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  1. Walking out vindicated Gigi Reyes (below), former chief of staff to Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Juan Ponce Enrile, arrived at the Sandiganbayan on Friday for the promulgation of graft cases involving the alleged misuse of Enrile’s P172-million Priority Development Assistance Fund. In a significant turn, the anti-graft court cleared Reyes, Enrile, and businesswoman Janet Lim Napoles of the charges. Both Enrile and Napoles (top photos) attended the proceedings virtually.

    Sandigan acquits Enrile on pork raps

    The Sandiganbayan has acquitted Juan Ponce Enrile of 15 graft charges linked to the PDAF scam, marking his full vindication after a decade-long legal battle,…

  2. Bust Senate gang

    Bust Senate gang

    Carpio-Morales ruled in 2016 that Villanueva and nine others were guilty of administrative offenses — grave misconduct, serious dishonesty, and conduct…

  3. Gigi Reyes at sandigan

    Gigi Reyes at sandigan

    Gigi Reyes, former chief of staff of Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Juan Ponce Enrile, arrived at the Sandiganbayan on Friday, 24 October 2025, to attend the…

  4. Glowing in Senate hubris

    Glowing in Senate hubris

    Carpio-Morales’ dismissal order was never implemented because the Senate is an ‘old boys club.’

  5. Ang dalawang mukha ng Kongreso

    Ang dalawang mukha ng Kongreso

    A call for accountability as another multi-billion flood control scandal unfolds. This op-ed urges Senator Panfilo ‘Ping’ Lacson to name names, drawing on his…

  6. SCUTTLEBUTT

    SCUTTLEBUTT

    Concerns arise over P142 billion insertions in the 2025 budget potentially violating Supreme Court rulings on DAP and PDAF, highlighting the urgent need for…

  7. PDAF then, SGAF now

    PDAF then, SGAF now

    Petitioners seeking to halt the manipulation of the yearly budget to create room for discretionary funds for legislators said the SAGF was a calculated…

  8. Glazed pork

    Glazed pork

    The output of the bicameral conference committee, the final stage prior to the transmittal of the 2025 national budget of a record P6.352 trillion, showed…