Tipping the balance
A senator and his father have reportedly been sweating over reports that plunder charges linked to flood control projects in their home province could soon…
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A senator and his father have reportedly been sweating over reports that plunder charges linked to flood control projects in their home province could soon…
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The Office of the Ombudsman is looking to learn from the investigative practices of other Southeast Asian countries as it pursues cases linked to the…
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Former Quezon City Representative Mike Defensor on Tuesday defended his role in a controversial public hearing featuring alleged former aides of ex-Ako Bicol…
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The cases apparently were dangled as leverage, dismissals offered in exchange for bloc membership, following the template allegedly applied to Senator Chiz…
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What was constitutionally designed as the chamber of discourse integral to the system of checks and balances has instead morphed into a raucous battle royale…
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One witness said he was part of a convoy that transported four suitcases to a residence in New Manila identified as Escudero’s.
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The battle for control of the Senate is far from over as a tug-of-war erupted yesterday, with the bloc of Senator Alan Peter Cayetano bringing the Senate…
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I imagined what a homeless man must go through, trying to find a corner to rest.
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A group of alleged former bodyguards and security aides of former Ako Bicol party-list Rep. Zaldy Co on Tuesday expanded their allegations of a supposed…
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Naisumite na ng House Prosecution Panel sa Senado ang 57-pahinang pre-trial brief kasama ang mga dokumentaryong ebidensiyang kanilang ihaharap sa nakatakdang…
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the House of Representatives and the Senate to submit supporting documents explaining hundreds of billions of pesos in…
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The Sandiganbayan Second Division ordered for the preventive suspension of Senator Jinggoy Estrada over his case of graft linked to the multibillion peso flood…
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The Senate leadership plans to take legal action against businessman and former lawmaker Mike Defensor for allegedly meddling in the upper chamber's internal…
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The Office of the Ombudsman is looking to learn investigative best practices from its Southeast Asian counterparts as it continues pursuing cases linked to the…
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Aside from Senator Joel Villanueva, one male and one female senator are likely to bolt from the Cayetano-led faction, although they remain hesitant to make a…
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‘So if before we were trying to limit corroborative witnesses and select only the most important ones, we wanted to make sure that all testimonies will be…
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Article VI, Section 16(1) requires a majority of all the members. In a 24-member Senate, that means 13. And that is why the talk of a 13th senator joining the…
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Could fresh linguistic constructs outmaneuver the true intent and purpose of what ‘the majority of all its members’ means in the constitutional text?
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