Thousands of Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC) members gathered near the EDSA People Power Monument in Quezon City on Tuesday, June 30, for an emergency rally demanding accountability amid controversy over alleged irregularities in government funds. The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) estimated the crowd...
It 's gaslighting time once more. Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson said this on Tuesday, June 30, as he called out Sen. Rodante Marcoleta for claiming that his impending arrest over plunder charges is linked to the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte-Carpio. This, after...
Senator Rodante Marcoleta on Tuesday claimed the plunder case set to be filed against him was intended to keep him from participating in the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte. In a statement, Marcoleta criticized the impending case announced by Ombudsman Jesus Crispin "Boying"...
The Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) may bring the complaint involving Sen. Francis “Chiz” Escudero over alleged irregularities in flood-control projects before the courts within the next two to three weeks, Ombudsman Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla said on Monday, June 29. During a press...
A plunder case against Senator Rodante Marcoleta will be filed before the Sandiganbayan this week, Ombudsman Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla said on Monday, June 29, adding that the anti-graft office is also moving forward with cases involving several other senators. “Si Senator Marcoleta....
Senator Rodante Marcoleta warned against prematurely blaming video games for the deadly school shooting in Tacloban City. Speaking on his program Sa Ganang Mamamayan, Marcoleta said some of his colleagues in the Senate were too quick to attribute the June 22 shooting to video games, particularly...
Former senator Antonio F. Trillanes IV filed on Thursday, June 25, a cyber libel case against Senators Alan Peter Cayetano and Rodante Marcoleta in connection with the June 4 hearing when he was accused of receiving suitcases containing money. The case was filed before the Department of Justice...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has not received any court order in relation to a plunder case that Sen. Rodante Marcoleta is facing amid rumors of a supposed issuance of an arrest warrant. PNP spokesman Col. Allen Rae Co said they have not received any official communication pertaining to the...
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...
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...
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...
Current and former House members whose names were implicated to supposed playoffs during the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing on Thursday, June 4 said the claims were simply meant to distract from the upcoming impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte. The sub-committee hearing--presided...
