AT least three senators have expressed intention to investigate the recent anti-drug operations by police in Bulacan and in some parts of Metro Manila that led to the killing of 74 people, including a 17-year-old Grade 11 student, this week. Sen. Paolo Benigno “Bam” Aquino said he was planning to…
The Senate will start investigating next week allegations that Commission on Elections (Comelec) chairman Andres Bautista amassed ill-gotten wealth that he reportedly stashed in a thrift bank. The Committee on Banks, Financial Institutions and Currencies headed by Sen. Francis Escudero will conduct the probe. Bautista’s estranged wife Patricia had claimed…
THE Commission on Appointments (CA) rejected on Wednesday the nomination of Judy Taguiwalo as secretary of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), the third appointee of President Rodrigo Duterte thumbed down by the powerful congressional body. Members of the commission’s labor and social welfare committee junked the appointment…
THE powerful Commission on Appointments (CA) has rejected the confirmation of Judy Taguiwalo as secretary of Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). She was the third appointee of President Rodrigo Duterte who failed to get the CA approval. The first two were former foreign affairs secretary Perfecto Yasay and…
CUSTOMS Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon confronted Sen. Antonio Trillanes 4th at the Senate on Tuesday, accusing him of “peddling stories” against him in connection with the smuggling of shabu worth P6.4 billion as Malacañang said the President will not sack the Customs chief. Faeldon and Trillanes faced off during the continuation…
CUSTOMS Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon has admitted that corruption still existed in the bureau.| Faeldon answered “Yes,” when Sen. Antonio Trillanes 4th asked him whether there was still corruption at the Bureau of Customs (BOC). Before this, Faeldon initially refused to answer any of Trillanes’ questions as he criticized the lawmaker…
Sen. Richard Gordon wants the Department of Justice (DoJ) and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) to file charges against all individuals involved in the smuggling of P6.4-billion shabu from China. Gordon, chairman of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee, on Saturday said the DoJ and PDEA must prosecute the people…
SEN. Antonio Trillanes 4th on Saturday claimed that the Office of the Ombudsman has in its possession documents indicating the alleged “flagged” bank transactions of President Rodrigo Duterte amounting to P2 billion. The opposition senator said the documents were submitted to the Ombudsman by the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) a…
The Sandiganbayan’s Second Division, “on the ground of reasonable doubt,” has acquitted Sen. Joseph Victor Ejercito and several others in a technical malversation case filed against them in connection with the allegedly anomalous procurement of firearms in 2008 when he was San Juan City mayor. The court granted the respective…
THE Sandiganbayan’s Second Division has ordered the arrest of Sen. Gregorio Honasan 2nd and several others over graft charges filed by the Office of the Ombudsman in connection with the alleged misuse of his P30 million Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) or pork barrel in 2012. Also ordered arrested were:…