Senator Joel Villanueva on Friday, September 19 vowed to file legal charges against the personalities behind the flood control project controversy. Villanueva made the statement in light of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee’s refusal to clear him and Sen. Jinggoy Estrada over alleged budget...
Senators Jinggoy Estrada and Joel Villanueva are not yet cleared from the issue of millions of pesos in insertions in the General Appropriations Act (GAA) for 2023 and 2025. Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” Lacson made the remark on Thursday, evening, following a lengthy public...
Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada on Wednesday, September 17 criticized anew the actions of the China Coast Guard against the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources’ (BFAR) BRP Datu Gumbay Piang saying it is yet another blatant display of China’s disregard for international law and the...
Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada denied on Tuesday, September 9 allegations made by a former Bulacan assistant district engineer that he is involved in the anomalous infrastructure projects now hounding the country. This, after Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) assistant district...
While officials of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) found only three luxury vehicles in the property of the Discayas in Pasig City when they carried out a search warrant, Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada disclosed that the controversial couple actually owns 80 vehicles. Estrada...
Cezarah (Sarah) Discaya said on Monday, Sept. 1, that her nine construction companies sometimes compete against each other in public bidding for government contracts under the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH). She said this under questioning from Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy...
Two out of fifteen (15) contractors who received the lion 's share or 20 percent worth P100 billion of the country 's flood control budget for the past three years, denied involvement in ghost projects currently being investigated by the government. Contractors were grilled by senators...
Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada on Wednesday, August 7 renewed his push for the passage of the bill that would update the country’s existing law against espionage. Senate Bill No. 73, Estrada said, can help curb the numerous alarming incidents involving the arrest of...
There were no perceived threats yet from the interference of foreign agents when a mining executive accused of misrepresenting his citizenship was accepted into the Philippine Coast Guard Auxiliary (PCGA) in 2018. "Right then, during that time, there were no perceived threats from interference...
Senators on Tuesday, August 26 agree that President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has the sole prerogative to remove Police General Nicolas Torre III as Philippine National Police (PNP) chief. Sen. Panfilo “Ping” Lacson, a former PNP chief himself, said Torre acted “beyond his...
Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Manuel Bonoan on Tuesday, August 19, expressed his belief that some flood control projects in Bulacan may be “ghost projects.” During the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing, Bonoan said under questioning by Senate President Pro Tempore...
Senators on Monday, August 11 commended the response of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) personnel who offered assistance and medical aid to the injured Chinese crew members that figured in a collision in Bajo de Masinloc after trying to ward off Philippine vessels in the area. Senate President...
