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(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte gave Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez the assurance former President and now Rep. Gloria Arroyo was not after his post. “Sabi ni ma’am, ‘Sabihin mo sa kaibigan mo na wala akong ambisyon maging Speaker. He can rest…,” the President said during a gathering for his 73rd birthday and Arroyo’s 71st birthday on Thursday. Duterte, who was referring to Arroyo at that time, made the pronouncement after calling out Alvarez, who he said looked […]
(Eagle News) — A co-accused of former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in a case over the alleged misuse of the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office P366-million confidential and intelligence funds has been acquitted. This after the Sandiganbayan First Division granted Maria Fatima Valdes’ demurrer to evidence, which sought the dismissal of the case because of the prosecution’s allegedly weak evidence. In July last year, Arroyo was also acquitted of the charge. In acquitting her, the Supreme […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — The Philippine Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out a long-running corruption case against jailed former president Gloria Arroyo and ordered her immediate release after almost five years in detention. The 69-year-old, who was in office from 2001-2010, could be freed later Tuesday from the Manila government hospital where she has been held since her November 2011 arrest, her lawyers said. The case against Arroyo and a co-defendant was dismissed “for insufficiency […]
DAVAO, Philippines (AFP) — Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos will finally be allowed a hero’s burial, the nation’s controversial incoming president said Monday, in what would be a huge win for the late strongman’s family as it pursues a return to power. Rodrigo Duterte also said he would pardon ex-president Gloria Arroyo, who is being detained at a military hospital while on trial for graft and vote fraud. The announcements by Duterte, who takes office on […]
