Para magkaalaman na! Trillanes dares Gordon to invite Pulong’s ‘Davao Group’ in Senate probe Like Ko+19Hate Ko-1 Senator Antonio Trillanes IV has formally asked the Senate blue ribbon committee to summon some of the alleged members of the notorious “Davao Group”, supposedly involved in smuggling activities in Davao City led by presidential son Pulong Duterte, to appear and testify before them. In two formal letters to committee chair Sen....
Wala pang 1%: De Lima says Aguirre should be criminally charged for probing only 37 of 4,000 EJKs Senator Leila de Lima said Department of Justice (DOJ) Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II should be penalized for prosecuting only 37 or less than one percent of the 4,000 drug-related extrajudicial killings recorded by the Philippine National Police...
Sotto-Lacson resolution to probe Comelec chair for ‘unexplained wealth’ A Senate investigation looms over the possible violation of the money-laundering act by Commission on Elections Chairman Andres...
Taguiwalo might have lost her post but at least she got a selfie with Pacquiao Secretary Judy Taguiwalo was “starstruck” when she met Sen. Manny Pacquiao at her confirmation hearing yesterday at the...
Gordon plays referee to Trillanes-Faeldon battle royale Senator Dick Gordon on Tuesday acted as “referee” between Sen. Sonny Trillanes and Customs Commissioner Nick Faeldon after the two had a face off at the Senate probe on the smuggled shabu from...
Trillanes sneers at Paolo Duterte: Kung bastos ‘yung tatay, malamang bastos din ‘yung anak The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree, was all that Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV on Monday replied to the tirades of presidential son, Davao City Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte, who called him names for insinuating his involvement in the smuggling of P6.4-billion worth of shabu from China....
Chiz asks Andy Bautista, family: Are you licensed forex traders? Do you pay taxes on your gains? Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero on Sunday dismissed concerns that the Senate would violate Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chair Andres Bautista's right to keep his bank deposits...
Wag pangunahan: Chiz says Senate can probe impeachable officials like Andy Bautista Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero on Sunday said there’s no law barring the upper chamber from conducting an investigation into the alleged ill-gotten wealth of Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chair Andres Bautista even if the latter would face impeachment...
Man up! Trillanes asks Faeldon to avoid excuses, face drug smuggling probe “Baka dulot lang ng pag-ibig ‘yan,” was Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV’s take on what he described as malingering of Bureau of Customs (BOC) Nicanor Faeldon, in apparently trying to evade interrogation in ongoing congressional inquiries on P6.4 billion smuggled shabu from...
Trillanes assails Gordon’s ‘one-man show’ on Customs drug scandal Senator Antonio Trillanes on Thursday scoffed at his colleague, Sen. Richard Gordon in his handling of the blue ribbon’s second public investigation on the P6.4-billion worth of smuggled shabu last Wednesday, the latter having dominated the first three and half hours of the...
After Faeldon skips Senate inquiry, JV Ejercito expects ‘wheelchair’ excuse next It has been done before and may likely happen...
Chiz backs Senate inquiry on Comelec chair’s alleged undeclared assets Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero on Tuesday backed Majority Leader Vicente Sotto III’s move to have the Senate investigate charges of alleged hidden assets and wealth amassed by Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman Andres Bautista from the time he was appointed to his present post....
Gordon, Farinas cool to investigating Bautista’s unexplained wealth: There’s always impeachment Two ranking lawmakers are not too keen on having Commission on Elections (Comelec) chairman Andres Bautista investigated over his alleged accumulation of hundreds of millions in unexplained...
Andy Bautista’s ill-gotten wealth should be probed by BSP, AMLC, NBI, OSG, Ombudsman – Chiz Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero on Monday said the accusations being hurled at Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chair Andres Bautista by his estranged wife Patricia deserved to be investigated by at least five...
Lifestyle check for Comelec officials after Bautista’s ‘shocking’ alleged ill-gotten heath – Poe Senator Grace Poe has called for a lifestyle check on Commission on Elections (COMELEC) officials following the “shocking revelations”about the alleged unexplained wealth of chairman Andres...
Risa Hontiveros salutes Bam Aquino for steering passage of free SUC tuition Senator Risa Hontiveros has practically given credit to Sen. Bam Aquino for the passage into law of the free college tuition bill, initially believed to be bound to be vetoed but was eventually signed into law Friday by President Duterte....
Pwede na i-revise. Duterte is amenable to tweak the tax reform bill–Drilon PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte will no longer pressure Congress to pass the proposed tax reform measure “in full and in...
Angara, Aquino hopeful Duterte will support free tuition bill Two senators are optimistic that President Duterte will sign into law a measure seeking free tuition for state universities and colleges (SUCs) despite concerns by some economic managers the govenrment supposedly cannot afford...
Kabataan rep Sarah Elago questions zero budget for free tuition in SUCs for 2018: It’s all build, build, build! Kabataan party-list Rep. Sarah Elago has questioned the absence of funds for the implementation of a tuition-free policy in all state universities and colleges next year as the House appropriations committee began deliberations on the proposed P3.767 national...
Senators unlikely to support barangay poll postponement — Villar Senaror Cynthia Villar believes her colleagues in the upper chamber will not support the postponement of the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections in October...
Drilon backs Senate probe on Parojinog death Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon has vowed to back any planned Senate investigation into the killing of Ozamiz City Mayor Reynaldo Parojinog due to some questionable...
Senate knows payola takers in BOC but Dick’s not telling The Senate has obtained the names of Bureau of Customs officials involved in a payola scam which leed to the release of P6.4-billion worth of shabu from China through the express route or “green lane."...
Angry Trump threatens to cut senators’ health care perks if they don’t repeal Obamacare President Donald Trump lashed out at fellow Republicans in Congress on Saturday after suffering a major setback when the Senate failed to repeal and replace...
