Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Terry Ridon has echoed his fellow House officials ' demand for authorities to unmask the possible masterminds behind the supposed lies peddled by the so-called 18 "maleta boys". Four of the 18 former security aides who had executed affidavits concerning alleged cash...
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...
For Vice President Sara Duterte, there is nothing "wrong" or improper about visiting persons deprived of liberty (PDLs), particularly those she personally knows. In an interview after attending the Thanksgiving Mass for the Kadayawan Festival at San Pedro Cathedral in Davao City, Duterte responded...
The Senate on Wednesday, Aug. 5, approved on second reading a bill that would allow underprivileged and homeless citizens to appeal eviction cases without having to post a supersedeas bond, a requirement lawmakers said often prevents poor families from challenging court decisions. Senate Bill No....
Senator Rodante Marcoleta on Monday, Aug. 3, declined to enter a plea during the arraignment of one of the three criminal cases filed against him for alleged violation of Presidential Decree (PD) No. 46, or the anti-gift law, in connection with the alleged P75 million in undeclared donations he...
Detained Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada was elected on Wednesday, July 29, as chairman of the Senate Committee on Electoral Reforms and People 's Participation, while Senator Rodante Marcoleta, also detained, was named head of the Senate Committee on Tourism. Senate Majority Leader Juan...
Malacañang has rejected Senate Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano 's claim that the government was practicing "selective justice," saying the courts—not politicians—decide whether detained senators may be granted bail or participate in official proceedings. Presidential Communications...
Senator-judge Robin Padilla 's old-fashioned insult toward House prosecutors Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Terry Ridon and Mamamayang Liberal (ML) Party-list Rep. Leila de Lima earned him a dignified--but still punchy--response from Ridon. The tit-for-tat stemmed from Padilla comments on the...
The Sandiganbayan has ordered Senator Rodante Marcoleta to explain why he should not be preventively suspended from office while facing plunder charges before the anti-graft court. In a two-page order dated July 22, the Sandiganbayan Third Division directed Marcoleta, through his counsel, to...
Sen. Rodante Marcoleta pleaded not guilty to plunder and violation of Presidential Decree (PD) No. 46 before the Sandiganbayan Third Division on Wednesday, July 22. Marcoleta entered his pleas during his arraignment in the two cases filed against him before the anti-graft court. He pleaded not...
Sen. Francis “Chiz” Escudero, Impeachment Court Presiding Officer, on Monday, July 20, referred Senator-judge Rodante Marcoleta’s request to be allowed to vote in the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte to the Senate. This, after Escudero disclosed during the seventh (7th) day...
