Leyte 1st district Rep. Martin Romualdez when it comes to the flood control projects mess. Lawyer Ade Fajardo, Romualdez 's legal...
Sen. Erwin Tulfo on Thursday, Aug. 20, said he would leave it to the Office of the Ombudsman to determine whether flood control mess witness Orly Guteza should face charges after recanting his earlier testimony on alleged cash deliveries to politicians. Tulfo, who chairs the Senate Blue Ribbon...
Despite the recantation of Orly Guteza, a former security aide of resigned lawmaker Zaldy Co, the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) said 28 uniformed personnel still in active service are ready to provide direct and material information in its investigation involving former House Speaker Martin...
The camp of former House Speaker, Leyte 1st district Rep. Martin Romualdez will be filing on Thursday, Aug. 20 a supplemental counter-affidavit before the Ombudsman following the reported recantation of flood control projects mess witness Orly Guteza. "Representative Martin Romualdez will be filing...
Maj. Gen. Vicente MAP Blanco III, commandant of the Philippine Marine Corps (PMC), on Wednesday, Feb. 25, condemned the actions of retired Marines who allegedly acted as “bagmen” in the supposed delivery of P805 billion worth of kickbacks from flood control programs to top government officials,...
Eighteen former Marines who previously worked and served as personnel for businessman Zaldy Co publicly came forward on Tuesday, Feb. 24, to confirm the allegations of delivering suitcases filled with cash to the residences of Co, President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., and former House Speaker...
The Philippine Navy (PN) on Tuesday, Nov. 18, firmly rejected claims that retired Marine Sergeant Orly Regala Guteza, who claimed to have delivered suitcases filled with cash to former House Speaker Martin Romualdez and resigned Ako Bicol Partylist Representative Zaldy Co during a Senate...
Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Tuesday, November 4 defended the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee’s actions on retired TSgt. Orly Guteza whom the panel could no longer find after he testified on the alleged involvement of former House Speaker and Leyte First District...
Senator Rodante Marcoleta has questioned the motivation behind the allegation of falsification of documents being thrown against witness Orly Guteza, whose surprise testimony before the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee in September implicated House Speaker Martin Romualdez and former Ako Bicol Rep....
The Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 18 affirmed that the signature of Atty. Petty Rose Espera affixed to the sworn statement of former Philippine Marine Orly Guteza, who also served as a security consultant of former Rep. Zaldy Co, is fake, confirming the lawyer 's claims that she did not...
