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(Eagle News) — “Preposterous.” This was how Senator Richard Gordon described on Friday former Customs Chief Nicanor Faeldon’s allegations he was being deprived of “water, power and visitation rights” during his detention in the Senate. According to Gordon, depriving Faeldon of these would be “beneath” his “dignity” and of the committee” in the first place. Gordon is chair of the Senate blue ribbon committee that held hearings on corruption in the BoC and on the […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Richard Gordon on Thursday revealed he was “approached” by Sanofi so they could have a meeting with him. “But I’m sorry, I’m not going to meet with them. It’s not advisable and not timely to do so knowing what I read,” Gordon said, apparently referring to the reports of bribery and false claims, among others, that have hounded Sanofi in other parts of the world. He said the French ambassador also […]
By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service The charges for drug trading against him may have been dropped, but a senator believes ex-Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon, who is detained in the Senate for his refusal to attend subsequent hearings on corruption in the Bureau of Customs, will not be a free man just yet. “I can see it going on for seven years. That’s what happened in one case,” Senator Richard Gordon, chair of the blue […]
(Eagle News) — Bring it on. This was what Senator Richard Gordon had to say to Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, who said he would file a plunder case against the Senate blue ribbon committee chair in connection with his alleged misuse of Red Cross funds. “There he goes again. He’s done it before, he’s gonna do it again. Let him file the suit. I’m gonna account for every centavo,” Gordon said in an interview over […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Richard Gordon is set to summon San Juan Regional Trial Court Judge Jovencio Gascon to the next blue ribbon committee hearing into the P6.4-billion drug shipment that slipped through the Bureau of Customs via express lanes, and corruption in that agency. This was after it was revealed in Thursday’s hearing that Gascon failed to order the destruction of 890 kilograms of shabu seized in December 2016. According to Senator Panfilo Lacson, […]
(Eagle News)– Senators took part in a closed-door briefing by security officials on Wednesday (July 19) morning ahead of the special joint session on Saturday (July 22) for President Rodrigo Duterte’s request to extend martial law in Mindanao until the end of this year. The briefing was led by Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana and Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief of staff General Eduardo Año, martial law administrator. Among the senators who attended the […]
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) has stepped up its programs and activities promoting disaster resilience as the country observes National Disaster Resilience Month this July. On June 28, President Rodrigo Duterte signed Executive Order No. 29, shifting the focus of the month-long event from disaster consciousness to disaster resilience. With the onset of the typhoon season, PRC and all its chapters are on full alert and have intensified its recruitment and engagement of 143 […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Leila De Lima walked out of yesterday’s hearing of the Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights, after taking offense on the comments of some senators that she concealed material information to the committee. Senator Richard Gordon, the chairman of the committee, along with Senator Panfilo Lacson, noted that De Lima failed to disclose in previous hearings that she had information about the kidnap for ransom case filed against Matobato. The case […]
