
SC junks bid to release Senate flood control draft
The Supreme Court (SC) has rejected a petition seeking to compel the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee to release the full, unredacted draft of its report on…
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The Supreme Court (SC) has rejected a petition seeking to compel the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee to release the full, unredacted draft of its report on…
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The Supreme Court En Banc on Wednesday dismissed a petition seeking to compel the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee to release the full, unredacted draft of its…
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Batangas 1st District Rep. Leandro Leviste invoked his right to remain silent Tuesday in connection with the probe of the National Bureau of Investigation…
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Kickbacks are illegal; it is a fact, but who is to stop this practice when it has become almost institutional?
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The price tag, charged to the government, is six to eight times what the material actually costs.
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Senate impeachment court Presiding Officer Francis “Chiz” Escudero joked that prosecutors may have been “ghosted” by Vice President Sara Duterte’s defense team…
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The Senate canceled Monday’s impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte as it shifted to a work-from-home arrangement amid the heavy rains and flooding…
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Dizon’s outburst may be the most honest assessment anyone has offered. But honesty from a Cabinet secretary isn’t a fix.
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The rains came, as they always do. Three typhoons circled the archipelago and met the southwest monsoon head-on. Streets became rivers. Towns became islands.…
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If we insist that conviction still requires 16 votes, the three senators who cannot participate are effectively being counted on the side of acquittal.
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The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee will revive its stalled probe into alleged anomalous government projects, expanding its focus to include substandard work,…
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Tiangco said President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. must prove that the investigation will not spare any public official from accountability, even if the…
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Nosy Tarsee has heard that the garbage business in local government had just gotten a lot dirtier — and not from the actual garbage.
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The zarzuela, which is meant to lift the profile of the administration while getting back at political foes, has the overall effect of rewarding grand-scale…
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Ombudsman Jesus Crispin Remulla revealed Saturday that he had received calls about alleged corruption schemes in local garbage collection and waste management…
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The confidential and intelligence fund allocations were not just budget items. They were tools for coalition management.
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The decision to put off the investigation is to prevent the Ombudsman’s ongoing probe from being prejudiced.
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The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee will defer its investigation into the multibillion-peso flood control scandal to the Office of the Ombudsman, Sen. Erwin Tulfo…
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