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(Eagle News) — The Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 148 is hearing on Friday, Oct. 5, a Department of Justice motion seeking for the issuance of an alias warrant and a hold departure order against Senator Antonio Trillanes IV. Security is tight during the hearing in the sala of Judge Andres Soriano, where Trillanes had been charged with coup d’etat. Reporters are also required to register their names prior to coverage. Outside, supporters of Trillanes […]
(Eagle News)—-Former Makati Mayor Junjun Binay can still run for government office. This was after the Court of Appeals, in a May 3 ruling, nullified the Ombudsman order that prohibited him from doing so following alleged irregularities in the construction of the P2.3-billion Makati City Hall Building II. According to the CA, the Aguinaldo doctrine that says that public officials can no longer be held to task for administrative liabilities after reelection applied to Binay’s case. Although the […]
According to Makati Mayor Junjun Binay, the transactions of the Makati City Hall remains normal despite the extraordinary situation wherein there are two mayors in the said city.
The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) served the suspension order against Makati Mayor Jejomar Erwin “Junjun” Binay Jr. Said orders were posted at the front of the Makati City Hall.
Vice Mayor Romulo “Kid” Peña is sworn in as the acting Makati City mayor after the suspension order against Mayor Junjun Binay had been served. Peña swore before Fiscal Billy Evangelista at Barangay Poblacion, Makati City. The acting mayor was warmly met by his supporters. This is the first time since 1986 that a Binay clan outsider had become a mayor in Makati. Meanwhile, Binay supporters had camped outside the Makati City Hall as the […]
Makati Mayor Jejomar Erwin “Junjun” Binay camped in the City Hall with his supporters after the Ombudsman issued a suspension order against said mayor.
MANILA, Philippines (ENS) — A former Makati councilor testified that he used to receive P300,000 to P500,000 monthly and that he believed the money came from then mayor and now Vice President Jejomar Binay. Ex-Councilor Ernesto Aspillaga told the Senate blue ribbon subcommittee this morning he decided to come clean in the hope that the entire country would be spared from the alleged culture of corruption in Makati. Aspillaga further claimed that as the former […]
Members of the Senate headed to the allegedly over-priced carpark building of the Makati City Hall for an ocular inspection.
