Though known for making people laugh, Melai Cantiveros turned serious when asked about the ongoing impasse in the Senate, expressing disappointment over the political drama that continues to grip the country. Speaking at the launch of the fifth season of her hit Bisaya podcast "Kuan On One," Melai...
Amid criticism over its absence from a Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing, the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) said its official representative was unable to attend after being denied entry at a Senate security checkpoint. The clarification came after Senator Rodante Marcoleta hit the OMB over its...
BACOLOD CITY – Negros Occidental first district Rep. Julio Ledesma IV urged local government units under his legislative district to declare Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano as persona non grata or unwanted person for trivializing his duty as a legislator amid recent developments in the...
Lanao del Sur 1st district Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong is seriously considering the filing of a libel case against the 18 Marine-bagmen who have accused him of receiving cash-filled luggages or "maleta" as payoffs for anomalous flood control projects. Adiong 's and a collection of other names of...
Amid the controversies and political issues involving her husband, Sen. Robin Padilla, television host Mariel Rodriguez Padilla maintained that their family remains unaffected by the noise surrounding the senator 's public life. Speaking to reporters during the special screening of "Bad Boy 3"...
Former Senate president Alan Peter Cayetano does not have the decency or respect for the rule of law like former Senate President Jose Avelino to resolve his dispute with the new Senate leadership. Sen. Panfilo “Ping” Lacson said this noting that Avelino had the determination to seek the...
The three ex-Makabayan solons didn 't let pass the slanderous claims hurled against them by the 18 Marine-bagmen who rattled off on Thursday, June 4 the names of alleged payoff recipients from the flood control projects corruption scandal. Among those tagged by the ex-soldiers during a Senate...
Amid the sudden influx of legal luminaries on social media, the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) broke its silence and took a stand on whether or not the June 3 session was legal. The IBP is a national organization of lawyers created to elevate the standards of the legal profession in the...
Palawan 2nd district Rep. Jose "Pepito" Alvarez literally rushed to the Senate in Pasay City on Thursday, June 4 after his name was included in a list of government officials who allegedly received money luggages ("maleta") from the so-called 18 Marine-bagmen. The 81-year-old Alvarez sought to deny...
Senator Panfilo “Ping" Lacson on Thursday slammed "disgraced" Senator Alan Peter Cayetano for desperately and baselessly dragging his name into a "bogus" hearing of the Blue Ribbon Committee. Lacson said Cayetano 's attempt to link him to allegations involving the delivery of suitcases of...
Malacañang has refuted claims that some Cabinet members offered to help Senator Jinggoy Estrada avoid legal charges against him, saying the Cabinet has no such power. "Unang-una, ano po ba ang kapangyarihan ng mga miyembro ng gabinete na mangako sa isang tao na diumanong sangkot sa anomalya na...
President Marcos will not tolerate any further disorder in the Senate, especially if it carries on until his fifth State of the Nation Address (SONA). "Hindi (No)" was Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro 's stern response when asked if Marcos would tolerate the...
