Tag: Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Pimentel bares individuals being eyed for inclusion in PDP-Laban senatorial ticket for 2019

By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Senate President Koko Pimentel on Thursday, April 19, released a list of individuals being considered for the senatorial ticket of ruling party PDP-Laban for the 2019 midterm elections. Among those being considered, Pimentel said, were re-electionist Senators Sonny Angara, Grace Poe, Cynthia Villar, JV Ejercito and Nancy Binay. Also being considered were Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez, Reps. Ace Barbers, Albie Benitez, Carlo Nograles, Geraldine Roman, Rey Umali and Pia Cayetano. […]

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Lawyer Oliver Lozano passes away at 77

(Eagle News) — Lawyer Oliver Lozano has passed away, a radio report said. The report over dzbb said Lozano, known for filing multiple impeachment complaints against former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, died due to a heart attack early Thursday, April 12. A day before, he was reportedly rushed to the hospital after experiencing weakness in the body. His remains have been cremated and are interred at the Mt. Carmel Shrine Mortuary Chapel in New Manila, Quezon […]

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SC reaffirms Napoles should not be granted bail

(Eagle News)—-The Supreme Court has re-affirmed Janet Lim Napoles should not be granted bail. In a six-page resolution promulgated on Feb. 6, the SC said Napoles’ argument she should be given temporary liberty like former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo was “unmeritorious.” The Feb. 6 resolution stems from Napoles’ December 20 appeal of the High Court’s decision upholding the Sandiganbayan’s denial of her bail. In her December 20 appeal, Napoles noted the SC reversed the Sandiganbayan’s […]

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Ex-Arroyo officials, Napoles, others indicted over P900-million Malampaya fund scam

(Eagle News) — The Ombudsman has indicted  several high-ranking officials during former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s term, and against Janet Lim Napoles in connection with the P900-million Malampaya fund scam. Napoles, former Agrarian Reform secretary and now Masui City, Lanao del Sur Mayor Nasser Pangandaman; and former Budget secretary and incumbent Camarines Sur Rep. Rolando Andaya Jr. were charged with 97 counts of violation of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act and 97 counts of malversation of public funds […]

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Former President GMA says slight drop in President Duterte’s approval ratings “just a blip” he should not be worried about

(Eagle News) — A “blip” President Rodrigo Duterte should not be worried about. This was how former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo described the slight drop in ratings of the former Davao mayor in the third quarter of this year. According to Arroyo, “the rise and drop in a President’s approval ratings,” after all, “are bound to happen in the course of his/her term.” “It is part of the territory…It reflects the pulse of the people at […]

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“Hurt” Floirendo says he welcomes Speaker Alvarez’s filing of a graft complaint vs him

(Eagle News) — Davao del Norte Rep. Antonio Floirendo Jr. on Wednesday welcomed the graft complaint filed against him by Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez, even as he admitted he was “hurt” by the act of his “good friend.” “Admittedly, I am hurt with the action of Speaker Alvarez against me. It not only affects me but also my family as well as the people of Davao del Norte..But that’s politics…I welcome any complaint to be filed against […]

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Arroyo, 11 other lawmakers stripped of key posts for anti-death penalty vote

  (Eagle News) — The House of Representatives on Wednesday night formally stripped from their posts lawmakers with key positions who voted against the passage of the death penalty bill, including House Deputy Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. Along with Pampanga Rep. Arroyo, 11 other lawmakers holding chairmanship posts were removed from their positions after majority leader Rodolfo Fariñas moved to have their posts declared vacant. The following committee chairmanships were declared vacant: civil service, chaired by Vilma […]

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CGMA asks Sandiganbayan to allow her to attend brother’s wake

QUEZON City, Philippines, August 12 (Eagle News) — The legal counsel of former President and now Pampanga representative Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will ask the Sandiganbayan for permission to allow CGMA to attend her late brother’s wake regularly. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/0aZ_AkG9CJc

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CGMA’s brother dies

MAKATI City, Philippines, August 11 (Eagle News) — The brother of former president and now Pampanga congresswoman Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, died while being confined in the Makati Medical Center due to cancer. CGMA’s brother died after the Sandiganbayan gave its permission to the former president to leave the Veterans’ Memorial Medical Center to visit her sick brother. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)

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Malacanang extends its condolences for passing of former President Arroyo’s brother

(Eagle News) — Malacanang on Tuesday offered its condolences to the family of Arturo Macapagal, the elder brother of former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo who was supposed to visit his brother in the hospital in the afternoon. “We extend our condolences to the bereaved family of Mr. Macapagal,” Communication Secretary Herminio Coloma, Jr. said in a statement. Secretary Coloma noted that “the nation lost an outstanding Olympian and a respected business leader with the passing of […]

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Congress adopts resolution to place Arroyo under house arrest

QUEZON City, Philippines, June 5 (Eagle News) — The House of Representatives adopted the resolution asking the Sandiganbayan to place former president and now Pampanga representative Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo under house arrest on humanitarian grounds. The Justice Committee of the House of Representatives, under the chairmanship of Congressman Niel Tupas, issued said resolution last month. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/fpmTro711aE

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