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(Eagle News)–The joint Senate panel looking into the problems in the Bureau of Corrections has ordered the release of two BuCor personnel they had cited for contempt for supposedly lying. Ordered released on Wednesday, Oct. 9, were Insp. Maria Benilda Bansil and C02 Veronica Buño. “Pursuant to the provision on the order of arrest that they will be released if and when they cleanse themselves of the contumacious conduct and testify truthfully, the committee hereby […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Two of four individuals who have been cited in contempt by the Senate blue ribbon panel for skipping hearings on the missing P11-billion shabu shipment are now in Senate custody. The Office of Senator Richard Gordon, who chairs the panel, identified them as SMYD Trading owner Marina Signapan and Emily Laquingan. Laquingan, said to be the former wife of Hsu Chun Chung, the alleged liaison of the drug syndicate behind […]
(Eagle News) — Senate blue ribbon committee chair Richard Gordon on Thursday, Nov. 22, moved to cite in contempt several individuals who did not show up in his panel’s hearing on the P6.8-billion shabu shipment that slipped past the Bureau of Customs last year. Among those to be cited in contempt were former Senior Supt. Eduardo Acierto, Emily Laquingan, SMYD Trading owner Marina Signapan and sacked Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Deputy Director General for Administration Ismael Fajardo. According […]
(Eagle News) — The Senate has ordered the arrest of former Commission on Elections Chair Andres Bautista. Senator Francis Escudero said Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III and Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Jose Balajadia signed the warrant issued against the former COMELEC chair for his failure to attend Escudero’s committee hearings on Bautista’s alleged unexplained wealth, last Wednesday. Escudero, the chair of the committee on banks, financial institutions and currencies, said the warrants would be forwarded to Bautista’s residences. […]
