The camp of Supreme Court (SC) Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno has called lawyer Larry Gadon “ridiculous” for insisting for insisting that she appears at the impeachment proceedings against her at the House of Representatives.
President Rodrigo Duterte is set to receive an early Christmas gift as Congress is slated to vote on his request for a one-year extension of martial law in Mindanao on Wednesday (December 13).
An election lawyer said there was no legal impediment to Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel’s decision to seek a second straight term in the 2019 midterm polls.
Senate President Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III on Thursday allayed fears on a “no-el” or no elections scenario during the mid-term elections in 2019.
Commission on Human Rights chairperson Chito Gascon remains unfazed despite the House of Representatives’ decision to grant the agency a P1,000 budget for 2018.
THE Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terror group is reportedly planning to create a “new security threat” in Mindanao which necessitates the deployment of additional 30,000 troops in the region.
Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II echoed Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno’s stand to abolish the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG), the agency tasked with recovering the billions of dollars plundered by former President Ferdinand Marcos and his allies.
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Tuesday said Ilocos Norte Gov. Imee Marcos owed the Liberal Party a public apology after she falsely accused the party of bribing congressmen with P100 million to make sure she was pinned down for the P66.5 million tobacco fund scam in her province.
House Majority Leader Rodolfo Farinas is not letting Senator Antonio Trillanes IV get away with low blows against him after the Ilocos Norte politiko threatened to file an ethics case against a fellow Magdalo mutineer, Rep. Gary Alejano.
