Detained Senator Rodante Marcoleta said his respect for Master Sergeant Orly Guteza remains intact despite the soldier’s release of a statement on Aug. 19 that contradicted his earlier testimony before the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee. Marcoleta said Guteza’s latest statement was not...
Leyte 1st district Rep. Martin Romualdez’s legal counsel reiterated on Thursday, Aug. 27 that the Office of the Ombudsman had no case whatsoever against the former House Speaker in connection with the flood control projects corruption scandal. As such, lawyer Ade Fajardo said there was no reason...
Former House Speaker, Leyte 1st district Rep. Martin Romualdez has raised the possibility of "pre-written" affidavits against him, as well as "recruited" witnesses, in connection with the flood control projects mess. Romualdez is pressing the Office of the Ombudsman to answer these allegations...
Former House Speaker, Leyte 1st district Rep. Martin Romualdez is pressing the Office of the Ombudsman to make up its mind whether or not the supposed evidence it has against him can stand on its legs. In the 25-page Supplemental Counter-Affidavit Ex Abundanti Ad Cautelam, filed last Thursday, Aug....
Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson says a public official who induces another person to commit perjury may be treated as a principal in the commission of the crime under the conspiracy theory. In a statement Sunday, Aug. 23, Lacson underscored that such individual may also be subject to perpetual...
Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson said Saturday, Aug. 22, that detained Senator Rodante Marcoleta and former lawmaker Mike Defensor could face a complaint for subornation of perjury over the alleged “coached” testimony of former Marine Orly Guteza before the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee last...
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...
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,...
