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(Eagle News)—-Senator Panfilo Lacson on Saturday, Feb. 2, hit back at Rep. Anthony Bravo, and dared him to make public all the amendments he made to the proposed national budget for 2019. Lacson made the call after Bravo accused the senator of having secret amendments in the proposed P3.787 trillion budget. “MR CONGRESSMAN, I ALREADY MADE PUBLIC ALL MY AMENDMENTS IN THE 2019 NATIONAL BUDGET. CAN YOU DO THE SAME?” Lacson said in a Tweet. He […]
(Eagle News) — The Sandiganbayan has given former Senator Bong Revilla’s camp until Feb. 19 to comment on the prosecutors’ motion for him to be held civilly liable for the plunder of P124.5 million of pork barrel funds. This was after First Division chair Associate Justice Efren Dela Cruz granted the request of Estelito Mendoza, Revilla’s lawyer, for the period of time to prepare. Dela Cruz also asked prosecutors to file their opposition to the […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Panfilo Lacson on Tuesday, Jan. 29, urged members of the House of Representatives and the Senate to make public their proposed amendments to the P3.7-trillion national budget for this year. In doing so, Lacson noted that the bicameral committee, where the House of Representatives and Senate versions of the proposed national budget will be reconciled, was a “venue for sneaky horse trading among legislators.” He said for his part, “in the […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Panfilo Lacson does not believe Budget Secretary Ben Diokno should resign despite allegations he has links to a supposedly favored contractor. In the first place, Lacson, in an interview aired over CNN Philippines on Thursday, Dec. 20, said he “cannot imagine” Diokno dealing with contractors directly. “I’m not defending Sec. Diokno. Pero sabi niya nga nakipag-deal siya sa mga agencies pag nag-appropriate at saka nag-release ng budget,” Lacson said. According to […]
(Eagle News) — The Sandiganbayan has approved former Senator Jinggoy Estrada’s request he be allowed to go on vacation to Hong Kong before he starts campaigning for the 2019 elections. In allowing Estrada, who is out on bail, to travel from Dec. 26 to 31, the anti-graft court noted the former senator’s right to travel. It added Estrada’s P1.33 million bail posted in September last year for his temporary freedom sufficed as guarantee he would […]
(Eagle News) — The Sandiganbayan has deferred alleged pork barrel scam queen Janet Lim Napoles’ transfer to the Correctional Institution for Women pending resolution of her appeal for her to remain detained in Camp Bagong Diwa. The anti-graft court instead ordered the Office of the Special Prosecutor to comment on the appeal of Napoles, who had cited security reasons in arguing against her transfer to the CIW after her conviction for plunder. The anti-graft court on […]
(Eagle News) — The districts of the former leaders of the House of Representatives would actually get the bigger share of allocation for infrastructure projects under the House’s proposed national budget for 2019, House Majority Leader Rolando Andaya Jr. said on Tuesday, Dec. 11. In a letter to be submitted to President Rodrigo Duterte, Andaya said topping the list with the “biggest (Department of Public Works and Highways) projects” were the district of former Speaker […]
(Eagle News)– Alleged pork barrel scam queen Janet Lim Napoles has asked the Sandiganbayan not to order her immediate commitment to the Correctional Institution for Women. In her three-page motion, Napoles said she should be allowed to appeal her conviction for plunder in the first place. Her camp said they would appeal the conviction within the timeframe provided for in the Rules of Court. On Friday, Dec. 7, Napoles was sentenced to reclusion perpetua for […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Panfilo Lacson urged the reduction or removal of what he said were uncalled for congressional insertions worth P4.3 billion in the House version of the proposed P3.7-trillion budget for 2019. Lacson made the statement after House Majority Leader Rolando Andaya Jr., also Camarines Sur’s first district representative, said the allocations — allegedly P2.4 billion worth of projects in House Speaker Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s second district in Pampanga, and P1.9 billion in projects in Andaya’s province — […]
(Eagle News)—–Senator Leila De Lima on Saturday, Dec. 8, hit the Sandiganbayan’s acquittal of former Senator Bong Revilla for plunder. “I could only shake my head in utter disbelief and dismay. Yesterday was a sad moment for truth, justice and accountability,” De Lima, who was the justice secretary when charges were filed against Revilla and two other then-senators in connection with the pork barrel scam, said. Revilla was accused of plunder for allegedly taking over […]
Court finds Revilla’s former chief of staff Richard Cambe, Napoles guilty of the crime (Eagle News) — The Sandiganbayan on Friday, Dec. 7, found former Senator Bong Revilla not guilty of plunder. The first division said Revilla “cannot be held liable” for the crime which he was charged with several years ago. “There was a split decision of the five (division) justices–three voted for (Revilla’s) acquittal for insufficiency of evidence, two for his conviction..By reason […]
(Eagle News)– Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman on Tuesday, Sept. 17, denied he was among those who benefited from what were alleged to be P55-billion insertions in the proposed 2019 budget. “I have no participation whatsoever in the allocation of funds or the funding of projects as contained in the President’s National Expenditure Program (NEP),” he said in a statement. He noted that the NEP was prepared by the Department of Budget and Management. “To my mind, […]
