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(Eagle News)–Senator Richard Gordon has urged the Land Transportation Office to craft the implementing rules and regulations of the Motorcycle Crime Prevention Act, which mandates bigger and color-coded license plates for motorcycles, as soon as possible. Gordon made the call following the recent killings in the Visayas perpetuated by people riding on board motorcycles. Last Friday, John Michael Hermoso, 29, and Kis Tryvl Ramos, 21, who was about to graduate with a degree in psychology […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Richard Gordon on Saturday, March 2, said he was disappointed former President Benigno Aquino III and former Budget Secretary Florencio Abad were not among those indicted over the deaths allegedly due to Dengvaxia. “Quite frankly, I am a bit disappointed because I figured na dapat tingnan maigi ang involvement ni (former) President Aquino, nila Abad and company because sila ang nag-revisit,” Gordon said in a radio interview. In the hearings he led as […]
(Eagle News) — The Senate justice committee will recommend lowering the minimum age of criminal responsibility from 15 years old to 12 years old. Senator Richard Gordon, chair of the committee, himself made the statement in an interview with reporters after the hearing on the issue on Friday, Jan. 25. The panel’s proposal is in line with the House of Representatives proposal that was passed on second reading on Wednesday, Jan. 23. The current law, […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Richard Gordon has called on the Philippine National Police to put an end to what he said was the culture of violence in the country. Gordon made the statement, noting what he said were the “series of shootings and killings reported across the country starting Dec. 14.” He said these included the ambush of Councilor Ricardo Tan and his wife in Negros Occidental on Dec. 14; that of Erfe del Castillo and Elfren […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Richard Gordon has said he was likely to support a third extension of martial law in Mindanao after the military gave senators updates on the situation there in an executive session. According to Gordon, in the first place, he wants to ensure the complete rehabilitation of Marawi, which was overran by terrorists in May last year. “I don’t hear an outcry in Mindanao na nahihirapan kami diyan. In fact, sabi nga […]
(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 […]
Says not all barangay officials, however, should be armed (Eagle News) — Senator Richard Gordon on Friday, June 29, expressed support for President Rodrigo Duterte’s proposal to arm barangay officials. He said, however, that only those in areas with high crime rates, rebellion, or insurrection should be given the weapons so they could “protect themselves and their community.” He added that those who were in the drug list or those who have criminal records should not be […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Richard Gordon on Tuesday, June 5, urged President Rodrigo Duterte to sign into law a proposed bill that seeks to create a retirement benefit system in the Ombudsman. Gordon made the statement following the killing of Ombudsman Assistant Special Prosecutor Madonna Joy Tanyag. Under Senate Bill 1638, the heirs of Tanyag would be entitled to death benefits equivalent to five years’ worth of salary. Death benefits under the bill are also […]
(Eagle News) –Senator Panfilo Lacson on Monday, April 16, stood by his decision not to sign the blue ribbon committee draft report that recommended the filing of charges against Former President Benigno Aquino III and others over the Dengvaxia mess. This was after Senator Richard Gordon, the panel chair, cited Lacson’s alleged ties with Aquino when asked to comment on Lacson’s opposition to the draft that also recommended the filing of charges against former Health […]
(Eagle News) — Former Health Secretary Janette Garin on Wednesday, April 11, described the draft report of the Senate blue ribbon committee recommending the filing of charges against her and several others over the Dengvaxia mess as “full of inaccuracies and half truths.” “I believe that the narrative…reflects only the long perceived pre-judgment of the issue by Senator Gordon,” Garin said in a statement. “The presentation is one-sided and replete with innuendos of expedited government action,” […]
Gordon must have misunderstood me, Panelo says (Eagle News)– Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo on Tuesday denied he asked Senator Richard Gordon to release former Customs Chief Nicanor Faeldon from Senate detention. “No..He may have misunderstood me,” he said. According to Panelo, he told Gordon that he “advised Faeldon to attend the hearing if he is subpoenaed and answer the questions of the Senate committee so that he can be released and start with his […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service After refusing to attend for months, Former Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon made an appearance at the Senate upon the resumption of blue ribbon committee hearings on corruption in the Bureau of Customs and on the P6.4-billion shabu shipment mess. But at the start of the hearing, Faeldon received a lecture from blue ribbon committee chair Senator Richard Gordon, who denounced the former Customs chief’s statements his rights were being trampled […]
