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By Moira Encina Eagle News Service Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre linked former Public Works and Highways Secretary Rogelio Singson and former Budget Secretary Florencio Abad to an alleged P8.7-billion right of way scam in General Santos City. In a statement, Aguirre said Singson “apparently approved and requested the release of payment of fake RROW claims,” and Abad “apparently approved the release of payment for illegal RROW claims as requested by (Singson).” Aguirre said this was […]
https://youtu.be/_CXFwEMUAQE (Eagle News) — The Department of Transportation on Tuesday filed a plunder complaint against nine Cabinet members of then-President Benigno Aquino III and several others over the allegedly anomalous MRT-3 maintenance contract. Facing charges over the P3.8-billion contract are former Interior Secretary Mar Roxas, ex-Transportation Secretary Jun Abaya, former Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima, former Energy Secretary Jericho Petilla, former Budget secretary Butch Abad, former Public Works Secretary Rogelio Singson, former Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin, and former National […]
(Eagle News) — Former President Benigno Aquino III on Friday posted a P40,000 bail bond for the cases filed against him in connection with the botched Mamasapano operation in 2015. This was after the cases for graft and usurpation of authority were raffled off to the Sandiganbayan third division, which was expected to issue a warrant of arrest against him. The division is chaired by Justice Amparo Cabotaje-Tang, who is an Aquino appointee. Aquino, who […]
(Eagle News) — The cases against former President Benigno Aquino III in connection with the botched Mamasapano operation that saw over 40, mostly members of the Special Action Force, killed in 2015 have been raffled off to a Sandiganbayan division chaired by an Aquino appointee. The cases for graft and usurpation of authority are now under the third division led by an Justice Amparo Cabotaje-Tang. In indicting Aquino, Assistant Special Prosecutor Reza Casila-Derayunan said Aquino, […]
(Eagle News) — The Office of the Ombudsman has affirmed its June 13 resolution ordering the indictment of former President Benigno Aquino III for graft and usurpation of authority–but junking his indictment for homicide–over the Mamasapano incident in 2015. This was after the anti-graft body denied Aquino’s July 18 motion for partial reconsideration, and the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption’s consolidated motion for reconsideration of that resolution. In its 27-page consolidated resolution signed on Sept. […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has issued an executive order revoking the creation of the Negros Island. On Aug. 7, Duterte signed Executive Order 38 that essentially revoked former President Benigno Aquino III’s Executive Order 183, which allowed for the integration of the provinces of Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental into the Negros Island Region. Aquino, who signed EO 183 on May 29, 2015, ordered the formation of the NIR reportedly “to improve the delivery […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Francis Pangilinan on Friday said the Liberal Party optimism former President Benigno Aquino III could defend himself from his actions in the Mamasapano operation that led to the deaths of 44 Special Action Force commandoes. “Sinusuportahan din ng Liberal Party si (dating) Pangulong Aquino sa kaniyang paninindigan sa prosesong pangkapayapaan sa Mindanao, at tinitignan ang kaniyang mga aksyon kaugnay sa Mamasapano bilang bahagi ng kaniyang paniwalang isulong ang katarungan at kapayapaan […]
(Eagle News)– Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo said on Wednesday (October 7) that the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) was valid according to the document Instrument of Ratification which contained the signature of former President Benigno Aquino III. “It is a valid agreement but what we are saying is that it is subject to review and evaluation,” Panelo told reporters. After finding Aquino’s signature, Panelo said he immediately informed President Rodrigo Duterte about it. […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — It surely is an awkward moment for former President Benigno Aquino III to finally meet again his political nemesis and predecessor, then president and now Pampanga Representative Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. This is the first National Security Council (NSC) meeting held in Malacañang. A video by state-run radio-television Malacañang showed that President Rodrigo Roa Duterte had a photo opportunity with the past presidents before he convened the NSC. At the first […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – The 17th Congress of the Philippines under incoming President Rodrigo Duterte is free to push the Php 2000 increase in the Social Security Systems pension for retired government workers. This was according to Presidential Communications Secretary Sonny Coloma. He said it is the prerogative of lawmakers to push the increase for government pensioners if the present Congress fails to override the veto made by President Benigno Aquino III regarding the proposed […]
MANILA, May 13 – President Benigno S. Aquino III has informed the camp of Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte of the transition team to be headed by Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa, Jr. “I talked to Mr. Bong Go yesterday (Tuesday) to relay to Mayor Duterte that an Administrative Order is being drafted designating the Executive Secretary as head of the transition team,” President Aquino said in a statement issued by Communication Secretary Herminio Coloma, Jr. […]
SAN ISIDRO, Davao Oriental, May 6 — President Benigno S. Aquino III led the inauguration of the Mount Hamiguitan World Heritage Park in Davao Oriental, which has been declared by UNESCO as the country’s first natural science park. The President unveiled the marker at the foot of the mountain, symbolizing the official opening of the heritage park as a tourist destination in the Davao region. The 27,714-hectare park is the natural habitat of the Philippine […]
