Former law enforcers Senators Panfilo Lacson and Gregorio Honasan on Tuesday said the Philippine National Police (PNP) must be insulated from any political influence, thus the existing authority of local officials to appoint provincial police directors and municipal police chiefs must already be repealed.
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Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre insisted that no pardon was offered in exchange for the testimonies of the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) inmates at the House of Representatives who claimed stated that former Justice Secretary Leila De Lima received millions of pesos of drug money to fund her senatorial campaign.
Senator Rissa Hontiveros on Tuesday called on President Rodrigo Duterte to clarify his earlier claim that Ilocos Norte Gov. Imee Marcos donated money for his presidential bid for the May 2016 elections.
The Senate justice committee under Richard Gordon may have ended its probe into extra-judicial killings, but the committee report may be in for a long round of interpellations, Sen. Panfilo Lacson said Tuesday.
For the second time, the Supreme Court En Banc has extended the effectivity of the status quo ante order (SQA) temporarily barring the government from proceeding with the burial of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani (LNMB) in Taguig City.
Five of the 12 inmates who testified against Senator Leila de Lima in the House justice committee’s probe on the drug trade inside the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) have pending applications for parole and executive clemency.
President Duterte has signed his first law — which calls for the postponement the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections this October 31, while he is enroute to his state-visit to Brunei.
House of Representatives Deputy Speaker Mercedes “Cheding” Alvarez, Representative of Negros Occidental’s sixth district married Major Dranreb “Dran” Lansang of the First Scout Ranger Regiment last October 6, 2016.
Senator Leila De Lima on Tuesday callled on Malacañang to “immediately address” the supposed defects of the Philippine National Police’s Oplan Double Barrel, an operation to hunt down and arrest drug suspects.
