Magdalo v Magdalo: Faeldon, Trillanes reignite feud at Senate hearing
The year-old “tiff” between Sen. Sonny Trillanes and Customs Commissioner Nick Faeldon surfaced at Tuesday’s Senate probe on the smuggling of P6.4-billion shabu from China.
The year-old “tiff” between Sen. Sonny Trillanes and Customs Commissioner Nick Faeldon surfaced at Tuesday’s Senate probe on the smuggling of P6.4-billion shabu from China.
Malacañang has dismissed as “hearsay” a report by the international news agency Al Jazeera about the alleged dumping dead bodies of drug suspects in Manila Bay.
Former President Fidel Ramos may have convinced then-Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte to join the presidential race, but the politiko who firmed up his mind about running is no other than former President and now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.
Without waiting for the appropriate parties, Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV arrogated upon himself the role of announcing the details of the Senate’s hearing involving retired SPO3 Arturo Lascanas.
For years, the Davao Death Squad was talked about in hushed tones. There was persistent talk that the group of hitmen carried out then-Davao mayor Rodrigo Duterte’s orders to rid the city of criminals the bloody way.
Remember when then-Davao City mayor Rodrigo Duterte sobbed in front of his parents’ graves and called himself a “nobody” after winning the presidency? This photo from Malacañang on All Saints’ Day, November 1 is reminiscent of it. But with the waves he’s made all over the world, he could hardly be called a nobody now.
If Vice President Jejomar Binay is to be believed, then he didn’t spend a single cent of his personal fortune during his unsuccessful run for the presidency in the May 2016 polls.
Mayor Rodrigo Duterte could spring a surprise and show up at his proclamation as President-elect on May 30 despite his repeated pronouncements about holing up in Davao City until he takes his oath next month, incoming Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II said.
Could the presidency destroy the three-decade bond between televangelist Apollo Quiboloy and Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte?
Even Vice President Jejomar Binay has begun to refer to Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte as “Mr. President”.